Illinois · Public charity
Design Museum of Chicago
The Design Museum of Chicago inspires, educates, and fosters innovation through design. Design is an integral tool that can help to connect communities and create equity. Through free, short-term exhibitions, engaging public programming, and robust partnerships with other arts, academic, and non-profit organizations, the Design Museum…
- $53k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2025
- $45k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $283k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 100% of the organizations Design Museum of Chicago funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $45k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $19k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Mobile Makers | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($74k), not named here.
About Design Museum of Chicago
- How much does Design Museum of Chicago give?
- Design Museum of Chicago reported 2 itemized grants totaling $45,000, out of $53,050 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does Design Museum of Chicago fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (43%), Youth Development (34%), Human Services (23%).
- Who are Design Museum of Chicago's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Chicago Mobile Makers ($15k).
- Does Design Museum of Chicago fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Design Museum of Chicago based?
- Design Museum of Chicago is based in IL.
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