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Depaul University
As an innovative catholic, vincentian university anchored in the global city of chicago, depaul supports the integral human development of its students. The university does so through its commitment to outstanding teaching, academic excellence, (continued in schedule o)
- $353M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $36,246
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $639,044
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 36
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Depaul University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $118k 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 | 30 | $3.1M | 37% |
| FY2024 | 26 | $2.5M | 15% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $2.0M | 35% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $2.2M | 38% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $1.5M | 26% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $2.0M | 32% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $2.0M | 15% |
| FY2018 | 36 | $1.5M | 31% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent de Paul Church | $2,344,694 | 9 | n/a |
| Academy for Urban School Leadership | $1,918,797 | 3 | 8% |
| Congregation of the Mission Midwest Province | $1,805,321 | 7 | n/a |
| Chicago Connected | $1,292,203 | 6 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $1,238,719 | 7 | n/a |
| Learning Partnership | $967,208 | 8 | n/a |
| Rush University Medical Center | $927,851 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $820,903 | 7 | 0% |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $613,086 | 7 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $566,310 | 9 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent de Paul Church | $2,344,694 | 9 | n/a |
| Academy for Urban School Leadership | $1,918,797 | 3 | 8% |
| Congregation of the Mission Midwest Province | $1,805,321 | 7 | n/a |
| Chicago Connected | $1,292,203 | 6 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $1,238,719 | 7 | n/a |
| Learning Partnership | $967,208 | 8 | n/a |
| Rush University Medical Center | $927,851 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $820,903 | 7 | 0% |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $613,086 | 7 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $566,310 | 9 | 0% |
| Sri International | $418,401 | 3 | 0% |
| Oregon Research Institute | $413,894 | 5 | 2% |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $402,774 | 6 | 0% |
| Bayesics LLC | $361,577 | 3 | n/a |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation | $261,187 | 1 | n/a |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $255,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Theological Union at Chicago | $200,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University | $187,942 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $166,334 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc | $165,421 | 1 | 0% |
| The Innovation Foundation Inc | $165,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Project Exploration | $160,575 | 1 | 11% |
| Depaul College Prep | $157,975 | 8 | n/a |
| Chicago Park District | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $132,847 | 3 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $124,504 | 3 | n/a |
| Carnegie Mellon University | $111,908 | 2 | 0% |
| The George Washington University | $94,018 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $90,639 | 3 | n/a |
| Depaul USA Inc | $90,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Big Thought | $80,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | $77,278 | 2 | n/a |
| Near South Planning Board | $76,664 | 7 | 4% |
| Chicago Historical Society | $72,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Chicago Board of Education | $63,030 | 2 | n/a |
| The National Center for Genome Resources | $62,482 | 1 | 3% |
| The Chicago Academy of Sciences | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $49,312 | 2 | n/a |
| Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame | $48,750 | 3 | 13% |
| Sinai Health System | $47,106 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Chicago | $45,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Dark Enterprises Inc | $44,801 | 2 | 4% |
| Vanderbilt University | $44,346 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wake Forest University | $37,748 | 2 | 0% |
| Mental Health Leadership Initiative Inc | $37,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Merillac St Vincent Family | $37,500 | 5 | n/a |
| St Thomas Aquinas College | $37,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Barat Education Foundation | $36,870 | 3 | 9% |
| Silicon Valley Mathematics Initiative | $36,190 | 2 | n/a |
| The Civic Federation | $33,500 | 5 | 0% |
| $33,350 | 1 | n/a | |
| Chicago Loop Alliance | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Giving Tuesday Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| After School Matters Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Wilmington - College of Health & Human Serv | $29,428 | 1 | n/a |
| International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago | $29,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Learning in Retirement of Waukesha County Inc | $28,588 | 1 | 63% |
| Regents of the University of California | $28,456 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $28,432 | 1 | n/a |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $28,329 | 2 | n/a |
| Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc | $27,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Washington State University | $26,562 | 1 | n/a |
| Leadership Greater Chicago | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Catholic Bishop of Chicago | $23,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Arthur Lockhart Resource Institute | $21,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Witte Travel & Tours | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rohingya Culture Center | $19,295 | 2 | 3% |
| Christ Universal Temple | $18,875 | 2 | n/a |
| American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences | $18,635 | 1 | 0% |
| Northeastern Illinois University Foundation | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Amate House Foundation | $15,750 | 1 | n/a |
| The Conference Board Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ragtag Film Society | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Marquette University | $14,936 | 1 | 0% |
| Math Circles of Chicago | $14,860 | 2 | n/a |
| City Club of Chicago | $14,595 | 2 | 1% |
| Trustees of the Graceland Cemetery Improvement Fd | $13,349 | 1 | n/a |
| Illinois Mentoring Partnership | $12,500 | 1 | 5% |
| George Mason University | $12,015 | 1 | n/a |
| American Academy of Advertising | $12,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $11,210 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago History Museum | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Victory Gardens Theater | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| African Studies Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Illinois Bar Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Onegoal | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marywood University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Newberry Library | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Skills for Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gads Hill Center | $8,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Sister Thea Bowman Black Catholic Educational Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Sculpture Exhibit | $7,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Central Washington University Foundation | $6,638 | 1 | 0% |
| Vont LLC | $6,630 | 1 | n/a |
| Mission of Our Lady of Mercy | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Concern Worldwide (Us) Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of la Verne | $5,063 | 1 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Depaul University supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 61 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: John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare · Motorola Solutions Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Pritzker Traubert Foundation · Cme Group Foundation · Northwestern University
How this is measured
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About Depaul University
- How much does Depaul University give?
- Depaul University reported 32 itemized grants totaling $3,152,228, out of $352,961,044 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Depaul University fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (47%), Religion (24%), Health (12%).
- Who are Depaul University's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Vincent de Paul Church ($2.3M), Academy for Urban School Leadership ($1.9M), Congregation of the Mission Midwest Province ($1.8M).
- Does Depaul University fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Depaul University?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Robert R McCormick Foundation.
- Where is Depaul University based?
- Depaul University is based in IL.
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