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Who funds Metropolitan Planning Council?

Chicago, Illinois · EIN 362382849

16 private foundations reported grants to Metropolitan Planning Council in Chicago, Illinois totaling $1.7 million across 21 grants in tax years 2023 to 2025. The largest funder was Walder Foundation, with $300,000.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Foundations that fund Metropolitan Planning Council

All 16 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
Walder Foundation
Delaware · 2024
Right Infrastructure, Right Place1$300,000
The Joyce Foundation
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
Environment2$260,000
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
General operating4$240,000
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
New Jersey · 2024 · accepts applications
82242 reforming chicago's zoning and land use practices to address racial and economic segregation, environmental harm, and access to opportunity1$225,000
Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
New York · 2025
In support of neighborhood revitalization1$200,000
John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation
Illinois · 2024
For a community economic development infrastructure support organization2$200,000
Grand Victoria Foundation
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
General Operating Support1$100,000
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Michigan · 2024
To support an organization focused on drinking water, green infrastructure, sustainable communities and capacity building in Chicago and the Great Lakes region.1$75,000
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
General operations1$50,000
Aptargroup Charitable Foundation
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
111 Fam & Individual Services1$15,000
Dr Scholl Foundation
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
Equitable transit-oriented development for underserved populations1$15,000
Carol Bernick Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
General fund1$5,000
James and Catherine Denny Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift1$5,000
Southern Company Gas Charitable Foundation Inc
Georgia · 2024
Social justice1$5,000
Norwottock Charitable Trust
Illinois · 2025
Unrestricted1$100
Amazonsmile Foundation
Washington · 2023
General support1$30

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 Metropolitan Planning Council?

Walder Foundation, The Joyce Foundation, Arie and Ida Crown Memorial, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, and 11 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does Metropolitan Planning Council get from foundations?

$1.7 million in 21 reported grants from 16 private foundations in tax years 2023 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

The Joyce Foundation, Arie and Ida Crown Memorial, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Grand Victoria Foundation and Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation say in their filings that they accept applications.

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