Funding search · EIN 137115395 · Oak Park, IL

Sumac Foundation

Name: Sumac Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

60
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $22,500
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.

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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.

Casa Catalina Food Pantry4 grants · $170,000
Second Story Youth Services and Saf4 grants · $155,000
Mexican American Legal Defense4 grants · $145,000
Erie Neighborhood House4 grants · $135,000
Resurrection Project4 grants · $135,000
Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $110,000
World Central Kitchen4 grants · $105,000
Gala Hispanic Theatre3 grants · $105,000
Gala Film Festival1 grant · $59,500
Beyond Hunger4 grants · $45,000

Giving over time

$263,000

2021

$360,000

2022

$375,000

2023

$414,500

2024

Grant history

All 60 reported grants, largest first.

$60,000
Casa Catalina Food Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$59,500
Gala Film Festival · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$55,000
Casa Catalina Food Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$45,000
Casa Central · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$40,000
Mexican American Legal Defense · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$40,000
Second Story Youth Services and Saf · Dunn Loring, VA · 2024
General
$40,000
Second Story Youth Services and Saf · Dunn Loring, VA · 2023
General
$40,000
Mexican American Legal Defense · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$40,000
Second Story Youth Services and Saf · Dunn Loring, VA · 2022
General
$40,000
Casa Catalina Food Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2021
General
$35,000
Erie Neighborhood House · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$35,000
Resurrection Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$35,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
General
$35,000
Erie Neighborhood House · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$35,000
Gala Hispanic Theatre · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$35,000
Mexican American Legal Defense · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$35,000
Resurrection Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$35,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$35,000
Erie Neighborhood House · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$35,000
Gala Hispanic Theatre · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$35,000
Resurrection Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$35,000
Gala Hispanic Theatre · Washington, DC · 2021
General
$35,000
Second Story Youth Services and Saf · Dunn Loring, VA · 2021
General
$30,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$30,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General
$30,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$30,000
Erie Neighborhood House · Chicago, IL · 2021
General
$30,000
Mexican American Legal Defense · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General
$30,000
Resurrection Project · Chicago, IL · 2021
General
$25,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
General
$20,000
Global Refuge · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General
$20,000
1st Stage · Tysons, VA · 2022
General
$20,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2021
General
$15,000
Beyond Hunger · Oak Park, IL · 2024
General
$15,000
Bread for City · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$15,000
Casa Catalina Food Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$15,000
Northbrook Food Pantry · Glenview, IL · 2024
General
$15,000
Beyond Hunger · Oak Park, IL · 2023
General
$15,000
Bread for City · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$15,000
Northbrook Food Pantry · Glenview, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Capital Area Immigrants Right · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$10,000
Beyond Hunger · Oak Park, IL · 2022
General
$10,000
Bread for City · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$10,000
Northbrook Food Pantry · Glenview, IL · 2022
General
$10,000
Holy Cross Food Pantry · Waukegan, IL · 2021
General
$10,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2021
General
$5,000
Moraine Township Charitable T · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Oak Park Homeless Coalition · Oak Park, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Sarah'S Inn · Forest Park, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Capital Area Immigrants Right · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$5,000
Moraine Township Charitable T · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Oak Park Homeless Coalition · Oak Park, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Sarah'S Inn · Forest Park, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Capital Area Immigrants Right · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$5,000
Sarah'S Inn · Forest Park, IL · 2022
General
$5,000
Beyond Hunger · Oak Park, IL · 2021
General
$5,000
Bread for City · Washington, DC · 2021
General
$5,000
Capital Area Immigrants Right · Washington, DC · 2021
General
$5,000
Northbrook Food Pantry · Glenview, IL · 2021
General
$3,000
Sarah'S Inn · Forest Park, IL · 2021
General

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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.