Funding search · EIN 367291505 · Chicago, IL

The Kensington Square Foundation

Name: The Kensington Square Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

118
grants reported: $6.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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 · $1.4M
Window To the World Communications Inc (Wttw)4 grants · $1.0M
Charles Schwab Charitable Fund3 grants · $500,000
Vanguard Charitable Fund3 grants · $500,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School2 grants · $410,000
Steppenwolf Theatre4 grants · $380,000
Court Theatre4 grants · $225,000
Our Lady of Tepeyac High School4 grants · $200,000
Old St Patrick'S Church4 grants · $190,000
Depaul College Prep High School4 grants · $150,000

Giving over time

$2.4M

2022

$1.7M

2023

$1.3M

2024

$1.1M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 118 grants.

$1.1M
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$275,000
Window To the World Communications Inc (Wttw) · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$275,000
Window To the World Communications Inc (Wttw) · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$275,000
Window To the World Communications Inc (Wttw) · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$210,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$200,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$200,000
Charles Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2023
General support
$200,000
Vanguard Charitable Fund · Warwick, RI · 2023
General support
$200,000
Charles Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2022
General support
$200,000
Vanguard Charitable Fund · Warwick, RI · 2022
General support
$200,000
Window To the World Communications Inc (Wttw) · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$170,000
Court Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$100,000
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$100,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2025
General support
$100,000
Charles Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2024
General support
$100,000
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$100,000
Steppenwolf Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$100,000
Vanguard Charitable Fund · Warwick, RI · 2024
General support
$100,000
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$95,000
Steppenwolf Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$95,000
Steppenwolf Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$90,000
La Rabida Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$90,000
Steppenwolf Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$50,000
Our Lady of Tepeyac High School · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$50,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$50,000
Old St Patrick'S Church · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$50,000
Our Lady of Tepeyac High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$50,000
Asu Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2023
General support
$50,000
Depaul College Prep High School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$50,000
Old St Patrick'S Church · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$50,000
Our Lady of Tepeyac High School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$50,000
The Cara Program · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$50,000
Depaul College Prep High School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$50,000
Old St Patrick'S Church · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$50,000
Our Lady of Tepeyac High School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$50,000
The Cara Program · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$40,000
Old St Patrick'S Church · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$40,000
Grant Park Orchestral Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$35,000
Asu Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2025
General support
$35,000
Asu Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2024
General support
$35,000
Arizona State University Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2022
General support
$35,000
St Ignatius College Preparatory · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$25,000
Catholic Charities of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$25,000
Depaul College Prep High School · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$25,000
Dominican Sisters of Springfield · Springfield, IL · 2025
General support
$25,000
Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$25,000
Archdiocese of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$25,000
Depaul College Prep High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$25,000
Dominican Sisters of Springfield · Springfield, IL · 2024
General support
$25,000
Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$25,000
Catholic Charities of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$25,000
Children at the Crossroads Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$25,000
Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$25,000
Dominican Sisters of Springfield · Springfield, IL · 2023
General support
$25,000
Mayo Scottsdale · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
General support
$25,000
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$25,000
The Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$25,000
Catholic Charities of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$25,000
Children at the Crossroads Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$25,000
Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$25,000
Dominican Sisters of Springfield · Springfield, IL · 2022
General support
$25,000
Mayo Scottsdale · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
General support
$25,000
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$25,000
The Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$20,000
Chicago Public Radio - Wbez · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$20,000
Heard Museum · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General support
$20,000
Court Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$20,000
Heard Museum · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General support
$20,000
Chicago Public Radio - Wbez · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$20,000
Court Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$20,000
Heard Museum · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General support
$20,000
Chicago Public Radio - Wbez · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$20,000
Heard Museum · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General support
$15,000
Grant Park Orchestral Association · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$15,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$15,000
Theo Ubique Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$15,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$15,000
Theo Ubique Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$15,000
Friends of Public Radio Arizona (Kjzzkbaq) · Tempe, AZ · 2023
General support
$15,000
La Rabida Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$15,000
Theo Ubique Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$15,000
Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2023
General support
$15,000
Court Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$15,000
Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2022
General support
$12,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$12,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Children at the Crossroads Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Hospice of the Valley · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General support
$10,000
Kjzz · Tempe, AZ · 2025
General support
$10,000
Mayo Clinic Foundation · Rochester, MN · 2025
General support
$10,000
St Mary'S Food Bank Alliance · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General support
$10,000
The Cara Program · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Children at the Crossroads Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Hospice of the Valley · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General support
$10,000
Kjzz · Tempe, AZ · 2024
General support
$10,000
Mayo Clinic Foundation · Rochester, MN · 2024
General support
$10,000
The Cara Program · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
St Mary'S Food Bank Alliance · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General support
$10,000
Steep Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support

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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.