Organization · EIN 36-3490557 · Chicago, IL · Education

Who funds Big Shoulders Fund?

98 private foundations reported paying Big Shoulders Fund $9.48M on returns for tax year 2023.

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

Funders 98

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
The Canning Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$1,863,115
3 grant lines
TO FURTHER PROGRAM SERVICES +2 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Theobald Foundation
Garden City, NY · Preselected only
$1,000,000 OPERATIONAL Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Kazma Family Foundation
Boca Raton, FL · Preselected only
$680,000 As Determined by Beneficiary of Grant Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
HF Foundation
Hartland, WI · Preselected only
$600,000 Charitable donation 501(c)(3) organization Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Valenti Charitable Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$469,394 CHARITABLE PURPOSE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 11/2024
Helen V Brach Foundation
Chicago, IL
$362,592
4 grant lines
In honor of [name withheld] +3 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 03/2024
Beatrice P Delany Char Tr XXXXX7003
Chicago, IL
$315,000 GENERAL Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 10/2024
Mazza Foundation
Chicago, IL
$300,000 SCHOLARSHIPS, HIGH SCHOOL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 11/2024
Stephen and Christy King Family Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$300,000 GENERAL FUND Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Polk Bros Foundation
Chicago, IL
$275,000
2 grant lines
Education +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 08/2024
I a O'Shaughnessy Foundation
Bloomington, MN · Preselected only
$250,000 EMERGING SCHOOL LEADERS PROGRAM Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Berens Foundation
Glenview, IL · Preselected only
$250,000 CHARITABLE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 11/2024
Wonderful Life Foundation
West Palm Beach, FL · Preselected only
$225,000
2 grant lines
GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Dr Scholl Foundation
Northbrook, IL
$215,000
3 grant lines
Support of Visitation School and the scholarship fund +2 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
O'C Family Foundation
Itasca, IL · Preselected only
$200,000 For the Edmund and Patricia Scholarships Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation
Lake Forest, IL · Preselected only
$197,615 Program Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Philip H Corboy Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$110,000 GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Michael E Mu
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$105,000 CHARITABLE PURPOSE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Baird Foundation
Milwaukee, WI · Preselected only
$102,600
2 grant lines
EDUCATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Tengelsen Family Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$100,451
2 grant lines
DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE +1 more 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 Big Shoulders Fund

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Big Shoulders Fund, 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 15 of the 25 closest peers · $2.18M to them
  2. Baxter International Foundation Deerfield, IL
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $932K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  3. Lloyd a Fry Foundation Chicago, IL
    Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $342K to them
  4. Arthur J Gallagher Foundation Rolling Meadows, IL
    Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $81.3K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  5. Ge Foundation Norwalk, CT
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $611K to them
  6. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $630K to them
  7. Meyer and Raena Hammerman Foundation Chicago, IL
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $7,620 to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  8. The Robert E Gallagher Charitable Trust Glenview, IL
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $495K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Evans Scholars Foundation Glenview, IL
    20 shared funders · 230 funders in all
  2. University of Chicago Chicago, IL
    23 shared funders · 356 funders in all
  3. The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL
    20 shared funders · 238 funders in all
  4. Greater Chicago Food Depository Chicago, IL
    27 shared funders · 341 funders in all
  5. Northwestern University Evanston, IL
    27 shared funders · 398 funders in all
  6. Depaul University Chicago, IL
    19 shared funders · 96 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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