Funding search · EIN 200894628 · Chicago, IL

The First Spoke Foundation

Name: The First Spoke Foundation grants, 2021–2022
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.

45
grants reported: $16.2M
total given: 2021–2022
filing years: $100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2022. 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.

University of Illinois Foundation1 grant · $5.3M
The Ark1 grant · $3.8M
Birthright Israel Foundation2 grants · $1.1M
Carbon Mapper2 grants · $1.0M
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago2 grants · $985,497
Partnership Project1 grant · $650,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors2 grants · $550,000
The Jewish Federations of North America2 grants · $500,000
United States Energy Foundation2 grants · $400,000
Secure Community Network1 grant · $277,500

Giving over time

$12.9M

2021

$3.3M

2022

Grant history

All 45 reported grants, largest first.

$5.3M
University of Illinois Foundation · Urbana, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$3.8M
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$835,000
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$650,000
Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2022
General Operating Support
$550,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
General Operating Support
$500,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
$500,000
Carbon Mapper · Pasadena, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$500,000
Carbon Mapper · Pasadena, CA · 2021
General Operating Support
$500,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2021
General Operating Support
$400,000
The Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2021
General Operating Support
$277,500
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$250,000
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$225,000
Michael Reese Health Trust · Elgin, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$150,497
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$150,000
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General Operating Support
$110,000
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$100,000
All Chicago Making Homelessness History · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$100,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
$100,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General Operating Support
$100,000
The Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
$100,000
Chicago Children'S Advocacy Center · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$100,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2021
General Operating Support
$100,000
Lake County Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$100,000
Resource Media a Nonprofit Corporation · Beaverton, OR · 2021
General Operating Support
$77,500
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago Jcc · Northbrook, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$75,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
General Operating Support
$70,000
Family Christian Health Center · Harvey, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$60,000
Northshore University Healthsystem · Evanston, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$50,000
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$50,000
City Colleges of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$50,000
National-Louis University · Wheeling, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$50,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
$50,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$35,000
Comp-U-Dopt · Houston, TX · 2021
General Operating Support
$25,000
Chicago Family Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$25,000
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$20,000
Chicago Cares · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$20,000
Christian Community Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$20,000
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$20,000
United Way of Lake County · Mentor, OH · 2021
General Operating Support
$16,000
Beloved Community Family Wellness Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$16,000
Tca Health Inc Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$15,000
Enlace Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$10,000
Cara Program · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$10,000
Dion'S Chicago Dream Inc Nfp · Matteson, IL · 2021
General Operating Support

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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.