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John H Hart Foundation

Name: John H Hart Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

161
grants reported: $4.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $3,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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.

The Jessica Fund2 grants · $875,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation3 grants · $452,500
Goodman Theatre3 grants · $405,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $371,500
Steppenwolf Theatre3 grants · $350,000
Chi Arts3 grants · $325,000
Lincoln Park Zoo3 grants · $282,250
Greater Chicago Food Depository3 grants · $135,000
Merit School of Music3 grants · $130,000
Mayo Clinic2 grants · $100,000

Giving over time

$1.8M

2022

$1.2M

2023

$1.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 161 grants.

$775,000
The Jessica Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$250,000
Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$190,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$152,500
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$150,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$150,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$150,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$131,250
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$125,000
Steppenwolf Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$125,000
Steppenwolf Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$115,000
Chi Arts · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$110,000
Chi Arts · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$105,000
Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$100,000
The Jessica Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$100,000
Chi Arts · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$100,000
Steppenwolf Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$91,500
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$90,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Foundation for Hearing & Speech · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022
Charitable
$40,000
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$40,000
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$35,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$30,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$30,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$25,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Musical Movements for Change · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$25,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$25,000
Erikson Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Musical Movements for Change · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Charitable contribution
$20,000
Foundation for Hearing & Speech · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$16,500
Santa Fe Community Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Invest for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Santa Fe Opera · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Charitable contribution
$15,000
Invest for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Invest for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Wttw 11 Wfmt · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$14,400
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Charitable contribution
$11,000
The Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$11,000
The Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$11,000
The Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$10,500
Santa Fe Opera · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Francis W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Friends of the Children · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Santa Fe Community Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Think New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Wttw 11 Wfmt · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Francis W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Santa Fe Opera · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Wttw 11 Wfmt · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Aclu Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Francis W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
New Roads School Fund · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Charitable
$7,500
A Better Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$7,500
Respectacle · Hudson, WI · 2023
Charitable
$7,500
Think New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Charitable contribution
$6,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Ingenuity · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
The Stuttering Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2024
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Turnout Activism · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Ndi New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Charitable contribution
$5,000
New Mexico School for the Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Charitable contribution
$5,000
The Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Respectacle · Hudson, WI · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Stuttering Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
The Brentwood School Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charitable contribution
$5,000
The Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Think New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Charitable contribution
$5,000
University of New Mexico Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Charitable
$3,500
Arts of Life · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$3,500
Family Matters · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$3,500
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Camperships for Nebagamon · East Troy, WI · 2023
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Menlo College · Atherton, CA · 2022
Charitable
$3,000
New Mexico School for the Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Charitable contribution
$2,500
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Charitable contribution
$2,500
Center On Halsted · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$2,500
La Familia Medical Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
New Mexico Appleseed · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
New Mexico School for the Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Charitable contribution
$2,500
University of Miami · Coral Gables, FL · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Aclu Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Charitable contribution
$2,500
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$2,500
Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Family Matters · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Fistula Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Access Living · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
Arts of Life · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Charitable contribution

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