Illinois · Private foundation
Charles W & Patrica S Bidwill Foundati
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.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $19M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations Charles W & Patrica S Bidwill Foundati funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 30 | $1.1M | 27% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $761k | 26% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $280k | 24% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $160k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $183k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $202k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $182k | 8% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $178k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midtown-Metro Achievement Centers | $255,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Thrive Scholars | $240,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Bandwith Music Ltd | $230,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Mychals Learning Place | $177,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Pediatric Therapy Network | $150,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Leo High School | $110,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Rosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc | $97,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Chicago Jesuit Academy | $80,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Providence St Mel School | $80,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Irish American Partnership Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midtown-Metro Achievement Centers | $255,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Thrive Scholars | $240,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Bandwith Music Ltd | $230,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Mychals Learning Place | $177,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Pediatric Therapy Network | $150,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Leo High School | $110,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Rosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc | $97,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Chicago Jesuit Academy | $80,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Providence St Mel School | $80,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Irish American Partnership Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Patrick High School | $50,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Frank Lentz Foundation Ltd | $37,000 | 1 | 36% |
| Fiver Children's Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Challenged Athletes Inc | $32,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Holy Trinity High School | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Come to Believe Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Glenwood Academy | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lumen Christi Institute | $20,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Golden Heart Ranch | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Sister Thea Bowman Black Catholic Educational Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| West Side Connector | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| South Central Scholars Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ranchin' Vets | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| National Center for Children and Families | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Charles W & Patrica S Bidwill Foundati supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Hfs Chicago Scholars · WP & HB White Foundation · Helen V Brach Foundation · Dr Scholl Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Cuneo Foundation · Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation · Fred J Brunner Foundation · Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Charles W & Patrica S Bidwill Foundati with peer funders
About Charles W & Patrica S Bidwill Foundati
- How much does Charles W & Patrica S Bidwill Foundati give?
- Charles W & Patrica S Bidwill Foundati reported 30 grants totaling $1,141,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Charles W & Patrica S Bidwill Foundati fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (68%), Health (15%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Charles W & Patrica S Bidwill Foundati's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Midtown-Metro Achievement Centers ($255k), Thrive Scholars ($240k), Bandwith Music Ltd ($230k).
- Does Charles W & Patrica S Bidwill Foundati fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles W & Patrica S Bidwill Foundati 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 Charles W & Patrica S Bidwill Foundati?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Hfs Chicago Scholars, WP & HB White Foundation.
- Where is Charles W & Patrica S Bidwill Foundati based?
- Charles W & Patrica S Bidwill Foundati is based in IL.
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