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Private foundations in Chicago, Illinois

2,617 private foundations are based in Chicago. Together they paid $3.1 billion in grants in their latest year, and 449 of them accept applications. The largest is John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, with $303 million.

The 50 largest of 2,617 foundations in Chicago, by grants paid
FoundationGrants paidTypical grantAccepts applications
John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation$303 million$160,000No
Pritzker Traubert Foundation$120 million$120 millionNo
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial$115 million$55,000Yes
Builders Vision Foundation$96.8 million$150,000No
Sue Ling Gin Foundation Trust$71.6 million$155,000No
Zell Family Foundation$68.6 million$156,266No
Paul M Angell Family Foundation$57.1 million$57.1 millionYes
Pritzker Family Foundation$54.4 million$75,000No
Hamill Family Foundation$50.2 million$5,000No
The Joyce Foundation$49.9 million$80,000Yes
James S and Paula H Crown Family Foundat$42.6 million$42.6 millionNo
Steans Family Foundation$41.3 million$20.6 millionNo
Circle of Service Foundation$36.0 million$25,000Yes
William R Kenan Jr Charitable Trust$35.1 million$35.1 millionNo
William P Ingersoll Trust$34.2 million$23,301No
Pritzker Foundation$32.1 million$32.1 millionNo
Accenture Foundation Inc$28.8 million$792,742No
The George M Van Cleave Family Foundation$27.7 million$27.7 millionNo
Conduit Foundation$27.5 million$200,000No
The Spencer Foundation$22.8 million$74,960Yes
The Irving Harris Foundation$22.2 million$25,000No
Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation$21.5 million$4,476No
People's Support Foundation Limited$21.3 million$300,000No
Hull Family Foundation$21.1 million$342,876No
Emerson Charitable Trust$20.6 million$20.6 millionNot stated
Bobolink Foundation$19.8 million$30,000No
Anthony Pritzker Family Foundation$19.8 million$19.8 millionNo
Jewel Nail Bomar Trust$19.4 million$9.7 millionNo
Polk Bros Foundation Inc$19.3 million$25,000Yes
The Serr Charitable Action Trust$18.4 million$475,000No
Dauten Family Foundation$18.3 million$225,000Yes
The Kraft Heinz Company Foundation$17.7 million$200,000No
Trott Family Philanthropies Inc$17.4 million$200,000No
Scanlan Family Foundation$16.9 million$1.0 millionNo
Klaff Family Foundation$15.6 million$15,000No
Leroy Philanthropic Trust$15.5 million$15.7 millionNo
Tull Family Foundation$14.9 million$200,000No
Exelon Foundation$14.9 million$5,000No
Foglia Family Foundation$14.9 million$50,000No
The Richard H Driehaus Foundation$14.6 million$17.1 millionNo
William Neal Reynolds Residuary Trust DTD$14.3 million$14.3 millionNo
T Kimball Brooker Foundation$14.2 million$3,750No
Tawani Charitable Distribution Fund$14.1 million$24,000No
The Bluhm Family Foundation$13.0 million$25,000No
Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation$12.9 million$25,000No
Motorola Solutions Foundation$12.9 million$35,000Yes
Reva and David Logan Foundation$12.6 million$42,834No
Gracias Family Foundation$12.0 million$350,000No
The Walsh Foundation$11.7 million$30,000No
The Regenstein Foundation$11.6 million$50,000No

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