Private foundation · EIN 81-2433446 · Chicago, IL · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31

Where Smart Family Foundation of Illinois's grants went

It reported $4.1M in grants paid across 59 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 73.0% of those dollars to 42 recipient organizations.

View the 990-PF

What its filing says about applications

Preselected only It checked the 990-PF box saying it only gives to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.

Grants paid 56 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
Francis W Parker School
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2171732
$700,000OTHER ACTIVITIES DIRECTED TO INDIVIDUALSSame address 1.00
Blood Cancer United
Washington, DC · EIN 13-5644916
$300,000HEALTH SERVICESKnown alias 1.00
Kenyon College
Gambier, OH · EIN 31-4379507
$270,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame ZIP 1.00
Northwestern Memorial Foundation
Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match
$250,000HEALTH SERVICESUnmatched Help match
University of Wisconsin Foundation
Madison, WI · EIN 39-0743975
$200,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame address 1.00
Baltimore Museum of Art
Baltimore, MD · EIN 52-6000162
$135,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame address 1.00
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD · EIN 52-0595110
$135,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALKnown alias 1.00
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY · EIN 14-1338587
$125,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame city 1.00
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Chicago, IL · EIN 51-0149370
$123,600CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame ZIP 1.00
Barnard College
New York, NY · EIN 13-1628149
$100,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame address 1.00
Chicago Sinai Congregation
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2198046
$100,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame address 1.00
Players Philanthropy Fund
Towson, MD · EIN 27-6601178
$100,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame address 1.00
The University School of Milwaukee Corporation
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-6076442
$100,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame address 1.00
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN · EIN 62-0476822
$100,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALKnown alias 1.00
Grant Park Music Festival
Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match
$100,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALUnmatched Help match
Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match
$100,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALUnmatched Help match
Field Museum
Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match
$60,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALUnmatched Help match
Norwood School
Bethesda, MD · EIN 52-0901098
$55,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame address 1.00
The Arts Club of Chicago
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-0750130
$50,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame address 1.00
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT · EIN 06-0646959
$50,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame city 1.00
Uniting Voices
Chicago, IL · EIN 51-0140419
$35,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame address 0.84
Mercersburg Academy
Mercersburg, PA · no confident EIN match
$34,595CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALUnmatched Help match
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY · EIN 13-5598093
$25,000HEALTH SERVICES & EDUCATIONALKnown alias 1.00
Horizons Greater Washington
Washington, DC · EIN 27-1476998
$25,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame address 1.00
Hyde Park Art Center
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2887294
$25,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame address 1.00
The Newberry Library
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2167814
$25,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame address 1.00
Openlands
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2649603
$25,000NATURE PRESERVATIONSame address 1.00
Ravinia Festival Association
Highland Park, IL · EIN 36-6002273
$25,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame address 0.94
The Salvation Army
Hoffman Estates, IL · EIN 36-2167910
$25,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALKnown alias 1.00
Colby College
Waterville, ME · no confident EIN match
$25,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALUnmatched Help match
Friends of the Parks
Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match
$25,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALUnmatched Help match
Student Conservation Association (Sca)
Charlestown, NH · no confident EIN match
$25,000NATURE PRESERVATIONUnmatched Help match
Wttw
Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match
$25,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALUnmatched Help match
Lawrence Academy
Groton, MA · no confident EIN match
$20,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALUnmatched Help match
The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2167725
$10,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame address 1.00
Community Health
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3831793
$10,000HEALTH SERVICESSame address 1.00
The Emelin Theatre
Mamaroneck, NY · EIN 13-3601485
$10,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame address 1.00
Goucher College
Baltimore, MD · EIN 52-0591613
$10,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame address 1.00
President and Fellows of Harvard College
Cambridge, MA · EIN 04-2103580
$10,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALKnown alias 1.00
Hilarity for Charity
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 82-2316072
$10,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALExact name 1.00
Institute of Contemporary Art Miami
Miami, FL · EIN 47-1251523
$10,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame address 1.00
Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago
Glenview, IL · EIN 36-3706878
$10,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame address 0.79
Merit School of Music
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3028768
$10,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame address 1.00
Ten Chimneys Foundation
Genesee Depot, WI · EIN 39-1862290
$10,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame address 1.00
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA · EIN 23-1352685
$10,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALKnown alias 1.00
Womens Sports Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 23-7380557
$10,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALSame city 1.00
Furry Friends Adoption Clinic and Ranch
Jupiter, FL · no confident EIN match
$10,000ANIMAL SHELTERUnmatched Help match
Lurie Children's Foundation
Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match
$10,000HEALTH SERVICESUnmatched Help match
St Chrysostom's Day School
Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match
$10,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALUnmatched Help match
Teach for America - Greater Chicago Northwest Indiana
San Fransisco, CA · no confident EIN match
$10,000CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONALUnmatched Help match

3 more lines ($404K) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.

Foundations that fund the same organizations

  1. Amazonsmile Foundation Seattle, WA
    32 recipients in common
  2. Jpmorgan Chase Foundation New York, NY
    23 recipients in common
  3. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC
    21 recipients in common
  4. Verizon Foundation Basking Ridge, NJ
    12 recipients in common
  5. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    12 recipients in common
  6. John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) Chicago, IL
    12 recipients in common
  7. Arie and Ida Crown Memorial Chicago, IL
    12 recipients in common
  8. American Express Foundation New York, NY
    12 recipients in common

Where this comes from

Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.