Funding search · EIN 364150724 · Oak Park, IL

Oak Park-River Forest

Name: Oak Park-River Forest grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

285
grants reported: $9.9M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $12,000
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.

What they fund

services

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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.

Heph Foundation4 grants · $1.8M
The Dupage Community Foundation1 grant · $815,000
University of Notre Dame3 grants · $666,000
Lawrence Technological University3 grants · $645,000
Animal Care League4 grants · $541,303
Chicago Public Media4 grants · $500,000
Thrive Counseling Center4 grants · $354,092
Seven Generations Ahead4 grants · $338,992
Frank Lloyd Wright Trust4 grants · $249,759
Housing Forward4 grants · $158,610

Giving over time

$2.4M

2021

$3.0M

2022

$2.0M

2023

$2.6M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 285 grants.

$815,000
The Dupage Community Foundation · Downers Grove, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$535,000
Lawrence Technological University · Southfield, MI · 2024
To support general program services
$500,000
Heph Foundation · Oak Park, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$487,332
Heph Foundation · Oak Park, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$402,500
Heph Foundation · Oak Park, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$400,000
Heph Foundation · Oak Park, IL · 2023
To support general program services
$222,000
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2023
To support general program services
$222,000
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2022
Charitable purposes
$222,000
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2021
Charitable purposes
$169,717
Animal Care League · Oak Park, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$168,369
Animal Care League · Oak Park, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$142,001
Animal Care League · Oak Park, IL · 2023
To support general program services
$127,081
Frank Lloyd Wright Trust · Chicago, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$125,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$125,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support general program services
$125,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$125,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$107,480
Thrive Counseling Center · Oak Park, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$101,112
Park District of Oak Park · Oak Park, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$100,000
Lawrence Technological University · Southfield, MI · 2023
To support general program services
$98,879
Seven Generations Ahead · Oak Park, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$83,007
Thrive Counseling Center · Oak Park, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$81,837
Thrive Counseling Center · Oak Park, IL · 2023
To support general program services
$81,768
Thrive Counseling Center · Oak Park, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$81,036
Seven Generations Ahead · Oak Park, IL · 2023
To support general program services
$81,014
Seven Generations Ahead · Oak Park, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$78,063
Seven Generations Ahead · Oak Park, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$72,574
Housing Forward · Maywood, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$62,641
Hephzibah Children'S Association · Oak Park, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$61,216
Animal Care League · Oak Park, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$57,728
Frank Lloyd Wright Trust · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$57,619
Frank Lloyd Wright Trust · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support general program services
$53,500
Youth Educational Mentoring Basketball Association · Oak Park, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$52,441
Community Connections Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$50,000
Community Connections Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support general program services
$50,000
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$50,000
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$45,908
Housing Forward · Maywood, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$42,250
Grace Lutheran Church and School · River Forest, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$40,000
University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation · Amherst, MA · 2024
To support general program services
$38,000
Children'S Research Triangle · Chicago, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$36,000
Growing Community Media Nfp · Oak Park, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$34,750
The Firehouse Dream · Maywood, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$33,450
Beyond Hunger · Oak Park, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$32,977
Hephzibah Children'S Association · Oak Park, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$32,760
Oak Park Public Library · Oak Park, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$32,031
Oak Park School District #97 · Oak Park, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$30,726
Hephzibah Children'S Association · Oak Park, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$30,000
Chicago Coalition To End Homelessness · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$30,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support general program services
$30,000
St Ignatius College Prep of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support general program services
$30,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$30,000
St Ignatius College Prep of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$30,000
St Ignatius College Prep of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$27,750
Growing Community Media Nfp · Oak Park, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$27,450
Harmony Community Cares · Chicago, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$27,260
Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project · Chicago, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$27,200
Harmony Community Cares · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$26,123
Oak Park Public Library · Oak Park, IL · 2023
To support general program services
$25,757
Oak Park Public Library · Oak Park, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$25,500
Oak Park and River Forest Infant Welfare Society · Oak Park, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$25,425
Housing Forward · Maywood, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$25,250
Youth Educational Mentoring Basketball Association · Oak Park, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$25,000
Catholic Bishop of Chicago St Luke and St Bernardine Parish · River Forest, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$25,000
Collaboration for Early Childhood Care and Education · Oak Park, IL · 2023
To support general program services
$25,000
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support general program services
$25,000
Ted Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
To support general program services
$25,000
Ted Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable purposes
$25,000
Trinity High School · River Forest, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$25,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$25,000
Chicago Media Project · Chicago, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$25,000
Ted Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable purposes
$25,000
Trinity High School · River Forest, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$24,500
Beyond Hunger · Oak Park, IL · 2023
To support general program services
$24,300
Grace Lutheran Church and School · River Forest, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$24,250
Grace Lutheran Church and School · River Forest, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$24,193
The Oak Park Regional Housing Center · Oak Park, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$23,864
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$23,749
Oak Park Public Library · Oak Park, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$23,579
Nineteenth Century Charitable Association · Oak Park, IL · 2023
To support general program services
$23,000
Alliance To End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County · Hillside, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$22,562
Growing Community Media Nfp · Oak Park, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$22,500
Austin Childcare Providers Network · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$22,500
Oak-Leyden Developmental Services · Oak Park, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$21,500
Youth Outreach Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$21,500
Parks Foundation of Oak Park · Oak Park, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$21,413
A House in Austin · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$20,000
Bradley Jordan Foundation · Washington Island, WI · 2024
To support general program services
$20,000
The Nehemiah Community Project · Maywood, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$20,000
Youth Crossroads · Berwyn, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$20,000
Trinity High School · River Forest, IL · 2023
To support general program services
$20,000
Alliance To End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County · Hillside, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$20,000
Parks Foundation of Oak Park · Oak Park, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$20,000
Taller De Jose · Chicago, IL · 2021
Charitable purposes
$19,987
Speculative Literature Foundation · Dubuque, IA · 2021
Charitable purposes
$19,000
Saint Ignatius College Prep of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support general program services
$19,000
First United Church of Oak Park · Oak Park, IL · 2023
To support general program services
$18,500
Youth Crossroads · Berwyn, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$18,450
Grace Lutheran Church and School · River Forest, IL · 2023
To support general program services
$18,203
Community of Congregations · Oak Park, IL · 2023
To support general program services

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.