Organization · EIN 36-3480353 · Chicago, IL · Education

Who funds Chicago Public Library Foundation?

42 private foundations reported paying Chicago Public Library Foundation $2.17M on returns for tax year 2023.

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

Funders 42

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
New York, NY
$1,000,000 TO SUPPORT COLLECTION PROCESSING, DIGITIZATION, AND OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR THE VIVIAN G. HARSH RESEARCH COLLECTION AND OTHE… Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)
Chicago, IL
$250,000 in support of general operations Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Terra Foundation for American Art
Chicago, IL
$110,000 ART EDUCATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Polk Bros Foundation
Chicago, IL
$100,800
2 grant lines
Special Projects +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 08/2024
The J Paul Getty Trust
Los Angeles, CA
$100,000 AFRICAN AMERICAN VISUAL ARTS ARCHIVES Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Cme Group Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$100,000 THE 2023-2025 EARLY LEARNING & SCHOOL READINESS INITIATIVE AT CHICGAO PUBLIC LIBRARY
Filed as “CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION (CPLF)”
Same street 0.76 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Brinson Foundation
Chicago, IL
$50,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Zell Family Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$50,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Helen M Harrison Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$50,000 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Circle of Service Foundation
Chicago, IL
$40,000
2 grant lines
MATCH/DISCRETIONARY +1 more Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Charlotte, NC
$30,200
3 grant lines
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial
Chicago, IL
$25,000 GENERAL OPERATING Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Lloyd a Fry Foundation
Chicago, IL
$25,000 IN APPRECIATION OF ROBERT WISLOW, WENDY BERGER AND DAVID CASPER Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Dr Scholl Foundation
Northbrook, IL
$25,000 Summer learning program Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$25,000 TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund
Winnetka, IL · Preselected only
$25,000 PROGRAM SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Jarvis Foundation
Northbrook, IL · Preselected only
$23,400 TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
Filed as “THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION”
Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Carolyn Eleanore Damon Family Fdn
Pennington, NJ · Preselected only
$21,885 GENERAL OPERATING Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Bill Nygren Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$20,000 UNRESTRICTED Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Allstate Foundation
Northbrook, IL
$15,000 2024 GO SUPPLEMENTAL WELLNESS & RESPITE GRANT Same street 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 Chicago Public Library Foundation

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Chicago Public Library Foundation, 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. Meyer and Raena Hammerman Foundation Chicago, IL
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $8,855 to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  2. Dean L & Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation Oakbrook Terrace, IL
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $468K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  3. Arthur J Gallagher Foundation Rolling Meadows, IL
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $10.8K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  4. Chubb Charitable Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $41.9K to them
  5. The Siragusa Family Foundation Chicago, IL
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $130K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. Sacks Family Foundation Highland Park, IL
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $3.44M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  7. Motorola Solutions Foundation Chicago, IL
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $371K to them
  8. J S Frank Foundation Deerfield, IL
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $1.08M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL
    18 shared funders · 238 funders in all
  2. University of Chicago Chicago, IL
    17 shared funders · 356 funders in all
  3. Greater Chicago Food Depository Chicago, IL
    20 shared funders · 341 funders in all
  4. Big Shoulders Fund Chicago, IL
    14 shared funders · 98 funders in all
  5. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Washington, DC
    19 shared funders · 614 funders in all
  6. After School Matters Chicago, IL
    13 shared funders · 40 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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