Funding search · EIN 300200478 · Chicago, IL
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 813
- grants reported
- $74.0M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $25,275
- 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
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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.
- Austin Coming Together3 grants · $7.2M
- Robert R McCormick Foundation1 grant · $5.5M
- Metropolitan Family Services3 grants · $5.3M
- Brighton Park Neighborhood Council3 grants · $3.5M
- Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Chicago3 grants · $2.4M
- Latinos Progresando3 grants · $2.2M
- Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation3 grants · $2.2M
- Children First Fund2 grants · $2.1M
- Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago3 grants · $1.7M
- Rush University Medical Center3 grants · $1.6M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 813 grants.
- $5.5M
Robert R McCormick Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $3.7M
Austin Coming Together · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $2.9M
Austin Coming Together · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $2.1M
Children First Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $2.1M
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $2.0M
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $1.6M
Latinos Progresando · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $1.4M
Hire360 · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $1.3M
Brighton Park Neighborhood Council · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $1.3M
Brighton Park Neighborhood Council · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $1.1M
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $1.1M
Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $1.1M
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $1.0M
Urban Growers Collective · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $820,737
Brighton Park Neighborhood Council · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $796,432
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $791,486
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $786,602
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $639,543
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Program support
- $630,886
Cornerstone Community Development Corporation · Ford Heights, IL · 2024
Program support
- $623,953
Austin Coming Together · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $604,347
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $573,063
Latinos Progresando · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $560,614
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $559,660
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $553,500
Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $547,814
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $538,500
Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $533,124
Cornerstone Community Development Corporation · Ford Heights, IL · 2023
Program support
- $514,588
Oai · Park Forest, IL · 2024
Program support
- $509,000
Evanston Community Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024
Program support
- $500,000
Evanston Community Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2023
Program support
- $485,000
Teamwork Englewood · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $440,000
Claretian Associates · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $423,331
Oai · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $402,858
Ymca of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $402,707
Ymca of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $400,626
Bright Star Community Outreach · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $400,461
Bright Star Community Outreach · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $398,233
Ymca of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $375,078
Phalanx Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $375,000
Phalanx Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $350,000
Sga Youth & Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $334,268
Restoration Ministries · Harvey, IL · 2024
Program support
- $327,993
Cornerstone Community Development Corporation · Ford Heights, IL · 2022
Program support
- $316,040
Youth Crossroads · Berwyn, IL · 2023
Program support
- $310,119
Enlace Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $290,000
Restoration Ministries · Harvey, IL · 2023
Program support
- $280,239
Enlace Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $250,000
Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce & Community Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $250,000
Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce & Community Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $249,998
Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce & Community Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $240,000
Claretian Associates · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $206,235
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Program support
- $205,838
Ceda-Cook County · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $205,017
Teamwork Englewood · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $204,162
Sga Youth & Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $200,000
Kids First Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $195,629
Youth Crossroads · Berwyn, IL · 2024
Program support
- $184,331
Oai · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $183,372
Children First Fund - the Cps Foundationfor Chicago Builds · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $180,640
Ywca of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $178,264
Ywca Evanstonnorthshore · Evanston, IL · 2022
Program support
- $174,996
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $169,939
Ywca Evanstonnorthshore · Evanston, IL · 2023
Program support
- $162,763
Sinai Health System · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $159,454
Catholic Charities Diocese of Joliet · Crest Hill, IL · 2022
Program support
- $158,331
Ceda-Cook County · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $156,418
Catholic Charities Diocese of Joliet · Crest Hill, IL · 2024
Program support
- $156,066
Catholic Charities Diocese of Joliet · Crest Hill, IL · 2023
Program support
- $151,964
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $151,936
Restoration Ministries · Harvey, IL · 2022
Program support
- $151,908
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $150,828
Alignment Collaborative for Education · Elgin, IL · 2024
Program support
- $150,506
Alignment Collaborative for Education · Elgin, IL · 2023
Program support
- $148,950
Resilience Partners Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $146,184
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $127,641
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $125,000
Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
Program support
- $123,676
Chicago Urban League · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $121,218
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $120,360
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $116,357
Youth Guidance · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $114,022
Apna Ghar Inc (Our Home) · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $112,299
Mujeres Latinas En Accion · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $111,856
Cara Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $111,579
Apna Ghar Inc (Our Home) · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $111,474
Mujeres Latinas En Accion · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $110,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2022
Program support
- $106,474
Heartland Alliance Social Impact Research Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $106,022
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2023
Program support
- $103,493
Ywca Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $103,462
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2024
Program support
- $103,403
Cara Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $103,329
American Red Cross of Greater Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
- $102,862
Ywca Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $102,330
American Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $102,209
Chicago Urban League · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $101,889
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2022
Program support
- $101,706
Anew - Formally South Suburban Family Shelter · Homewood, IL · 2023
Program support
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- John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)7,100 grants · $1.67B
- The Chicago Community Trust14,939 grants · $5.82B
- The Big Ten Conference60 grants · $3.91B
Similar grant size
- The Ayco Charitable Foundation15,303 grants · $2.05B
- Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral16,278 grants · $1.08B
- Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund19,135 grants · $6.79B
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