Funding search · EIN 853941297 · Chicago, IL

Gracias Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

50
grants reported
$60.9M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$432,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • Ortus Foundation1 grant · $15.0M
  • Harvard College Trust2 grants · $12.3M
  • Atreides Foundation Fund Lp1 grant · $10.0M
  • Johns Hopkins University2 grants · $2.9M
  • Georgetown University Giving2 grants · $2.3M
  • University of Chicago2 grants · $2.1M
  • Caf America1 grant · $2.0M
  • Georgetown University Giving1 grant · $1.2M
  • University of Chicago1 grant · $1.0M
  • The Film Collaborative1 grant · $1.0M

Giving over time

$32.6M
2022
$16.2M
2023
$12.0M
2024

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

  • $15.0M

    Ortus Foundation · Jackson, WY · 2022

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $10.0M

    Atreides Foundation Fund Lp · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $9.2M

    Harvard College Trust · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $3.2M

    Harvard College Trust · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $2.0M

    Caf America · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $1.9M

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $1.3M

    Georgetown University Giving · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $1.2M

    Georgetown University Giving · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $1.1M

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $1.0M

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $1.0M

    Invest America Charitable Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2024

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $1.0M

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $1.0M

    Georgetown University Giving · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $1.0M

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $1.0M

    The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $1.0M

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $750,000

    Committee for Open Democracy · Bradenton, FL · 2022

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $600,000

    Parkinsons Research and Education Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2023

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $585,000

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount S · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $542,505

    Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $500,000

    Eagle Hill Foundation of Mass · Hardwick, MA · 2024

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $500,000

    Eagle Hill Foundation of Mass · Hardwick, MA · 2023

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $500,000

    Chicago Cred · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $500,000

    Nova Ukraine · San Jose, CA · 2022

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $450,000

    Shady Grove Adventist Hospital Foundation · Gaithersburg, MD · 2023

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $415,000

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $350,000

    Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $350,000

    Big Green · Boulder, CO · 2022

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $300,000

    Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $290,954

    Imperial College Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $250,000

    Big Green · Boulder, CO · 2024

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $250,000

    Sierra Arts Foundation · Reno, NV · 2024

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $250,000

    Big Green · Boulder, CO · 2023

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $250,000

    Caf America · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $250,000

    Wolcott College Prep · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $200,000

    Makeway Foundation · 2023

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $179,348

    Fractured Atlas · Hartsdale, NY · 2022

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $100,000

    Phillips Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $100,000

    Ucs Foundation · Sterling Heights, MI · 2024

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $100,000

    Phillips Academy · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $100,000

    Eagle Hill Foundation of Mass · Hardwick, MA · 2022

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $100,000

    Phillips Academy · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $50,000

    Impactassets · Bethesda, MD · 2024

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $50,000

    Lsu Health Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $50,000

    Multidisciplinary Association Psych · San Jose, CA · 2022

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $36,478

    Fractured Atlas · Hartsdale, NY · 2023

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $25,000

    Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $25,000

    First Descents · Denver, CO · 2023

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $25,000

    Imperial College Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

  • $20,000

    First Descents · Denver, CO · 2024

    General operating expenses in its entirety.

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.