Funding search · EIN 260092209 · Oakbrook Terrace, IL

First Look for Charity Foundation

Name: First Look for Charity Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

73
grants reported: $8.4M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $102,264
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Misericordia4 grants · $1.6M
Franciscan Community Benefit Services4 grants · $528,641
Turning Pointe Autism Foundation4 grants · $480,910
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago4 grants · $479,581
Habitat for Humanity4 grants · $478,189
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago3 grants · $421,486
Advocate Health Care4 grants · $414,652
100 Club of Chicago4 grants · $413,523
Special Olympics Illinois4 grants · $362,284
Pool2 grants · $350,047

Giving over time

$1.5M

2021

$2.4M

2022

$2.4M

2023

$2.2M

2024

Grant history

All 73 reported grants, largest first.

$515,813
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$443,286
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$344,352
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$265,617
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$209,544
Pool · Oakbrook Terrace, IL · 2022
General support
$182,019
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$175,208
Habitat for Humanity · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$171,461
Franciscan Community Benefit Services · Lemont, IL · 2024
General support
$162,220
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$158,539
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$155,925
Habitat for Humanity · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$153,660
Franciscan Community Benefit Services · Lemont, IL · 2023
General support
$145,660
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$140,667
Turning Pointe Autism Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2023
General support
$140,503
Pool · Oakbrook Terrace, IL · 2021
General support
$140,175
Franciscan Community Benefit Services · Lemont, IL · 2022
General support
$137,969
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$137,234
Sertoma Star Services · Chicago Heights, IL · 2024
General support
$133,370
Advocate Health Care · Downers Grove, IL · 2022
General support
$127,488
Habitat for Humanity · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$125,860
100 Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$124,578
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$121,325
Turning Pointe Autism Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2022
General support
$120,292
Advocate Health Care · Downers Grove, IL · 2023
General support
$117,219
Sertoma Star Services · Chicago Heights, IL · 2023
General support
$115,998
Advocate Health Care · Downers Grove, IL · 2024
General support
$115,333
Turning Pointe Autism Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2024
General support
$113,945
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$113,326
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$109,084
100 Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$107,569
Special Olympics Illinois · Lombard, IL · 2023
General support
$107,230
Special Olympics Illinois · Lombard, IL · 2024
General support
$103,708
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$103,585
Turning Pointe Autism Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2021
General support
$103,498
Lydia Home Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$102,668
Cal'S Angels · St Charles, IL · 2024
General support
$102,264
Als Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$101,206
Als Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$98,529
Cal'S Angels · St Charles, IL · 2023
General support
$97,880
100 Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$97,840
Glenwood Academy · Glenwood, IL · 2023
General support
$97,830
Susan G Komen - Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$97,306
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Joliet · Arlington Heights, IL · 2023
General support
$97,118
Lydia Home Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$96,534
Jesse White Tumbling Team · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$93,963
Als Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$90,759
New Star · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$84,765
Lydia Home Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$82,731
Glenwood Academy · Glenwood, IL · 2022
General support
$82,147
Special Olympics Illinois · Lombard, IL · 2022
General support
$81,884
Jesse White Tumbling Team · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$80,928
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$80,699
100 Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$80,372
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Joliet · Arlington Heights, IL · 2022
General support
$77,119
Susan G Komen - Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$73,170
Jesse White Tumbling Team · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$72,027
Jesse White Tumbling Team · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$65,920
Susan G Komen - Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$65,338
Special Olympics Illinois · Lombard, IL · 2021
General support
$63,576
New Star · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$63,345
Franciscan Community Benefit Services · Lemont, IL · 2021
General support
$60,164
Susan G Komen - Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$54,544
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Joliet · Arlington Heights, IL · 2021
General support
$49,349
Als Association · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$44,992
Advocate Health Care · Downers Grove, IL · 2021
General support
$42,844
Violet Foundation for Pediatric Cancer · Countryside, IL · 2024
General support
$41,964
Folds of Honor Foundation · Owasso, OK · 2024
General support
$41,298
Bloomington Ymca · Bloomington, IL · 2023
General support
$40,265
Glenwood Academy · Glenwood, IL · 2021
General support
$31,294
Lydia Home Association · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$19,568
Habitat for Humanity · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$18,325
Glenwood Academy · Glenwood, IL · 2024
General support
$15,945
Bloomington Ymca · Bloomington, IL · 2022
General support

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John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)7,100 grants · $1.67B
The Chicago Community Trust14,939 grants · $5.82B
The Big Ten Conference60 grants · $3.91B

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The Ford Foundation10,731 grants · $2.35B
Silicon Valley Community Foundation10,471 grants · $10.10B
Wk Kellogg Foundation7,234 grants · $1.30B

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.