Illinois · Public charity
Chicago Blackhawks Foundation
To support programs and institutions throughout Illinois that work towards creating a better tomorrow for the youth of today. CBC believes in a series of fundamental principles that collectively serve to support local citizens and better the lives of youth in and around the city.We believe in aiding those who are homeless, ill, abused,…
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 39
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $583,251
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 37
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 63% of the organizations Chicago Blackhawks Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $116k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 39 | $2.2M | 67% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $632k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $1.4M | 51% |
| FY2022 | 36 | $2.0M | 61% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $1.5M | 34% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $1.9M | 23% |
| FY2019 | 36 | $2.0M | 39% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $1.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | $1,695,000 | 5 | 0% |
| A Better Chicago | $1,043,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Cantigny Foundation | $583,251 | 1 | n/a |
| Trickster Art Gallery | $370,000 | 6 | 15% |
| Amatuer Hockey Assoc Illinois Inc | $320,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Embarc Inc | $266,665 | 5 | 2% |
| One Million Degrees | $236,866 | 6 | 1% |
| Chicago Jesuit Academy | $215,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Girls in the Game Nfp | $190,000 | 7 | 3% |
Show all 71 grantees
Plus 67 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Chicago Blackhawks Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Robert R McCormick Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern IL · Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008 · The Chicago Community Trust · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Blazer Foundation · The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation · The Kjellstrom Family Foundation · Fulk Family Foundation Inc · Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Chicago Blackhawks Foundation
- How much does Chicago Blackhawks Foundation give?
- Chicago Blackhawks Foundation reported 39 itemized grants totaling $2,245,001, out of $2,469,214 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 37 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Chicago Blackhawks Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (37%), Recreation & Sports (18%), Youth Development (17%).
- Who are Chicago Blackhawks Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago ($1.7M), A Better Chicago ($1.0M), Cantigny Foundation ($583k).
- Does Chicago Blackhawks Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Chicago Blackhawks Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Robert R McCormick Foundation, Community Foundation of Northern IL, Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008.
- Where is Chicago Blackhawks Foundation based?
- Chicago Blackhawks Foundation is based in IL.
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