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Who funds The Chicago Lighthouse?

Chicago, Illinois

31 private foundations reported grants to The Chicago Lighthouse in Chicago, Illinois totaling $603,967 across 31 grants in tax years 2023 to 2025. The largest funder was WP & HB White Foundation, with $120,000.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Funders of The Chicago Lighthouse that accept applications

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

More prospects in the funder finder, filtered to foundations that give in Illinois.

Foundations that fund The Chicago Lighthouse

All 31 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
WP & HB White Foundation
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
Employment Services Program1$120,000
Foglia Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
General charitable purposes1$100,000
Frederick and Ida Hummel Foundation
Illinois · 2023
General operating1$89,749
Cless Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Charitable1$50,000
Charles and M R Shapiro Foundation Inc
Illinois · 2024
General1$40,000
Special Kids Foundation
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
Support1$35,000
Rice Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Charitable1$25,000
Wayne and Nan Kocourek Foundation
Illinois · 2024
To support operational and program expenses.1$25,000
Green Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Program support1$25,000
The Grossinger Foundation
Illinois · 2024
To further the exempt purpose of the organization1$15,000
Florence and Laurence Spungen Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
To provide general operating support1$10,000
The Siragusa Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Transitional jobs program1$10,000
Donna Van Eekeren Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General charitable purposes1$10,000
Patrick and Anna M Cudahy Fund
Illinois · 2024
General Operations1$10,000
Harvey and Ethel Daeumer Foundation
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
Birth to three early intervention program for children living in fox valley area, including elgin, dundee, and carpentersville1$6,000
Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
Unrestricted1$5,000
Harry F Chaddick and Elaine Chaddick Foundation Inc
Illinois · 2024
Educational1$5,000
Lefkovitz Foundation
Wisconsin · 2024
Health1$5,000
The Turano Foundation
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
Charity1$5,000
Modestus Bauer Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General charitable use1$3,000
Hochberg Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
To further the exempt purpose of the organization1$2,500
Roger and Paula Leyden Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Support for charitable organization1$2,000
John & Weezie Gates Charitable Trust
Illinois · 2025
General fund1$2,000
Peter and Carol Goldman Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General support1$1,000
Howard and Sheila Pizer Charitable Found
Illinois · 2023
Medical - general fund1$500
Alfredo and Ada Capitanini Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Educational1$500
MB Foundation
Illinois · 2024
General support1$500
The Sporkin Family Charitable Foundation
New York · 2024 · accepts applications
Education and community advancement1$500
Amazonsmile Foundation
Washington · 2023
General support1$362
Linda & Jeffrey Wolfson Family Foundation
Florida · 2025
General operating1$200
Sam I Am Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General operating support1$156

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.

Using this list

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Questions people ask

Who funds The Chicago Lighthouse?

WP & HB White Foundation, Foglia Family Foundation, Frederick and Ida Hummel Foundation, Cless Family Foundation and Charles and M R Shapiro Foundation Inc, and 26 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does The Chicago Lighthouse get from foundations?

$603,967 in 31 reported grants from 31 private foundations in tax years 2023 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

WP & HB White Foundation, Special Kids Foundation, Harvey and Ethel Daeumer Foundation, Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust and The Turano Foundation say in their filings that they accept applications.

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