Funding search · EIN 874075108 · Chicago, IL
Robert C and Deborah K Bridges
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
- $484,515
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $10,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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.
- Education Pioneers3 grants · $71,500
- A Better Chicago3 grants · $65,000
- Hope Chicago3 grants · $60,000
- Greater Chicago Food Depository3 grants · $50,000
- Xs Tennis and Education Foundation3 grants · $45,000
- The Young Center for Immigrant Children'S Rights3 grants · $45,000
- Planned Parenthood of Illinois3 grants · $30,000
- Mayo Clinic2 grants · $20,000
- Chicago Lights2 grants · $20,000
- Lincoln Park Zoological Society3 grants · $16,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 41 reported grants, largest first.
- $26,500
Education Pioneers · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $25,000
A Better Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $25,000
A Better Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Education Pioneers · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
- $20,000
Hope Chicago · Winnetka, IL · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Hope Chicago · Winnetka, IL · 2023
General support
- $20,000
Education Pioneers · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $20,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $20,000
Hope Chicago · Winnetka, IL · 2022
General support
- $15,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $15,000
The Young Center for Immigrant Children'S Rights · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Xs Tennis and Education Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $15,000
The Young Center for Immigrant Children'S Rights · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $15,000
Xs Tennis and Education Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $15,000
A Better Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $15,000
The Young Center for Immigrant Children'S Rights · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $15,000
Xs Tennis and Education Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Chicago Lights · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Chicago Lights · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Community Counseling Centers of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Sycamore Land Trust Incorporated · Bloomington, IN · 2022
General support
- $9,000
Northminster Presbyterian Church · Evanston, IL · 2022
General support
- $7,500
Lincoln Park Zoological Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Children First Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Children First Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $4,500
Lincoln Park Zoological Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $4,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $4,000
Lincoln Park Zoological Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $3,000
Deborah'S Place · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $3,000
Children First Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $1,000
William Guy Forbeck Research Foundation · Charbondale, CO · 2024
General support
- $1,000
Signal Centers · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
General support
- $515
Care for Real · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $500
Jdrf International · New York, NY · 2023
General support
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