Private foundation · EIN 86-2088032 · Highland Park, IL · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31

Where Wayfarer Foundation's grants went

It reported $19.2M in grants paid across 153 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 82.1% of those dollars to 118 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.

Website on filing
WAYFARERFOUNDATION.ORG

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

Grants paid 144 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
Friends of the Highwood Public Library
Highwood, IL · EIN 83-4409594
$1,150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame ZIP 0.89
Cheyenne River Youth Project
Eagle Butte, SD · EIN 46-0423106
$1,000,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Mona Foundation
Bellevue, WA · EIN 91-1968512
$800,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Center on Modernity in Transition
Durham, NC · EIN 84-4363063
$750,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'Is of the United States
Evanston, IL · no confident EIN match
$650,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Cincinnati, OH · EIN 31-1436217
$500,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
New York, NY · EIN 13-3695475
$489,800GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Embarc
Chicago, IL · EIN 27-3453182
$450,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00
New Era Creative Space
Peekskill, NY · EIN 82-4819356
$365,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame ZIP 1.00
Parent University
Savannah, GA · no confident EIN match
$357,200GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Equiticity
Chicago, IL · EIN 85-3668073
$325,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Books and Breakfast
Evanston, IL · EIN 46-3717739
$300,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame ZIP 1.00
The Center for Mind-Body Medicine
Washington, DC · EIN 52-1755744
$300,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Manidoo Ogitigaan
Bemidji, MN · EIN 82-4771865
$292,730GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
American Society of the University of Haifa
New York, NY · EIN 13-6220819
$250,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
John E Fetzer Institute
Kalamazoo, MI · EIN 38-6052788
$250,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame street 1.00
The Tahirih Justice Center
Falls Church, VA · EIN 54-1858176
$230,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
On Being Project
Saint Paul, MN · EIN 46-2775553
$225,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00
Truth for Justice
Washington, DC · EIN 52-2302849
$210,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 0.71
Inner-City Muslim Action Network
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-4167433
$205,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, CA · EIN 95-1664100
$200,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
FIRST Nations Development Institute
Longmont, CO · EIN 54-1254491
$200,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame street 1.00
Wozu
Cannon Ball, ND · EIN 86-1604224
$200,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Raheem
Oakland, CA · no confident EIN match
$200,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Sojourners
Washington, DC · EIN 23-7380554
$180,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Embracerace
New York, NY · no confident EIN match
$175,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
The Dinner Party Labs Co Npoc Services
Salem, MA · EIN 86-2104143
$160,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00
New Movement to Redress Racial Segregation
Oakland, CA · no confident EIN match
$160,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Intonation Music Workshop
Chicago, IL · EIN 26-0799250
$158,993GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Albany Park Theater Project
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-4125560
$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame ZIP 1.00
Chicago Cares
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3777709
$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Dara
Washington, DC · EIN 27-1203106
$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Fearless Dialogues
Atlanta, GA · EIN 47-1853840
$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame ZIP 1.00
Guitars Over Guns Organization
Miami, FL · EIN 26-2644682
$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Hopa Mountain
Bozeman, MT · EIN 84-1635749
$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Latinos for Education
Belmont, MA · EIN 81-2883649
$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
New England Center for Arts & Technology
Boston, MA · EIN 27-2441203
$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Organic Oneness
Chicago, IL · EIN 84-2322570
$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame street 1.00
The Aspen Institute
Washington, DC · EIN 84-0399006
$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
George Floyd Global Memorial
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 85-3271661
$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Urban Arts Partnership
New York, NY · EIN 13-3554734
$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 0.78
White Pony Express
Concord, CA · EIN 46-5220565
$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00
Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland
Chicago, IL · EIN 86-3730708
$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Family Matters Network
Memphis, TN · no confident EIN match
$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Maia
Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match
$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Givat Haviva Education Foundation
New York, NY · no confident EIN match
$145,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
National Center for Race Amity
Acton, MA · EIN 83-2949095
$139,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
You Matter 2
Flossmoor, IL · EIN 47-4098369
$139,025GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00
Institute for Freedoms
Altadena, CA · EIN 35-2667788
$135,600GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel · EIN 23-7285905
$131,777GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00

7 more lines ($512K) 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
    69 recipients in common
  2. Field Foundation of Illinois Chicago, IL
    14 recipients in common
  3. JPMorgan Chase Foundation New York, NY
    14 recipients in common
  4. The Ford Foundation New York, NY
    12 recipients in common
  5. John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) Chicago, IL
    11 recipients in common
  6. The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA
    11 recipients in common
  7. Polk Bros Foundation Chicago, IL
    10 recipients in common
  8. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC
    9 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.