Funding search · EIN 201746794 · Chicago, IL

Lakshmi Foundation

Name: Lakshmi Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

73
grants reported: $572,500
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $5,000
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.

Cheshire Project Dba Zeno Mountain Farm4 grants · $70,000
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago4 grants · $40,000
Chicago Foundation for Women4 grants · $40,000
National Public Radio4 grants · $40,000
Wbez - Chicago Public Radio4 grants · $40,000
Totallink2 Community4 grants · $35,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois3 grants · $30,000
Aspire of Illinois3 grants · $29,000
Special Olympics of Illinois4 grants · $25,000
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation4 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$128,500

2021

$115,000

2022

$156,000

2023

$173,000

2024

Grant history

All 73 reported grants, largest first.

$34,000
Cheshire Project Dba Zeno Mountain Farm · Venice, CA · 2023
General support
$16,000
Cheshire Project Dba Zeno Mountain Farm · Venice, CA · 2024
General support
$12,000
Aspire of Illinois · Hillside, IL · 2024
General support
$12,000
Aspire of Illinois · Hillside, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Collaborative Community -Cchi · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
I Am Als · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$10,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Special Olympics of Illinois · Normal, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Totallink2 Community · Northbrook, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Voices and Faces Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Wbez - Chicago Public Radio · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
The Norse Project · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Totallink2 Community · Northbrook, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Wbez - Chicago Public Radio · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$10,000
Cheshire Project Dba Zeno Mountain Farm · Venice, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$10,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$10,000
Totallink2 Community · Northbrook, IL · 2022
General support
$10,000
Wbez - Chicago Public Radio · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$10,000
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$10,000
Aspire Chicago · Hillside, IL · 2021
General support
$10,000
Cheshire Project Dba Zeno Mountain Farm · Venice, CA · 2021
General support
$10,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$10,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$10,000
Wbez - Chicago Public Radio · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$10,000
Wei at Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$5,000
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
L'Arche Chicago · Forest Park, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Midwest Access Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
National Association for Down Syndrome · Park Ridge, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General support
$5,000
The Nora Project Nfp · Montgomery, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Women Employed · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Midwest Access Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
National Association for Down Syndrome · Park Ridge, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Special Olympics of Illinois · Normal, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
The Josselyn Center · Northfield, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Voices and Faces Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Women Employed · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Midwest Access Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
National Association for Down Syndrome · Park Ridge, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Special Olympics of Illinois · Normal, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
The Josselyn Center · Northfield, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Voices and Faces Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Wei at Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Aspire of Illinois · Hillside, IL · 2021
General support
$5,000
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$5,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2021
General support
$5,000
Midwest Access Project · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$5,000
Old Town School of Folk Music · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$5,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2021
General support
$5,000
Special Olympics of Illinois · Normal, IL · 2021
General support
$5,000
Totallink2 Community · Northbrook, IL · 2021
General support
$5,000
Women Employed · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$3,500
The Josselyn Center · Northfield, IL · 2021
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.