Funding search · EIN 363487098 · Chicago, IL

Robert & Isabelle Bass Fdn

Name: Robert & Isabelle Bass Fdn grants, 2022–2025
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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.

53
grants reported: $695,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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.

What they fund

education clark dance empower inclusion literature needy planned

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Lyric Opera of Chicago4 grants · $110,000
Field Museum4 grants · $100,000
Chicago Opera Theater4 grants · $80,000
Grant Park Music Festival4 grants · $75,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $66,000
Forward Momentum4 grants · $37,500
Cedille Records4 grants · $35,000
Third Coast Percussions4 grants · $30,000
Merit School of Music3 grants · $27,500
Storycatchers Theatre2 grants · $22,500

Giving over time

$155,000

2022

$161,000

2023

$170,000

2024

$209,500

2025

Grant history

All 53 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$30,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Co-sponsor of tenor m clark
$25,000
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
Grant for k-12 education
$25,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Co-sponsor of tenor m clark
$25,000
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
Grant for k-12 education
$20,000
Chicago Opera Theater · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Grant Park Music Festival · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Chicago Opera Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Grant Park Music Festival · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Chicago Opera Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for production of
$20,000
Grant Park Music Festival · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support project inclusion
$20,000
Chicago Opera Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for production of
$16,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support training for
$15,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$15,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support training for
$15,000
Grant Park Music Festival · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support project inclusion
$12,500
Forward Momentum · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$12,500
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$12,500
Storycatchers Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support programs for
$10,000
Cedille Records · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$10,000
Harris Theater for Music and Dance · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$10,000
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$10,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$10,000
Nois Performing Arts Organization · Morton Grove, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$10,000
Third Coast Percussions · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$10,000
Cedille Records · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$10,000
Forward Momentum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$10,000
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$10,000
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$10,000
Third Coast Percussions · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$10,000
Forward Momentum · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support dance education
$10,000
Storycatchers Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support programs for
$10,000
Healthy Schools Campaign · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for change for good
$9,500
D-Composed · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$7,500
Cedille Records · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support planned project by
$7,500
Cedille Records · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support planned project by
$5,000
Classical Music Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$5,000
Classical Music Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$5,000
Harris Theater for Music and Dance · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$5,000
D-Composed · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted general
$5,000
Girls Inc of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support programs to empower
$5,000
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted general
$5,000
Reading Between the Lines · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support literature
$5,000
Third Coast Percussions · Chicago, IL · 2023
Provide assistance to needy
$5,000
Forward Momentum · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support dance education
$5,000
Girls Inc of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support programs to empower
$5,000
Reading Between the Lines · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support literature
$5,000
Third Coast Percussions · Chicago, IL · 2022
Provide assistance to needy
$2,500
Classical Music Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted general

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