· Private foundation
Micole Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k5 grants · $70k
- $250k+1 grant · $251k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PEGGY NOTEBAERT NATURE MUSEUM | $250,500 |
| WEST MILWAUKEE POLICE COM | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| RANCH HAND RESCUE | $15,000 |
| HOPE CHICAGO | $15,000 |
| CHICAGO BOTANICAL GARDEN | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $166k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TCTHE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES9× · 2017–2025 · $2.5M · revenue +5%
- PAPUBLIC ACTION TO DELIVER SHELTER INC D/B/A HESED HOUSE4× · 2017–2020 · $165k · revenue +139%
- RHRanch Hands Rescue7× · 2017–2025 · $120k · revenue +210%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $25k
- CFCHILDREN'S FUND INTERNATIONALone grant, 2021 · $15k
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicagograduatedone grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +60%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Lincoln park zoo is dedicated to connecting people with nature by providing a free, family-oriented wildlife experience in the heart of chicago and by advancing the highest quality of animal care, horticulture, education, science and…
The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…
Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
To spark curiosity and creativity in all young children through positive, play-based learning experiences.
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
The mission of the university of chicago has been to sustain at the highest level of excellence, the communication of knowledge, the creation of knowledge and the fostering of a dynamic community of scholars and students.
Chicago scholars is transforming the leadership landscape of our city by resolving the fundamental barriers to success for academically driven, first generation college students from under-resourced communities.
Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…
We are chicago's jesuit, catholic university - a diverse community seeking god in all things and working to expand knowledge in the service of humanity through learning, justice, and faith.
How this is measured
13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 27 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC ACTION TO DELIVER SHELTER INC D/B/A HESED HOUSE ↗
- Who funds Ranch Hands Rescue ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Houston Zoo Inc ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds HOPE CHICAGO INC ↗
- Who funds Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago ↗
- Who funds AROGYA INC DBA AROGYA WORLD ↗
- Who funds UNITING VOICES ↗
- Who funds ONE MILLION DEGREES ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF RADNOR LAKE ↗
- Who funds OMNI YOUTH SERVICES INCORPORATED ↗
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: American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Micole Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Micole Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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