How much does Alphawood Foundation give?

Alphawood Foundation reported 126 grants totaling $8,090,605 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 102 and 133 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.

What does Alphawood Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (25%), Public Benefit (20%), Health (10%).

Who are Alphawood Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: The Barack Obama Foundation ($7.5M), AIDS Foundation of Chicago ($1.6M), Howard Brown Health Center ($1.4M).

Does Alphawood Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Alphawood Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as Alphawood Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Polk Bros Foundation Inc, Field Foundation of Illinois, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.

Where is Alphawood Foundation based?

Alphawood Foundation is based in IL.

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Illinois · Private foundation

Alphawood Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$8.1M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 126
Grants FY2025: 102
Organizations funded FY2024: 14%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $37,160
Largest grant, FY2025: $732,580
Organizations funded a year: 102 to 133; FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 14
Total assets, FY2025: $60M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Alphawood Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

EducationArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	124	$7.5M	19%
FY2024	102	$9.9M	14%
FY2023	109	$5.8M	14%
FY2022	122	$13M	11%
FY2021	133	$6.4M	n/a

98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$11MPublic Benefit$9.2MHealth$4.4MCrime & Legal$4.0MEducation$3.3MCivil Rights$3.1MEnvironment$2.5MHuman Services$1.7MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Barack Obama Foundation	$7,500,000	1	2%
AIDS Foundation of Chicago	$1,575,000	5	1%
Howard Brown Health Center	$1,375,000	5	1%
The Joffrey Ballet	$1,306,500	5	2%
Legal Aid Chicago	$1,000,000	5	1%
Nijc Nfp	$675,200	2	5%
Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois	$630,000	5	10%
Center on Halsted	$630,000	5	2%
Invisible Institute	$625,000	5	9%
Planned Parenthood of Illinois	$600,000	4	0%

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All grantees of Alphawood Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Barack Obama Foundation	$7,500,000	1	2%
AIDS Foundation of Chicago	$1,575,000	5	1%
Howard Brown Health Center	$1,375,000	5	1%
The Joffrey Ballet	$1,306,500	5	2%
Legal Aid Chicago	$1,000,000	5	1%
Nijc Nfp	$675,200	2	5%
Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois	$630,000	5	10%
Center on Halsted	$630,000	5	2%
Invisible Institute	$625,000	5	9%
Planned Parenthood of Illinois	$600,000	4	0%
The National Public Housing Museum	$540,000	2	17%
Unity Temple Restoration Foundation	$430,825	5	67%
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc	$380,000	5	4%
Beyond Legal Aid	$360,000	5	5%
Benton Institute for Broadband & Society	$350,000	5	11%
Four Freedoms Park Conservancy Inc	$345,000	5	26%
Preservation Chicago	$335,000	5	13%
Immigration Equality	$280,000	5	3%
Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Inc	$268,278	3	2%
Center for Tax and Budget Accountability	$260,000	5	10%
Friends of the Parks	$255,000	5	23%
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights	$250,000	5	0%
Grow Greater Englewood Inc	$250,000	1	n/a
Glessner House Museum	$250,000	5	7%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	$249,320	3	0%
Services and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders Inc	$240,000	5	0%
Youth Outlook	$225,000	5	12%
Chicago Women in Trades	$220,000	5	3%
Gerber-Hart Library & Archives	$215,000	5	41%
IntuitCenter for IntuitiveOutsider Art	$210,000	5	2%
Sinai Health System	$200,000	5	0%
Albany Park Theater Project	$200,000	5	5%
South Side Community Art Center	$200,000	5	4%
National Cambodian Museum & Killing Fields Memorial	$200,000	5	23%
Rainbow Railroad USA Inc	$200,000	2	5%
Puerto Rican Arts Alliance	$190,000	5	3%
Inner-City Muslim Action Network	$185,000	5	0%
Affinity Community Services	$180,000	5	33%
Japanese American Service Committee	$175,000	5	1%
The College of Wooster	$175,000	4	0%
United Way of Northwest Indiana Inc	$175,000	2	2%
Chicago Workers' Collaborative NFP	$175,000	5	1%
Chicago Public Art Group	$175,000	5	6%
University of New Mexico Foundation Inc	$172,500	3	0%
Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center Inc	$170,000	3	6%
Sweet Water Foundation Inc	$165,000	5	4%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago	$165,000	5	2%
Equality Illinois	$160,000	4	32%
Chicago Sinfonietta Inc	$160,000	5	3%
Kenwood Oakland Community Organization	$150,000	5	1%
Cabrini Green Legal Aid	$150,000	5	1%
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation	$150,000	5	1%
Northwestern University	$150,000	2	0%
Winthrop University	$150,000	2	n/a
National Museum of Mexican Art Fka Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum	$150,000	5	0%
Latinos Progresando	$140,000	5	1%
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance Inc dba NQAPIA	$135,000	4	10%
United African Organization	$130,000	5	3%
Docomomo US	$130,000	5	6%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc	$125,000	2	0%
Maywood Fine Arts Association	$125,000	5	2%
Chicago Parks Foundation	$125,000	1	3%
Little Village Environmental Justice Org	$125,000	5	1%
The People's Music School	$125,000	5	1%
Society for American Archaeology	$118,031	2	2%
Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation Inc	$115,400	2	0%
About Face Theatre Collective Inc	$115,000	5	5%
Spaces	$110,000	2	2%
Enrich Chicago	$110,000	4	10%
Congo Square Theatre Company	$105,000	5	8%
Forward Momentum Chicago	$103,500	5	2%
Legal Council for Health Justice	$100,000	2	1%
Chicago Community Foundation	$100,000	2	n/a
The Gerald Arpino Foundation	$100,000	1	n/a
National Redistricting Foundation	$100,000	1	2%
Illinois Arts Alliance	$100,000	1	42%
Eta Creative Arts Foundation	$100,000	5	13%
Women Employed	$100,000	3	1%
First Defense Legal Aid	$100,000	3	n/a
SkyArt NFP	$100,000	5	1%
Lawyers for the Creative Arts	$95,000	5	4%
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests	$90,000	3	9%
Asian Improv Arts Midwest	$90,000	5	4%
Gilloury Institute	$90,000	3	8%
Jazz Institute of Chicago	$90,000	5	12%
Near South Planning Board	$90,000	4	4%
Live Free Chicago	$85,000	5	4%
Chicago West Community Music Center	$85,000	5	5%
Gus Giordano's Jazz Dance Chicago Inc D/B/A Giordano Dance Chicago	$85,000	5	4%
University of Illinois Foundation	$80,000	2	0%
Open Center for the Arts	$80,000	5	12%
Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago	$80,000	4	0%
The Resurrection Project	$75,000	1	n/a
Chicago Abortion Fund	$75,000	1	0%
Chicago Black Gay Mens Caucus	$75,000	5	4%
Brave Space Alliance	$75,000	3	2%
Red Clay Dance Company Inc	$74,000	5	4%
Arts & Business Council of Chicago	$65,000	4	10%
Museum of Contemporary Art	$65,000	3	0%
Washington University	$63,797	1	0%
Equality Illinois Institute	$60,000	1	5%
Pride Films and Plays	$60,000	5	14%
Mariachi Heritage Foundation	$60,000	3	n/a
The People's Lobby Education Institute	$55,000	2	3%
Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival	$55,000	3	1%
A Red Orchid Theatre	$55,000	3	6%
University of Chicago	$52,000	1	0%
Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles Inc	$50,500	5	21%
States United Democracy Center Inc	$50,000	1	n/a
Taskforce Prevention and Community Services	$50,000	1	n/a
Michigan State University	$50,000	1	n/a
Chicago Historical Society	$50,000	1	0%
Lake County Crisis Center	$50,000	2	1%
The Chicago Debate Commission	$50,000	1	4%
Anew Building Beyond Violence and Abuse	$50,000	2	1%
Lake Area United Way Inc	$50,000	1	2%
Free Speech for People Inc	$50,000	1	n/a
Life-Span	$50,000	2	1%
Between Friends	$45,000	2	1%
Family Rescue Inc	$45,000	2	1%
Ascend Justice	$45,000	2	2%
Center for Advancing Domestic Peace	$45,000	2	5%
Apna Ghar Inc	$45,000	2	1%
Token Theatre Inc	$45,000	2	n/a
Reform for Illinois	$40,000	1	15%
Victory Gardens Theater	$40,000	2	2%
Facets Film Forum	$40,000	3	2%
The Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art	$40,000	1	n/a
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago	$40,000	1	n/a
Kan-Win	$40,000	2	2%
Latin United Community Housing Assn	$40,000	2	1%
Connections for Abused Women and Their Children	$40,000	2	1%
Impact for Equity	$40,000	1	n/a
Pomona College	$37,225	1	0%
Save the Dunes Conservation Fund	$35,000	1	7%
One Roof Chicago	$35,000	1	31%
The Gift Theatre Company	$35,000	3	5%
Fifth House Ensemble	$35,000	2	3%
South Chicago Dance Theatre	$35,000	2	2%
Southside Together Organizing For Power	$30,000	1	2%
University of Minnesota Foundation	$30,000	1	0%
The Legacy Project	$30,000	1	n/a
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance	$30,000	1	1%
Arab American Family Services	$30,000	2	0%
Growing Home Inc	$30,000	1	1%
YWCA EvanstonNorth Shore	$30,000	2	0%
Center for Native Futures	$30,000	1	9%
Steep Theatre	$30,000	2	4%
Life After Hate Inc	$25,000	1	2%
Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church	$25,000	1	n/a
Mujeres Latinas En Accion	$25,000	1	1%
Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities Inc	$25,000	1	n/a
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble	$25,000	3	3%
Danceusa	$25,000	3	1%
Crossroads Fund Inc	$22,500	2	0%
Partnership for Resilience	$20,000	1	4%
Friends of the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame	$20,000	4	n/a
The Hana Center	$20,000	1	0%
Haven House Inc	$20,000	2	2%
University of Maryland Foundation Inc	$20,000	1	0%
Public Interest Law Initiative	$20,000	1	2%
Aia Chicago Foundation	$20,000	1	31%
Storycatchers	$20,000	1	1%
The Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence	$15,000	1	0%
Cook County Health Foundation	$15,000	1	3%
Gardeneers	$15,000	1	2%
Visual AIDS for the Arts Inc	$12,500	2	1%
Sarah's Inn	$10,000	1	0%
Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Inc Dba Funders for Lgbtq Issues	$10,000	1	0%
Floating Museum NFP	$5,000	1	n/a
Syrian Community Network	$5,000	1	1%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.8M), not named here.

Alphawood Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 151 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 151.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Polk Bros Foundation IncIL126.1× affinity66 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Field Foundation of Illinois · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Chicago Foundation for Women · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · The Chicago Community Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Joyce Foundation · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Walder Foundation

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Alphawood Foundation

How much does Alphawood Foundation give?: Alphawood Foundation reported 126 grants totaling $8,090,605 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 102 and 133 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Alphawood Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (25%), Public Benefit (20%), Health (10%).
Who are Alphawood Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: The Barack Obama Foundation ($7.5M), AIDS Foundation of Chicago ($1.6M), Howard Brown Health Center ($1.4M).
Does Alphawood Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Alphawood Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Alphawood Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Polk Bros Foundation Inc, Field Foundation of Illinois, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
Where is Alphawood Foundation based?: Alphawood Foundation is based in IL.