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Who funds Arts of Life?

Chicago, Illinois · EIN 364284473

18 private foundations reported grants to Arts of Life in Chicago, Illinois totaling $583,107 across 19 grants in tax years 2023 to 2025. The largest funder was The Smith Tieken Foundation Inc, with $260,000.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Funders of Arts of Life that accept applications

If your organization does similar work, these foundations are prospects: they already fund work like Arts of Life's and say in their IRS filings that they accept applications.

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Foundations that fund Arts of Life

All 18 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
The Smith Tieken Foundation Inc
Arizona · 2025
Grant to establish a ceramics studio in highland park1$260,000
John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation
Illinois · 2024
In support of general operations1$80,000
The Coleman Foundation Inc
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
General Operating Support - Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities2$75,000
Builders Vision Foundation
Illinois · 2024
to provide general operating support1$50,000
The Leineberg Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Charitable1$40,000
Frankel Julius N Foundation
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
Program support1$30,000
Circle of Service Foundation
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
Community services1$15,000
The Bergman Foundation
Delaware · 2024
General & Unrestricted1$10,000
Carol Oppenheim and Jerome S Lamet Charitable Fund
Illinois · 2025
Generl charitable purposes1$10,000
Field Foundation of Illinois
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
Project - funding for a specific project or program1$5,000
The van Blyenburgh Family Foundation
Minnesota · 2025
Charitable1$2,500
Project Projects Chicago NFP
Illinois · 2024
General support1$1,479
Paul S Nadler Family Charitable Trust
New York · 2025
General1$1,000
The Bradbury Family Foundation Inc
Colorado · 2025
General1$1,000
Executive Construction Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Unrestricted general operating support1$1,000
Frances E Streit Foundation
Florida · 2025
General support1$500
The Atkins Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Unrestricted1$368
Amazonsmile Foundation
Washington · 2023
General support1$260

Amounts are grants paid as each foundation reported them. Names are matched across filings, so a grant written under a different name for the same organization may be missing.

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Questions people ask

Who funds Arts of Life?

The Smith Tieken Foundation Inc, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, The Coleman Foundation Inc, Builders Vision Foundation and The Leineberg Foundation, and 13 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does Arts of Life get from foundations?

$583,107 in 19 reported grants from 18 private foundations in tax years 2023 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

The Coleman Foundation Inc, Frankel Julius N Foundation, Circle of Service Foundation and Field Foundation of Illinois say in their filings that they accept applications.

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