Funding search · EIN 366068835 · Chicago, IL

Square One Foundation

Name: Square One 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.

207
grants reported: $17.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $57,500
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.

Jewish United Fund (Juf)1 grant · $1.5M
Jewish Federation of Chicago1 grant · $1.0M
University of Chicago1 grant · $760,000
University of Chicago1 grant · $590,000
University of Chicago Odyssey Challenge1 grant · $500,000
William J Brennan Jr Center for Justice2 grants · $500,000
National Louis University2 grants · $344,000
City Bureau2 grants · $222,500
Palenque Lsna2 grants · $210,000
Chicago United for Equity2 grants · $209,000

Giving over time

$4.8M

2022

$5.2M

2023

$7.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 207 grants.

$1.5M
Jewish United Fund (Juf) · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$1.0M
Jewish Federation of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purpose
$760,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purpose
$590,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$500,000
University of Chicago Odyssey Challenge · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$300,000
William J Brennan Jr Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
General Purpose
$207,500
National Louis University · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$200,000
The Election Center · Katy, TX · 2024
General purpose
$200,000
Frameworks Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$200,000
William J Brennan Jr Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$200,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable purpose
$154,000
Reform for Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purpose
$137,500
City Bureau · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$136,500
National Louis University · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$135,000
Palenque Lsna · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$127,500
Civic News Company · New York, IL · 2024
General purpose
$125,000
National Louis University · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purpose
$110,000
Shriver Center On Urban Poverty · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$110,000
Wisconsin Conservation Voters · Madison, WI · 2023
General purpose
$110,000
Shriver Center On Urban Poverty · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purpose
$109,000
Chicago United for Equity · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$102,500
Civic News Company (Chalkbeat) · New York, IL · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
Chicago United for Equity · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
Kidsfirst Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
Wisconsin Conservation Voices · Madison, WI · 2024
General purpose
$95,000
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$94,518
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$92,500
South Side Weekly · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$92,500
Chicago Community Trust Elevated · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$92,500
Latino Policy Forum · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$90,000
Northern Illinois University Foundation · Dekalb, IL · 2023
General purpose
$85,000
Block Club Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$85,000
Community Organizing and Family Issues Cofi · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$85,000
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$85,000
Block Club Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$85,000
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$85,000
City Bureau · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$85,000
Community Organizing and Family Issues Cofi · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$85,000
Kidsfirst Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$85,000
Wisconsin Conservation Voters · Madison, WI · 2022
General charitable purpose
$82,500
Academy for Urban School Leadership · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$82,500
Equity and Transformation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$82,500
Latino Policy Forum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$82,500
Reform for Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$82,500
The Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$82,500
Ausl-Liberated Way · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$82,500
Equity and Transformation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$80,000
Blackroots Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$80,000
Chicago Votes Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$80,000
Blackroots Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$80,000
Blackroots Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purpose
$77,500
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$77,500
Illinois Institute of Technology · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$77,500
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$77,500
Illinois Institute of Technology · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$77,500
Reform for Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$76,500
Communities Foundation of Texas · Dallas, TX · 2024
General purpose
$76,500
Economic Security Project · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$75,000
Economic Security Project · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$75,000
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Right · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$75,000
Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General purpose
$75,000
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Right · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$75,000
Palenque Lsna · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$75,000
South Side Weekly · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$75,000
Illinois Institute of Technology · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purpose
$75,000
Mikva Challenge · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purpose
$75,000
National Museum of Mexican Art · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purpose
$70,000
Advance Illinois Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$70,000
Beyond Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$70,000
Hana Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$70,000
Advance Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$67,500
Apna Ghar · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$67,500
Citizen Advocacy Center · Elmhurst, IL · 2024
General purpose
$67,500
Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund · Springfield, IL · 2024
General purpose
$67,500
Citizen Advocacy Center · Elmhurst, IL · 2023
General purpose
$67,500
Election Center · Katy, TX · 2023
General purpose
$67,500
Saapri (Apna Ghar Fiscal Sponsor) · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$67,500
Election Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purpose
$66,500
Economic Security Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purpose
$65,000
Coalition for a Better Chinese Community · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$65,000
Xchange Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$65,000
Coalition for a Better Chinese Community · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$65,000
Southwest Organizing Project (Swop) · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$65,000
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purpose
$65,000
Experimental Station · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purpose
$62,500
Center for Budget and Tax Accounntability · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$62,500
Tiny News Collective · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$62,500
Center for Budget and Tax Accounntability · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$62,000
Reader Institute for Community Journalism · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purpose
$60,500
The Gray Matter Experience · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$60,000
Asian Americans Advancing Justice · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$60,000
Communities United · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$60,000
Embarc · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$60,000
Newroot Learning Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$60,000
Southwest Organizing Project (Swop) · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$60,000
Injustice Watch · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$60,000
Invisible Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$60,000
Modern Classrooms Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$60,000
City Bureau · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purpose
$60,000
Coalition for a Better Chinese Community · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purpose

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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.