Browse grantmakers · Illinois
Research funders based in Illinois
1,967 grantmakers headquartered in Illinois have substantial grant records in IRS filings, private foundations and grantmaking charities both. Headquarters is not reach — most also give beyond the state, and the search can filter by where the money went instead.
The biggest, by total giving
- The Chicago Community Trust · Chicago14,939 grants · $5.82B
- The Big Ten Conference · Rosemont60 grants · $3.91B
- John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) · Chicago7,100 grants · $1.67B
- Feeding America · Chicago1,190 grants · $1.12B
- Jewish Federation of Metropolitan · Chicago3,352 grants · $670.5M
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago · Chicago65 grants · $511.0M
- Jewish United Fund · Chicago163 grants · $397.9M
- University of Chicago · Chicago787 grants · $335.8M
- Northwestern University · Evanston1,000 grants · $331.9M
- Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Chicago2,428 grants · $303.4M
- Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership · Chicago389 grants · $274.7M
- Robert R McCormick Foundation · Chicago731 grants · $268.6M
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Grants in Illinois, by research topic
Topics where funders have a real record of paying for work in Illinois.
- conservation and biodiversity$111.9M
- mental health$72.8M
- student-athlete mental health$60.1M
- housing and homelessness$56.2M
- infectious disease$46.7M
- economic mobility and poverty$40.7M
- food security$40.0M
- nutrition and food insecurity$37.3M
- STEM education$29.6M
- workforce development$29.4M
- disability services and research$27.7M
- renewable energy$25.1M
- criminal justice reform$24.7M
- health disparities$24.6M
- democracy and civic engagement$22.9M
- primary care access$21.1M
- immigration and refugees$18.3M
- HIV/AIDS$17.8M
- oral health$15.9M
- Alzheimer's and dementia$15.8M
- criminal justice reform$14.9M
- cancer research$14.8M
- college access and success$13.6M
- higher education access$13.2M
- environmental justice$12.5M
- suicide prevention$12.2M
- computer science education$11.9M
- historic preservation$11.8M
- vision and hearing$9.8M
- domestic violence$9.1M
- math and science education$6.4M
- infant and child health$5.9M
- Down syndrome$5.9M
- teacher preparation$5.5M
- asthma and respiratory health$4.5M
- pediatric cancer$4.4M
- early childhood education$4.3M
- palliative and hospice care$4.1M
- substance use and addiction$3.8M
- special education$3.8M
- teacher development$3.0M
- environmental education$2.6M
- telehealth$2.4M
- ADHD and learning differences$2.4M
- water quality and access$2.3M