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Builders Vision Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$97M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
390
Grants FY2024
276
Organizations funded FY2023
42%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$150,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$4,000,000
Organizations funded a year
17 to 276
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
35
Total assets, FY2024
$1.7B
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 42% of the organizations Builders Vision Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentArts & CultureFood & NutritionEducationCommunity ImprovementAnimalsOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving315$88M30%
FY2023276$70M42%
FY2022256$76M64%
FY2021118$26M56%
FY202062$14M61%
FY201948$13M73%
FY201817$4.8Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Environment$97MPhilanthropy$70MArts & Culture$36MFood & Nutrition$25MCommunity Improvement$23MAnimals$19MEducation$14MHealth$12MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Walton Family Foundation Inc$17,862,50031%
Forefront$12,280,000541%
Chicago Community Foundation$11,700,0004n/a
Crystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc$10,000,00027%
Creo Family Office Syndicate Inc$9,595,550739%
Best Friends Animal Society$9,478,31563%
Little Village Environmental Justice Org$5,444,250455%
Rare$4,051,21647%
Inner-City Muslim Action Network$3,005,00058%
The Barack Obama Foundation$3,000,00021%
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All grantees of Builders Vision Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Walton Family Foundation Inc$17,862,50031%
Forefront$12,280,000541%
Chicago Community Foundation$11,700,0004n/a
Crystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc$10,000,00027%
Creo Family Office Syndicate Inc$9,595,550739%
Best Friends Animal Society$9,478,31563%
Little Village Environmental Justice Org$5,444,250455%
Rare$4,051,21647%
Inner-City Muslim Action Network$3,005,00058%
The Barack Obama Foundation$3,000,00021%
Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc$2,817,96432%
Meridian Institute$2,794,05245%
Elevate Energy$2,500,00032%
Planned Parenthood of Illinois$2,500,00014%
Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest$2,450,00075%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$2,348,02950%
Everyday People for Change Inc$2,300,000333%
Public Media Institute$2,185,000540%
Common Market Philadelphia Inc$2,096,575320%
Secore International Inc$2,091,774646%
Rewiring America$2,000,00015%
Regents of the University of California at San Diego$1,994,2743n/a
Springboard for the Arts$1,900,000517%
Regents of the University of Michigan$1,850,0003n/a
Island Institute$1,793,51558%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,745,54640%
Coastal Enterprises Inc$1,632,33445%
Perry Institute for Marine Science$1,503,260319%
Gary Comer Youth Center Inc$1,500,00065%
United States Fund for Unicef$1,500,00010%
Friends of Big Marsh$1,400,000574%
Multiplier$1,372,00041%
Practical Farmers of Iowa$1,325,70026%
Academy for Global Citizenship Charter School$1,320,00062%
Ocean Strategies Inc$1,276,3004n/a
Mission Edge San Diego$1,260,00026%
Illinois Environmental Council Education$1,252,164318%
Health Care Without Harm$1,250,00038%
Racing Magpie$1,230,000325%
The National Public Housing Museum$1,225,00049%
Franciscan Health Foundation Inc$1,200,00026%
Latinos Progresando$1,200,000310%
Lawndale Christian Health Center$1,170,00050%
Westside Health Authority$1,137,69528%
EcoWorks$1,114,000213%
Puget Sound Restoration Fund$1,088,530419%
University of California Santa Barbara$1,085,7956n/a
Neighborspace$1,069,216711%
Coastal Quest$1,067,400411%
Center for Neighborhood Technology$1,050,00039%
United States Artists Inc$1,035,00044%
Mission Investors Exchange Inc$1,033,334222%
Grow Greater Englewood Inc$1,030,700418%
Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute$1,012,11339%
People for Community Recovery$1,006,000343%
Reclaiming Chicago Nfp$1,000,000125%
Share Our Strength$1,000,00021%
Proofing Station$1,000,000175%
Seafood Nutrition Partnership$1,000,000277%
Center for Cultural Innovation$1,000,00048%
Spayarkansas$987,721756%
Wildcoast$980,000412%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$956,53340%
Washington Maritime Blue$950,000424%
Urban Juncture Foundation$950,000514%
The Experimental Station$925,00078%
Waterkeeper Alliance Inc$920,57535%
Sweet Water Foundation Inc$920,000444%
Enactus$900,00039%
Plant Chicago NFP$885,500641%
San Diego Food System Alliance$872,395326%
The Ocean Foundation$826,35822%
University of Southern Mississippi Research Foundation$825,000329%
Growing Home Inc$810,00058%
Economic Security Project Inc$800,00033%
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences$799,97922%
The Surfrider Foundation$797,50032%
Partnership for a Healthier America Inc$765,000210%
Wormfarm Institute Inc$755,000365%
New England Aquarium Corporation$750,00031%
Plant Based Foods Institute$750,000230%
Ecology Center$750,000310%
The Sunrise Project Inc$750,00018%
Chicago Food Policy Action Council$750,000315%
Equity Legal Services Inc$750,000362%
548 Foundation$700,000218%
Bahamas National Trust Fund Inc$699,347322%
Conservation International Foundation$689,09840%
Hyde Park Art Center$689,000311%
Food Works$684,000341%
Chicago's Sunshine Enterprises Inc$680,000310%
San Diego Bird Alliance$665,313322%
Reader Institute for Community Journalism Inc$650,00049%
Firehouse Community Arts Center of Chicago$650,00047%
Illinois Arts Alliance$640,00029%
Ocean Conservancy$633,33331%
University of Washington$627,7623n/a
The Hurricane Island Foundation$625,000311%
Teton Science Schools Inc$620,26832%
American Heart Association Inc$615,93810%
World Resources Institute$600,00030%
Thunder Valley Community Development Cor$600,00027%
Chef Ann Foundation$600,00035%
Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership$600,00016%
The Roosevelt Institute$600,00022%
Greenwave Organization Corp$600,000311%
Stronger America Through Seafood Inc$597,680541%
Black Women in Ecology Evolution and Marine Science Inc$597,500395%
Gulf of Maine Research Institute$595,39542%
Healthy Hoosiers Foundation Inc$583,881192%
Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research$579,207322%
Chicago Public Media Inc$575,00040%
Michigan Saves$575,00022%
Urban Ecology Center Inc$562,50035%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$550,00020%
Ecotrust$531,15723%
People's Solar Energy Fund$530,000237%
Grist Magazine Inc$525,00032%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$510,00030%
Iff$505,00020%
Hope Village Revitalization$505,000232%
Community Desk Chicago$500,500241%
Kyiv School of Economics$500,00011%
Sos Children's Villages-Usa Inc$500,00014%
We Want Green Too$500,000246%
Allied Media Projects Inc$500,00021%
B Lab Company$500,00021%
Black Oaks Center for Sustainable Renewable Living$500,000314%
Wild Salmon Center$500,00023%
Emerald Cities Collaborative Inc$500,00013%
Urban Growers Collective Inc$500,000111%
Vote Solar$500,00033%
The Good Food Institute Inc$500,00021%
BIG NFP DBA Blacks in Green$500,0001n/a
Milwaukee Water Commons Inc$500,000217%
Marwen Foundation Inc$500,000310%
Maine Coast Fishermens Assn$497,038213%
Dakota Rural Action$485,000319%
Food for Climate League$483,275321%
Center for Rural Affairs$480,00024%
Mercy for Animals Inc$480,00032%
Golden Hills Resource Conservation and Development$475,000325%
Tree House Humane Society Inc$475,00055%
Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Association$466,600217%
Department of Public Transformation$460,000328%
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods$450,000212%
The Green Door Initiative$450,000124%
Reducetarian Foundation Inc$450,000316%
Dalhousie University Foundation Inc$449,958337%
Pcc Community Wellness Center$445,00030%
Ocean Visions Inc$425,00027%
Illinois Stewardship Alliance$420,000334%
Ecology Project International$415,30733%
Rewild$415,00021%
Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology$412,594342%
One Eleuthera Foundation$407,906114%
Faith in Place$406,61044%
Resident Association of Greater Englewood$405,000322%
Only One Inc$400,00022%
Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association$400,000224%
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$400,00011%
Groundswell Inc$400,00023%
Block Club Chicago Nfp$400,00035%
National Museum of Mexican Art Fka Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum$400,00023%
Hoosier Action Resource Center Inc$400,000218%
Cheyenne River Youth Project Inc$400,00026%
Common Threads$400,00035%
Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Inc$399,96029%
3arts Inc$385,00039%
BISSELL Pet Foundation$375,00041%
Guided Discoveries Inc$367,31221%
Advocates for Urban Agriculture Nfp$365,870422%
Firebird Community Arts$365,000313%
Movement Strategy Center$365,00021%
Build Inc$363,94623%
Earth Charter Indiana Inc$363,500318%
Indiana University School of Medicine$356,9821n/a
Ocean Discovery Institute$355,00027%
The Corbin Hill Food Project Inc$350,000110%
Bridges Impact Foundation$350,000219%
Great Barrier Reef Foundation USA Inc$350,000124%
Legacy Philanthropy Works$350,00023%
Tgi Movement$344,480236%
Alliance for Global Justice Corp$344,00022%
Int'L Union for Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources - US$342,700210%
Grantmakers in the Arts$333,33327%
Compassionate Action for Animals$330,000336%
Savanna Institute$325,00019%
Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition$323,333225%
Reef Fish Conservation and Education Foundation Inc$320,956234%
Digital Harbor Foundation$315,79011%
Resources Legacy Fund$315,00030%
South Side Community Art Center$315,00048%
Better Food Foundation Inc$300,00027%
North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council Inc$300,0001n/a
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation$300,00013%
Montana Healthcare Foundation$300,00011%
Avalon Village Inc$300,000222%
Artspace Projects Inc$300,00011%
Urban School Food Alliance Inc$300,000112%
Faith in Indiana$300,000211%
Circulate Initiative Inc$300,000115%
Global Philanthropy Partnership$300,00025%
SkyArt NFP$300,00029%
Community Action Network$300,00028%
Steppenwolf Theatre Company$300,00031%
Center for Carbon Removal$300,00013%
Chicago Architecture Biennial Inc$300,000215%
Cub Consumer Education and Research Fund$300,00025%
Chicago Sinfonietta Inc$300,00034%
Families Anchored in Total Harmony$300,000213%
Fractracker Alliance$300,00039%
Oregon Coast Visitors Association Inc$299,90026%
California Wildlife Foundation$299,39635%
Willapa Grays Harbor Oyster Growers Association$298,736131%
Buckminster Fuller Institute$297,8501n/a
College of the Atlantic$292,00430%
mRelief$291,444113%
Freshgrass Public Foundation$290,00019%
Rogue Climate$285,000212%
Illinois Public Health Institute$278,70212%
Familyfarmed Dba Good Food Catalyst$275,000210%
Teamwork Englewood Inc$275,00023%
The Anti-Cruelty Society$270,00031%
United Way of Central Indiana Inc$265,00030%
Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education Inc$262,89035%
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation$262,88120%
National Musuem of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture$260,00034%
As You Sow$250,00013%
Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund$250,000124%
Community Services Unlimited Inc$250,00019%
University of Illinois Foundation$250,00010%
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance$250,000112%
The Rebuild Foundation Nfp$250,000115%
Business Services Collective Nfp Dba Builders Avenue$250,000317%
Land Stewardship Project$250,00017%
Equity Arts$250,0001n/a
Dions Chicago Dream Inc Nfp$250,000119%
South East Chicago Commission$250,000313%
Greater Chicago Legal Clinic$250,00027%
Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition$250,000111%
Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition$250,000161%
Just Capital Foundation Inc$250,00012%
Renewing the Countryside$250,00017%
Beneath the Waves Inc$250,000126%
Ceres Inc$250,00011%
Environmental Working Group$250,00011%
Dishroulette Kitchen Nfp$250,000259%
Earth Island Institute Inc$250,00011%
Fresh Energy$250,00013%
Taskforce Prevention and Community Services$250,00026%
Cape Eleuthera Foundation Inc$243,54033%
Sunrise County Economic Council$241,94334%
The Trust for Public Land$240,00020%
Wholesome Wave Inc$238,700111%
California Ocean Science Trust$235,000231%
Sixty Inches From Center Nfp$230,000374%
Chicago Humanities Festival$225,00033%
The Stewardship Network$225,00037%
Archi-Treasures Association$225,000393%
Chicago Artists Coalition$217,500522%
Faunalytics$215,00029%
Conservation X Labs Inc$214,09512%
Become Inc$214,090214%
Adelante Center for Entrepreneurship$205,0003n/a
City of Chicago$203,0001n/a
Chicago Learning Exchange$200,000222%
City Club of Chicago$200,000110%
Sentient Media$200,000212%
Albany Park Theater Project$200,00025%
The Coral Reef Alliance$200,00024%
Midwest Environmental Advocates Inc$200,000212%
Male Mogul Initiative Inc Nfp$200,000224%
The Gray Matter Experience Inc$200,000214%
Balanced Inc$200,000214%
First Peoples Fund$200,00012%
United Congregations of Metro East$200,000211%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$200,00020%
Ideagarden Institute Incorporated$200,000212%
Rocky Mountain Institute$200,00020%
Ocean Aid 360 Inc$197,500151%
The Rand Corporation$194,98210%
A Just Harvest$180,00025%
Side Street Studio Arts$180,000132%
Carbondale Community Arts Incorporated$180,000214%
Quad City Arts Inc$180,00026%
Oceans Initiative$177,466121%
The Black Star Project$175,000214%
University of Chicago$175,00010%
Star Farm Chicago$175,000212%
Vegfund Inc$173,000123%
Willamette Partnership$170,99324%
X Prize Foundation Inc$168,87521%
Austin Coming Together$166,50026%
Figueroa Wu Family Foundation$161,00024%
Tillamook Estuaries Partnership$161,00017%
Environmental Law Institute$155,00012%
Animal Defense Partnership Inc$150,000212%
Roots & Culture Contemporary Artcenter$150,000340%
Xchange Chicago Inc$150,00012%
Companion Animal Alliance$150,00016%
Neighborhood Funders Group$150,00021%
Little Village Community Foundation$150,00019%
Institute for Local Self Reliance$150,00022%
Heaven on Earth Society for Animals Inc$150,00019%
Altasea at the Port of Los Angeles$150,00011%
New Roots Institute$150,000113%
Black Ensemble Theater Corporation$150,00022%
The Catcade Inc$145,00039%
Openlands$140,00031%
Gardeneers$137,76023%
Crossroads Fund Inc$135,00031%
Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago$130,00011%
Marine Protected Area Collaborative Network$130,000143%
Friends of the Chicago River$130,00061%
For the Long Term$125,00018%
Dakota Resource Council$125,00027%
Prison and Neighborhood Arts-Education Project$125,000112%
The Land Institute$125,00011%
Pennsylvania State University$120,0001n/a
Create Portage County Inc$120,000116%
University of Wyoming Foundation$117,00010%
New England Young Fishermen's Alliance$115,000141%
Enrich Chicago$115,00047%
The Artists Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions$115,000317%
Chn Nebraska$112,25911%
Experimental Sound Studio$110,00027%
Uc San Diego Foundation$105,00030%
Operation Warm Inc$102,50050%
6018north Nfp$102,000331%
Indy Hunger Network Inc$101,28026%
Chicago Art Department$101,250212%
City Bureau Nfp$100,00021%
Broussard Justice Foundation$100,0001100%
The Land Connection Foundation Inc$100,00018%
Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation$100,00011%
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Inc$100,00012%
Polar Bear Sustainable Energy Foundation$100,0001100%
Friends of the Earth$100,00011%
Coast Range Association Inc$100,000157%
Sola Gratia Farm$100,000111%
Design Museum of Chicago$100,000116%
Climate Land Leaders$100,000117%
Ampt Advancing Nonprofits$100,00013%
Friends of Sears Sunken Garden$100,000111%
Resilience Partners NFP$100,00014%
The Newberry Library$100,00020%
Friends of Netarts Bay Watershed Estuary Beach and Sea$100,000116%
Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association Inc$100,00026%
Radiant Vessels Community Services$100,000190%
Meals on Wheels Chicago$100,00034%
Hispanics in Philanthropy$100,00012%
Beyond Carnism Inc$100,000112%
Central Coast Food Web$100,000116%
Deeply Rooted Productions Inc$100,00015%
Northwest Side Housing Center$100,00012%
IntuitCenter for IntuitiveOutsider Art$100,00016%
Storycatchers$100,00016%
Trout Unlimited Inc$100,00010%
Humane America Animal Foundation$100,00020%
Greater Good Charities$100,00010%
Pilot Light$99,90018%
Whatcom Working Waterfront Foundation$99,000126%
Composite Recycling Technology Center$98,00012%
Metropolitan Family Services$97,50050%
Justice Cream Collective$94,000238%
Momentum Conservation$92,680219%
Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange$88,750326%
Preservation Cascade Inc$86,000251%
California Seaweed Festival$80,000245%
Serendipity Theatre Company D/B/A 2nd Story$80,000114%
Theatre Y$80,000218%
Definition Theatre Company$75,00028%
Civic Consulting Alliance$75,00012%
One Tail at a Time Nfp$75,00012%
Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting Inc$75,000110%
Imagine Englewood If NFP$75,00017%
Art of the Rural$75,000113%
Project Onward$75,000112%
Missouri Rural Crisis Center$75,00015%
Elakha Alliance$75,000116%
Intersection for the Arts$75,00011%
Kuumba Lynx$75,00014%
Resilient Cities Catalyst Inc$74,23815%
The University of Texas Law School Foundation$65,00010%
Comfort Station Nfp$57,750328%
The Kindling Group$55,000114%
Virginia Organizing Inc$55,00020%
United Nations Foundation Inc$54,00020%
Shedd Aquarium Society$52,76820%
University of Minnesota Foundation$50,00010%
Aequo Foundation Inc$50,0001n/a
Yale University$50,0001n/a
Red Clay Dance Company Inc$50,00013%
Hoosier Environmental Council Inc$50,00013%
The Arts of Life Inc$50,00012%
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art$50,00019%
Minnesota Environmental Partnership$50,000111%
Center on Rural Innovation Inc$50,00011%
Paws Chicago$50,00010%
The Philadelphia School$50,00010%
By The Hand Club For Kids$49,95010%
Food Empowerment Project$45,00017%
Chicago Adventure Therapy Nfp$40,00026%
Healing to Action$40,00015%
The Relief Foundation Inc$40,00015%
Institute of the Americas$40,00013%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$40,00010%
Clean Future Forum Inc$32,98510%
Water Foundation$30,00010%
Environment Colorado Research and Policy Center Inc$30,000312%
Gap Community Center$29,720210%
Illinois Humanities Council Inc$25,00010%
Chicago Blend Group Inc$25,00019%
Kurt Grinnell Aquaculture Scholarship Foundation$25,0001n/a
The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago$25,00010%
Institute for Education Research & Scholarships$25,00024%
Cascade County Council of the Society of St Vincent de Paul$20,00011%
A Well-Fed World$20,00011%
Crate Free Illinois Dba Crate Free USA$20,000120%
Community Partners$15,00030%
Socially Responsible Agriculture Project Inc$15,00011%
Southeast Environmental Task Force$15,00011%
State Innovation Exchange$10,00010%
Culturemath$10,0001n/a
The Night Ministry$10,00020%
Alliance for the Great Lakes$10,00020%
Path$10,00020%
National Runaway Switchboard$10,00020%
Chicago United for Equity$10,00011%
Tma Bluetech$10,00022%
The University of Georgia Foundation$10,00010%
Animal Protective Association$7,50021%
The Chicago Scholars Foundation$6,00010%
University of Illinois Latina Latino Alumni Association$5,0001n/a
Project Grow$5,00017%
Save the Waves Coalition$5,00010%
Evergreen Climate Innovations$5,00010%
Global Garden Refugee Training Farm$5,00012%
Olivewoods Gardens & Learning Center Inc$5,00010%
World Bicycle Relief Nfp$5,00010%
Elite Youth Tour$5,00013%
The Shareholder Commons$5,00010%
Gerber-Hart Library & Archives$5,00012%
Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers$5,00016%
German School Brooklyn$5,00010%
Africa Bridge$5,00014%
Hyde Park School of Dance$5,00010%
The Chicago Bar Foundation$5,00010%
Wepower$5,00010%
Beyond Hunger$5,00010%
Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation$5,00010%
The Salvation Army$4,0001n/a
Nourishing Hope$4,00010%
National Park Foundation$3,00010%
The Funders Network Inc$2,55010%
The Cove School Inc$2,50010%
Purple Asparagus$2,50011%
Pet Paw-See Inc$2,50012%
Angelic Organics Learning Center Inc$2,50010%
Tails Humane Society$1,00010%
Washington Humane Society$1,00010%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$50010%
Loyola Academy$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 66 recipients with no EIN on record ($21M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Builders Vision Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 57 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWalton Family Foundation Inc: $17,862,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetForefront: $12,280,000 over 5y, 41% of budgetCrystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc: $10,000,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetCreo Family Office Syndicate Inc: $9,595,550 over 7y, 39% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $9,478,315 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetLittle Village Environmental Justice Org: $5,444,250 over 4y, 55% of budgetRare: $4,051,216 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetInner-City Muslim Action Network: $3,005,000 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetThe Barack Obama Foundation: $3,000,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFlorida Atlantic University Foundation Inc: $2,817,964 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetMeridian Institute: $2,794,052 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetElevate Energy: $2,500,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $2,500,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetEnvironmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest: $2,450,000 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $2,348,029 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetEveryday People for Change Inc: $2,300,000 over 3y, 33% of budgetPublic Media Institute: $2,185,000 over 5y, 40% of budgetCommon Market Philadelphia Inc: $2,096,575 over 3y, 20% of budgetSecore International Inc: $2,091,774 over 6y, 46% of budgetRewiring America: $2,000,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetSpringboard for the Arts: $1,900,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetIsland Institute: $1,793,515 over 5y, 7.8% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $1,745,546 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCoastal Enterprises Inc: $1,632,334 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetPerry Institute for Marine Science: $1,503,260 over 3y, 19% of budgetGary Comer Youth Center Inc: $1,500,000 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $1,500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Big Marsh: $1,400,000 over 5y, 74% of budgetMultiplier: $1,372,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetPractical Farmers of Iowa: $1,325,700 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetAcademy for Global Citizenship Charter School: $1,320,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetMission Edge San Diego: $1,260,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetIllinois Environmental Council Education: $1,252,164 over 3y, 18% of budgetHealth Care Without Harm: $1,250,000 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetRacing Magpie: $1,230,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetThe National Public Housing Museum: $1,225,000 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetFranciscan Health Foundation Inc: $1,200,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetLatinos Progresando: $1,200,000 over 3y, 9.7% of budgetLawndale Christian Health Center: $1,170,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWestside Health Authority: $1,137,695 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetEcoWorks: $1,114,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetPuget Sound Restoration Fund: $1,088,530 over 4y, 19% of budgetNeighborspace: $1,069,216 over 7y, 11% of budgetCoastal Quest: $1,067,400 over 4y, 11% of budgetCenter for Neighborhood Technology: $1,050,000 over 3y, 9.4% of budgetUnited States Artists Inc: $1,035,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetMission Investors Exchange Inc: $1,033,334 over 2y, 22% of budgetGrow Greater Englewood Inc: $1,030,700 over 4y, 18% of budget

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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 200.

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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.

Field Foundation of IllinoisIL106× affinity63 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Field Foundation of Illinois · The Joyce Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Forefront · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · The Lumpkin Family Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · Walder Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Robert R McCormick 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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Find your warmest path to Builders Vision Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Builders Vision Foundation

How much does Builders Vision Foundation give?
Builders Vision Foundation reported 390 grants totaling $96,630,143 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 276 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Builders Vision Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (30%), Philanthropy (21%), Arts & Culture (11%).
Who are Builders Vision Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Walton Family Foundation Inc ($18M), Forefront ($12M), Chicago Community Foundation ($12M).
Does Builders Vision Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Builders Vision Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Builders Vision Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Field Foundation of Illinois, The Joyce Foundation, Polk Bros Foundation Inc.
Where is Builders Vision Foundation based?
Builders Vision Foundation is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 551 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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