Illinois · Public charity
Columbia College Chicago
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
- $78M
- Granted FY2023
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $11k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,750
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $5,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $430M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Columbia College Chicago funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 2 | $11k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $15k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $10k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $38k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $11k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $84k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filter Photo Nfp | $36,750 | 7 | 3% |
| Chicago International Film Festival Inc Cinema-Chicago | $30,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hyde Park Art Center | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Near South Planning Board | $12,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The Chicago High School for the Arts | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Midwest Film Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Loop Alliance | $6,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Loop Alliance Foundation | $5,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Illinois Arts Alliance | $5,102 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filter Photo Nfp | $36,750 | 7 | 3% |
| Chicago International Film Festival Inc Cinema-Chicago | $30,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hyde Park Art Center | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Near South Planning Board | $12,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The Chicago High School for the Arts | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Midwest Film Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Loop Alliance | $6,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Loop Alliance Foundation | $5,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Illinois Arts Alliance | $5,102 | 1 | 0% |
| Art Expositions LLC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medium Photography Inc Dba Medium Photo | $5,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Grant Park Orchestral Association | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Old Town School of Folk Music | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Columbia College Chicago 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: John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Jentes Family Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Columbia College Chicago
- How much does Columbia College Chicago give?
- Columbia College Chicago reported 2 itemized grants totaling $10,750, out of $78,381,572 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Columbia College Chicago fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (86%), Community Improvement (14%).
- Who are Columbia College Chicago's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Filter Photo Nfp ($37k), Chicago International Film Festival Inc Cinema-Chicago ($30k), The Art Institute of Chicago ($25k).
- Does Columbia College Chicago fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Columbia College Chicago?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, Jentes Family Foundation, Lloyd a Fry Foundation.
- Where is Columbia College Chicago based?
- Columbia College Chicago is based in IL.
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