Funding search · EIN 366108775 · Chicago, IL
Lloyd a Fry 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.
- 1,524
- grants reported
- $38.1M
- 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- The Barack Obama Foundation4 grants · $1.0M
- Community Restorative Justice Hubs3 grants · $675,000
- Leading Educators5 grants · $625,000
- Metropolitan Family Services6 grants · $607,500
- Chicago Children'S Advocacy Center8 grants · $600,000
- Esperanza Health Centers9 grants · $585,500
- Uic College of Education Center for Urban Education Leadership4 grants · $500,000
- Institute for Nonviolence Chicago4 grants · $500,000
- Teach Plus Incorporated4 grants · $500,000
- New Leaders4 grants · $480,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 1,524 grants.
- $250,000
The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
For support of the obama presidential center
- $250,000
The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
For support of the obama presidential center
- $250,000
The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
For support of the obama presidential center
- $250,000
The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
For support of the obama presidential center
- $225,000
Community Restorative Justice Hubs · Chicago, IL · 2023
For support of community restorative justice hubs infrastructure for community healing, decarceration and investment
- $225,000
Community Restorative Justice Hubs · Chicago, IL · 2022
For support of community restorative justice hubs infrastructure for community healing, decarceration and investment
- $225,000
Community Restorative Justice Hubs · Chicago, IL · 2021
For support of community restorative justice hubs infrastructure for community healing, decarceration and investment
- $200,000
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
For the metropolitan peace academy and the rapid employment and development initiative (readi)
- $200,000
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
For the metropolitan peace academy and the rapid employment and development initiative (readi)
- $150,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
For connecting for impact: teacher leadership as a driver of professional learning and instructional improvement in chicago
- $130,000
University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration · Chicago, IL · 2021
For the network for college success for work with r&d partner schools and for the freshman success for equity collaborative
- $125,000
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
For the chicagoland workforce funder alliance
- $125,000
Esperanza Health Centers · Chicago, IL · 2024
For support of the chicago safety net learning collaborative
- $125,000
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
For general operating support
- $125,000
Leading Educators · Chicago, IL · 2024
For chicago school based supports: accelerating student learning and developing teacher leaders
- $125,000
Teach Plus Incorporated · Chicago, IL · 2024
For change agent & change agent for school leaders
- $125,000
Teaching Lab · Washington, DC · 2024
For improving student learning and developing teacher leadership through skyline implementation in chicago public schools
- $125,000
The Leadership Academy · Long Island City, NY · 2024
For the chicago partnership for student-centered leadership
- $125,000
Uic College of Education Center for Urban Education Leadership · Chicago, IL · 2024
For the center for urban education leadership's support to cps network chiefs
- $125,000
University of Chicago Consortium On School Research · Chicago, IL · 2024
For support for implementation of the cultivate framework and for the consortium investor council
- $125,000
University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work Policy and Practi · Chicago, IL · 2024
For the network for college success: fostering principal leadership and whole school improvement
- $125,000
Chicago Public Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
For professional learning communities and the priority school pilot
- $125,000
Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2023
For support of the chicagoland workforce funder alliance
- $125,000
Esperanza Health Centers · Chicago, IL · 2023
For support of the chicago safety net learning collaborative
- $125,000
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
For general operating support
- $125,000
Leading Educators · New Orleans, LA · 2023
For chicago school based supports: accelerating student learning and developing teacher leaders
- $125,000
Teach Plus Incorporated · Chicago, IL · 2023
For change agent & change agent for school leaders
- $125,000
The Leadership Academy · Long Island City, NY · 2023
For the chicago partnership for culturally responsive leadership
- $125,000
Uic College of Education Center for Urban Education Leadership · Chicago, IL · 2023
For the center for urban education leadership's support to cps network chiefs
- $125,000
University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work Policy and Practi · Chicago, IL · 2023
For the network for college success: fostering principal leadership and whole school improvement
- $125,000
Chicago Public Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
For professional learning communities and the priority school pilot
- $125,000
Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2022
For support of the chicagoland workforce funder alliance (f995)
- $125,000
Esperanza Health Centers · Chicago, IL · 2022
For support of the chicago safety net learning collaborative
- $125,000
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights · Chicago, IL · 2022
For the rapid employment and development initiative (readi)
- $125,000
Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
For ingenuitys data and professional learning initiatives
- $125,000
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
For institute for nonviolence chicago general operations
- $125,000
Leading Educators · New Orleans, LA · 2022
For the le/cps skyline networked improvement community
- $125,000
Teach Plus Incorporated · Chicago, IL · 2022
For change agent & change agent for school leaders
- $125,000
Uic College of Education Center for Urban Education Leadership · Chicago, IL · 2022
For engaging p2 to diagnose and address network chief learning needs: 2022-2024
- $125,000
University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration · Chicago, IL · 2022
For the network for college success: fostering principal leadership and whole school improvement
- $125,000
Chicago Public Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2021
For its professional learning supports for cps principals
- $125,000
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights · Chicago, IL · 2021
For the rapid employment and development initiative (readi)
- $125,000
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Institute for nonviolence chicago general operations
- $125,000
Leading Educators · New Orleans, LA · 2021
For skyline implementation support to chicago public schools
- $125,000
Leading Educators · New Orleans, LA · 2021
For the le/cps skyline networked improvement community
- $125,000
Teach Plus Incorporated · Chicago, IL · 2021
For change agent & change agent for school leaders
- $125,000
Uic College of Education Center for Urban Education Leadership · Chicago, IL · 2021
For engaging p2 to diagnose and address network chief learning needs: 2022-2024
- $120,000
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group · Chicago, IL · 2024
For strengthening entry points and career pathways for a sustainable public health workforce
- $120,000
New Leaders · New York, NY · 2024
For chicago principal leadership initiative: strengthening schools, empowering leaders
- $120,000
New Leaders · New York, NY · 2023
For the aspiring principals and leadership bridge programs
- $120,000
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group · Chicago, IL · 2022
For strengthening entry points and career pathways for a sustainable public health workforce
- $120,000
New Leaders · New York, NY · 2022
For the aspiring principals and leadership bridge programs
- $120,000
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group · Chicago, IL · 2021
For community health workers as vital to the public health workforce in illinois: strengthening the case
- $120,000
New Leaders · New York, NY · 2021
For the aspiring principals and the leadership bridge programs
- $110,000
Chicago Children'S Advocacy Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
For the pathh (providing access toward hope and healing) collaboration
- $110,000
Chicago Children'S Advocacy Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
For the pathh (providing access toward hope and healing) collaboration
- $110,000
Shriver Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2023
For support of the health care justice program
- $110,000
Chicago Children'S Advocacy Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
For the pathh (providing access toward hope and healing) collaboration
- $110,000
Shriver Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2022
For support of the health care justice program
- $110,000
Chicago Children'S Advocacy Center · Chicago, IL · 2021
For the pathh (providing access toward hope and healing) collaboration
- $110,000
Shriver Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2021
For support of the health care justice program
- $100,000
Accelerate Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
For leadership academy and ascend
- $100,000
Bellwether Education Partners · Sudbury, MA · 2024
For continuous improvement and data transparency policy support
- $100,000
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
For the scaling community violence intervention for a safer chicago initiative
- $100,000
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
For the illinois immigration funder collaborative's special initiatives fund
- $100,000
Chicago Public Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
For the malott fellowship
- $100,000
Community Counseling Centers of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
For support of the c4/countycare behavioral health - primary care integration learning collaborative
- $100,000
Illinois Partners for Human Service · Chicago, IL · 2024
For supporting advocacy and investment in the human services workforce
- $100,000
Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
For data, research, and professional learning initiatives
- $100,000
National Center for Civic Innovation · New York, NY · 2024
For support of the professional learning community to transform the student learning experience
- $100,000
National Equity Project · Oakland, CA · 2024
For nep district redesign network (chicago public schools): redesigning systems to transform the student experience
- $100,000
Anet · Chicago, IL · 2023
For assessment, coaching, and curriculum implementation support to increase student achievement
- $100,000
Bellwether Education Partners · Sudbury, MA · 2023
For continuous improvement and data transparency policy support
- $100,000
Community Counseling Centers of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
For support of the c4/countycare behavioral health - primary care integration learning collaborative
- $100,000
Crossroads Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
For the solidarity fund to support asylum seekers
- $100,000
Illinois Partners for Human Service · Chicago, IL · 2023
For supporting advocacy and investment in the human services workforce
- $100,000
Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
For data, research, and professional learning initiatives
- $100,000
National Equity Project · Oakland, CA · 2023
For nep district redesign network (chicago public schools): redesigning systems to transform the student experience
- $100,000
The Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2023
For the scaling community violence intervention for a safer chicago initiative
- $100,000
The Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2023
For the illinois immigration funder collaborative's special initiatives fund
- $100,000
Community Counseling Centers of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
For support of the c4/countycare behavioral health - primary care integration learning collaborative
- $100,000
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
For the metropolitan peace academy
- $100,000
National Equity Project · Oakland, CA · 2022
For chicago leaders for equity: leading and designing for equity in complex systems
- $100,000
The Achievement Network Ltd · Chicago, IL · 2022
For supporting the use of instructional data to deepen skyline implementation
- $100,000
The Asian American Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
For teaach act implementation
- $100,000
The Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2022
For community based strategy for transformative violence reduction in north lawndale
- $100,000
Achievement Network · Chicago, IL · 2021
For supporting the use of instructional data to deepen skyline implementation
- $100,000
Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2021
For support of the chicagoland workforce funder alliance
- $100,000
Equal Opportunity Schools · Seattle, WA · 2021
For the measures that matter design studio and community of practice in chicago public schools
- $100,000
Esperanza Health Centers · Chicago, IL · 2021
For support of the chicago safety net learning collaborative
- $100,000
Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
For ingenuitys data and professional learning initiatives
- $100,000
Kids First Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
For support for chicago connected and parent-informed education recovery planning
- $100,000
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2021
For the metropolitan peace academy
- $100,000
National Equity Project · Oakland, CA · 2021
For chicago leaders for equity: leading and designing for equity in complex systems
- $100,000
The Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2021
Community based strategy for transformative violence reduction in north lawndale
- $95,500
Community Counseling Centers of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
For support of the c4/countycare behavioral health - primary care integration learning collaborative
- $90,000
Scalelit · Chicago, IL · 2024
For advocacy, career pathway navigators, and training & technical assistance
- $90,000
Scalelit · Chicago, IL · 2023
For advocacy, career pathway navigators, and training & technical assistance
- $90,000
National Louis University · Chicago, IL · 2022
For the national louis university/chicago public schools coaching program
- $90,000
National Louis University · Chicago, IL · 2021
For the national louis university/chicago public schools coaching program
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