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Funding search · EIN 136025155 · Chicago, IL

Minnie Parker Char Tr Xxxxx5002

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

41
grants reported: $771,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
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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Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Solve Mecfs Initiative4 grants · $105,000
Bethany House of Prayer4 grants · $100,000
University of Vermont4 grants · $100,000
The Aloha Foundation4 grants · $100,000
Columbia University4 grants · $86,000
Health Story Collaborative4 grants · $55,000
Citizen Schools3 grants · $45,000
Dimock Community Health Center3 grants · $45,000
Camp Starfish3 grants · $45,000
Breakthrough Greater Boston3 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$202,500

2022

$185,000

2023

$180,000

2024

$203,500

2025

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
Solve Mecfs Initiative · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$25,000
Bethany House of Prayer · Arlington, MA · 2025
General
$25,000
Dimock Community Health Center · Roxbury, MA · 2025
General
$25,000
Solve Mecfs Initiative · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General
$25,000
The Aloha Foundation · Fairlee, VT · 2025
General
$25,000
University of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2025
General
$25,000
Bethany House of Prayer · Arlington, MA · 2024
General
$25,000
Solve Mecfs Initiative · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$25,000
The Aloha Foundation · Fairlee, VT · 2024
General
$25,000
University of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2024
General
$25,000
Bethany House of Prayer · Arlington, MA · 2023
General
$25,000
Solve Mecfs Initiative · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$25,000
The Aloha Foundation · Fairlee, VT · 2023
General
$25,000
University of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2023
General
$25,000
Bethany House of Prayer · Arlington, MA · 2022
General
$25,000
Citizen Schools · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$25,000
The Aloha Foundation · Fairlee, VT · 2022
General
$25,000
University of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2022
General
$23,500
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2025
General
$22,500
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
General
$20,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
General
$20,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
General
$20,000
Breakthrough Greater Boston · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General
$15,000
Camp Starfish · Lancaster, MA · 2025
General
$15,000
Camp Starfish · Lancaster, MA · 2024
General
$15,000
Health Story Collaborative · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General
$15,000
Health Story Collaborative · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General
$15,000
Camp Starfish · Lancaster, MA · 2022
General
$15,000
Health Story Collaborative · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General
$10,000
American Farm School · New York, NY · 2025
General
$10,000
Breakthrough Greater Boston · Cambridge, MA · 2025
General
$10,000
Health Story Collaborative · Cambridge, MA · 2025
General
$10,000
High Mountain Institute · Leadville, CO · 2025
General
$10,000
Citizen Schools · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$10,000
Dimock Community Health Center · Roxbury, MA · 2024
General
$10,000
High Mountain Institute · Leadville, CO · 2024
General
$10,000
American Farm School · New York, NY · 2023
General
$10,000
Breakthrough Greater Boston · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General
$10,000
Citizen Schools · Boston, MA · 2023
General
$10,000
Dimock Community Health Center · Roxbury, MA · 2023
General
$10,000
High Mountain Institute · Leadville, CO · 2023
General

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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.