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Who funds World Bicycle Relief?

Chicago, Illinois

47 private foundations reported grants to World Bicycle Relief in Chicago, Illinois totaling $3.3 million across 51 grants in tax years 2023 to 2025. The largest funder was Galashiels Fund LTD, with $2.2 million.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Funders of World Bicycle Relief that accept applications

If your organization does similar work, these foundations are prospects: they already fund work like World Bicycle Relief'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 World Bicycle Relief

All 47 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
Galashiels Fund LTD
Florida · 2024
Annual support1$2.2 million
Hugh and Michelle Harvey Family Foundation
Colorado · 2025
Program specific1$125,000
The Roxanne and Henry Brandt Foundation
New York · 2023
General use of the donee1$125,000
Gold Family Charitable Trust
New York · 2024
To mobilize people through the power of bicycles. We envision a world where distance is no longer a barrier to independence and livelihood1$121,585
Weyerhaeuserday Foundation
Minnesota · 2024
General operating support1$100,000
The Ephraim Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Charitable purposes1$100,000
Cushing Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General purposes1$50,000
Friedman-French Foundation Inc
District of Columbia · 2024
Donation1$50,000
The JCDRP Family Foundation Inc
Pennsylvania · 2025
Deepening world bicycle relief's impact in tanzania1$50,000
Chorzempa Family Foundation
Minnesota · 2024
General Operations1$40,000
Shupe Family Foundation
Arizona · 2025
To further the mission of the donee1$35,000
John & Jacolyn Bucksbaum Family Found
Illinois · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities1$30,000
The Spirit Airlines Charitable Foundation
Florida · 2024 · accepts applications
General Support1$25,000
Mabey Family Foundation
Utah · 2024
Humanitarian1$25,000
The Charles L Weyerhaeuser Foundation
Minnesota · 2024
General operating support1$20,000
Martin Family Foundation
California · 2024
Unrestricted charitable grant1$15,000
W Second Growth Foundation
Minnesota · 2024
General operating support4$12,500
Clif Family Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
Enhance Community Health1$12,000
George Frederick Jewett Foundation East
Minnesota · 2024
To be used at the discretion of the director1$10,000
The Janning Family Foundation
Missouri · 2024
Charitable contributions1$10,000
Raymond Family Foundation
Oregon · 2024
General operating support1$10,000
Kelson Foundation
California · 2024
General support1$10,000
F T Weyerhaeuser Family Fund
Minnesota · 2024
General operating1$10,000
McCullough Foundation
New York · 2024
For operations1$9,000
The Pomeroy Family Foundation
Pennsylvania · 2023
General use of charity1$6,000
The Florence S Mahoney Foundation
District of Columbia · 2025 · accepts applications
Providing bicycles to needy people globally1$5,000
Confluence Foundation
Minnesota · 2025
General operating support1$5,000
Jarvis Foundation
Illinois · 2025
To further the exempt purpose of the organization1$5,000
David Rodman Titcomb Foundation
Wyoming · 2025 · accepts applications
Mobilized communities1$5,000
DM3 Fund
Missouri · 2024
General purpose1$3,500
The Lilac Fund Inc
Maryland · 2024
General purpose1$3,020
Mark Alan Sinclar Foundation
California · 2025
Support bicycle gifts1$3,000
Rodman Foundation
Minnesota · 2024
General operating support2$3,000
Geyer Foundation Inc
Wisconsin · 2025
Child wellness1$3,000
Mills Family Foundation
Oregon · 2025
Bicycles for developing countries1$2,500
Larsen Fund
New York · 2024
Annual fund1$2,000
DePorre Family Foundation
Michigan · 2025
Charitable1$2,000
Kaminsky Family Foundation
Florida · 2024
General support1$2,000
Stephen and Valerie Spoelhof Foundation
Michigan · 2025
General Operation1$1,000
Augustone Foundation Uagr DTD 121107
Massachusetts · 2025
General purpose1$1,000
Kofoid Ricci Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General purposes1$1,000
Huhn Family Charitable Foundation
Missouri · 2025
To help mobilize individuals using an affordable and safe transportion option1$1,000
Raymond and Joanne Lin Foundation
California · 2024
International social services1$1,000
Mike and Nancy Silverman Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
General charitable use1$990
The Edwin P Conquest Memorial Trust
Virginia · 2024
Health & welfare1$825
The Marshall L and Deborah L Berkman Family Charitable Trust
Ohio · 2025
Michael king's power of bicycles1$500
The Victoria Glickman Hodgkins Family Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2025
Unrestricted grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.1$330

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

A foundation that already gives to World Bicycle Relief gives in its field and region, so the list doubles as a prospect list for similar organizations in Chicago. Open a foundation to see its application rules, typical grant and every other grant it paid.

Questions people ask

Who funds World Bicycle Relief?

Galashiels Fund LTD, Hugh and Michelle Harvey Family Foundation, The Roxanne and Henry Brandt Foundation, Gold Family Charitable Trust and Weyerhaeuserday Foundation, and 42 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does World Bicycle Relief get from foundations?

$3.3 million in 51 reported grants from 47 private foundations in tax years 2023 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

The Spirit Airlines Charitable Foundation, Clif Family Foundation, The Florence S Mahoney Foundation and David Rodman Titcomb Foundation say in their filings that they accept applications.

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