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Who funds Chicago Media Project?

Chicago, Illinois · EIN 465739978

8 private foundations reported grants to Chicago Media Project in Chicago, Illinois totaling $354,965 across 10 grants in tax years 2024 to 2025. The largest funder was John Templeton Foundation, with $127,013.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Foundations that fund Chicago Media Project

All 8 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
John Templeton Foundation
Pennsylvania · 2024 · accepts applications
Increasing the impact of searching in secondary schools and colleges1$127,013
Baskin Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
Film and media projects3$70,000
The Manaaki Foundation
Illinois · 2024
In support of the shifting voices film fund (bipoc film fund), support of the doc10 film festival & shifting voices, support of the re/construction film project1$60,000
Susan and Stephen Baird Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
General and unrestricted1$35,000
Field Foundation of Illinois
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
Project - funding for a specific project or program1$25,000
The Polsky Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Charity1$18,452
The Lehman-Stamm Family Fund
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
All contributions were made for the general, charitable, educational or scientific purpose of each organization.1$17,500
Williams Family Charitable Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General charitable purposes1$2,000

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 Chicago Media Project?

John Templeton Foundation, Baskin Family Foundation, The Manaaki Foundation, Susan and Stephen Baird Family Foundation and Field Foundation of Illinois, and 3 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does Chicago Media Project get from foundations?

$354,965 in 10 reported grants from 8 private foundations in tax years 2024 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

John Templeton Foundation, Baskin Family Foundation, Field Foundation of Illinois and The Lehman-Stamm Family Fund say in their filings that they accept applications.

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