Funding search · EIN 261569990 · Chicago, IL

The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation

Name: The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

270
grants reported: $1.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $1,000
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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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.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago3 grants · $176,050
Erikson Institute3 grants · $175,500
Field Museum3 grants · $91,500
Brain Research Foundation3 grants · $85,000
Navy Pier2 grants · $75,000
Wttw3 grants · $74,900
Mayo Clinic3 grants · $69,600
Art Institute of Chicago1 grant · $66,000
Anshe Emet Synagogue3 grants · $60,162
University of Chicago Booth School of Business2 grants · $55,000

Giving over time

$467,762

2022

$645,610

2023

$534,800

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 270 grants.

$75,000
Erikson Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$66,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$60,050
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$60,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$56,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$50,500
Erikson Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$50,000
Erikson Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$50,000
Navy Pier · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$35,000
Brain Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$34,800
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022
General support
$34,000
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$32,000
Alliance Francaise De Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$31,200
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$30,000
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$30,000
University of Chicago Booth School of Business · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$30,000
Yu Torah Mitzion Kollel of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$29,650
Anshe Emet Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$27,500
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$27,050
Anshe Emet Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$25,250
Jewish United Fund USA · Northbrook, IL · 2023
General support
$25,000
Brain Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$25,000
Navy Pier · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$25,000
University of Chicago Booth School of Business · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$25,000
Brain Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$25,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$20,000
Adl Midwest · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$18,700
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$17,400
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
General support
$17,400
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
General support
$17,280
Archives of American Art · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$15,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General support
$15,000
Yu Torah Mitzion Kollel of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$15,000
Chicago Council On Global · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$15,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General support
$15,000
Chicago Council On Global · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$13,180
Alliance Francaise De Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$12,500
Archives of American Art · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$12,500
Wwci · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$10,000
Catholic Extension · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
American Friends of Louvre · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Antiquarian Society of Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Catholic Extension · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Wwci · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Build · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$10,000
Catholic Extension · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$10,000
Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$10,000
Resurrection Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$9,400
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Ed Center · Skokie, IL · 2023
General support
$8,700
American Friends of Louvre · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$8,700
American Friends of Louvre · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$7,500
Chicago Council On Global · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$7,500
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Ed Center · Skokie, IL · 2024
General support
$7,500
Smithsonian Institution · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$6,500
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Ed Center · Skokie, IL · 2022
General support
$5,250
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Old St Partick'S Church · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Red Sweater Project · Lake Oswego, OR · 2024
General support
$5,000
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Haymarket Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Music Institute of Chicago · Evanston, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Red Sweater Project · Lake Oswego, OR · 2023
General support
$5,000
University of Wisconsin Alumni Association · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
$5,000
American Writers Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Friends of the Children Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Goldie Initiative · Buffalo Grove, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Music Institute of Chicago · Evanston, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Pritzker Military Museum and Library · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Red Sweater Project · Lake Oswego, OR · 2022
General support
$5,000
The Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Wings Program · Palatine, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
World Business Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$3,500
Dominican University · River Forest, IL · 2024
General support
$3,462
Anshe Emet Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$3,000
Erie Family Health Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$2,500
American Writers Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$2,500
Hand in Hand of Glynn · Brunswick, GA · 2024
General support
$2,500
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General support
$2,500
National Pku Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$2,500
Teach for America · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$2,500
American Writers Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$2,500
Chi Arts Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$2,500
Chicago Historical Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$2,500
Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$2,500
Columbia College Chicago Unleashed 2022 · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$2,500
Friends of the Children Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$2,500
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$2,500
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General support
$2,500
Old St Partick'S Church · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$2,500
Pritzker Military Museum and Library · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$2,500
Teach for America · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$2,500
Uli Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$2,500
White Stork · Winnetka, IL · 2023
General support
$2,500
Chi Arts Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$2,500
Chicago Historical Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$2,500
Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support

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