Organization · EIN 36-2649603 · Chicago, IL

Who funds Openlands?

49 private foundations reported paying Openlands $3.1M on returns for tax year 2023.

49 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 49

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Hamill Family Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$1,832,500
8 grant lines
Nature for AllEndowment +4 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)
Chicago, IL
$500,000 in support of its urban forestry program Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Bobolink Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$125,000
2 grant lines
Unrestricted Charitable Gift +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Chicago, IL
$113,000 GENERAL OPERATIONS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial
Chicago, IL
$100,000 GENERAL OPERATING Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Harold M & Adeline S Morrison Family Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$62,750 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Owings Mills, MD
$50,000 TO SUPPORT APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS IN FORESTRY FOCUSING ON UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES. Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Globe Foundation
Scottsdale, AZ · Preselected only
$50,000 GENERAL FUND Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Polk Bros Foundation
Chicago, IL
$31,000
2 grant lines
Strong Communities +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 08/2024
Smart Family Foundation of Illinois
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$25,000 NATURE PRESERVATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Pepper Family Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$25,000 OPERATING FUNDS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Lumpkin Family Foundation
Mattoon, IL · Preselected only
$20,000 CHARITABLE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Abbie Norman Prince Trust
Chicago, IL
$20,000 Chicago Programs Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Dr Scholl Foundation
Northbrook, IL
$15,000 Garden and nature education
Filed as “Openlands Project”
Same address 0.85 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
National Recreation Foundation
Lake Forest, IL · Preselected only
$15,000 IN SUPPORT OF EQUITABLE ACCESS TO YOUTH OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Bnsf Railway Foundation
Fort Worth, TX
$10,000 EDUCATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Beatrice P Delany Char Tr XXXXX7003
Chicago, IL
$10,000 GENERAL Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 10/2024
The Siragusa Family Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$10,000 GENERAL OPERATING Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Buchanan Family Foundation
Lake Forest, IL · Preselected only
$10,000 GENERAL, OPERATING, ENDOWMENT OR CAPITAL.
Filed as “OPEN LANDS PROJECT - CHICAGO”
Same address 0.64 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
G Carl Ball Family Foundation
West Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$10,000 SUPPORT OPERATIONS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Openlands

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Openlands, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. Circle of Service Foundation Chicago, IL
    Paid 16 of the 25 closest peers · $1.52M to them
  2. Lloyd a Fry Foundation Chicago, IL
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $512K to them
  3. Meyer and Raena Hammerman Foundation Chicago, IL
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $10.1K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  4. Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation Glencoe, IL
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $753K to them
  5. The Brinson Foundation Chicago, IL
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $802K to them
  6. Arthur J Gallagher Foundation Rolling Meadows, IL
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $9,240 to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  7. Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust Chicago, IL
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $500K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  8. Helen V Brach Foundation Chicago, IL
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $600K to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL
    20 shared funders · 238 funders in all
  2. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago, IL
    16 shared funders · 139 funders in all
  3. The Nature Conservancy Arlington, VA
    17 shared funders · 1261 funders in all
  4. Greater Chicago Food Depository Chicago, IL
    16 shared funders · 341 funders in all
  5. Lyric Opera of Chicago Chicago, IL
    14 shared funders · 110 funders in all
  6. Ravinia Festival Association Highland Park, IL
    15 shared funders · 167 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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