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Robert R McCormick Foundation

The robert r. Mccormick foundation invests in organizations building thriving communities where all individuals have access to the opportunities they need to succeed.

$106M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
255
Grants FY2024
223
Organizations funded FY2023
26%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$33,451,760
Organizations funded a year
223 to 352
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
15
Total assets, FY2024
$1.8B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 26% of the organizations Robert R McCormick Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementEmploymentArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving249$106M23%
FY2023223$69M26%
FY2022232$93M34%
FY2021235$45M15%
FY2020352$73Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$108MEducation$65MPhilanthropy$37MCommunity Improvement$30MHuman Services$24MHealth$22MYouth Development$17MArts & Culture$17MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Robert R McCormick Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cantigny Foundation$105,143,170556%
United Way - McCormick Partnership for Strong Neighborhoods Inc$26,753,0004100%
Enlace Chicago$13,654,620557%
Project Hood Community Development Corporation$8,110,500356%
National Louis University$7,719,05054%
Metropolitan Family Services$7,189,30052%
Teamwork Englewood Inc$7,132,600547%
Big Shoulders Fund$6,318,92154%
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights$5,845,00045%
Carole Robertson Center for Learning$5,633,808514%
Chicago Community Foundation$5,020,5004n/a
University of Chicago Medical Center$4,750,00030%
Northwestern University$4,202,40050%
Institute for Latino Progress$3,725,000515%
Little Village Community Foundation$3,439,000479%
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago$3,420,00051%
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$3,385,51550%
Illinois Action for Children$3,116,26052%
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare$2,914,0005n/a
University of Chicago$2,713,55850%
The Chicago Scholars Foundation$2,710,500512%
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs$2,701,000215%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$2,547,00034%
Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory School$2,470,3004n/a
Latino Policy Forum$2,388,350517%
Illinois Press Foundation Inc$2,300,000333%
Cristo Rey St Martin College Prep$2,300,0004n/a
Sinai Health System$2,285,00032%
Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry$2,105,00052%
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School$2,003,1003n/a
Xchange Chicago Inc$2,000,000133%
Injustice Watch NFP$2,000,000366%
Better Government Association Inc$1,975,500426%
Loyola University of Chicago$1,924,20650%
The Bottom Line Inc$1,861,50053%
Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill$1,847,50051%
Block Club Chicago Nfp$1,833,575534%
Ge Chamber Foundation$1,779,800474%
New Life Centers of Chicagoland$1,738,00052%
Illinois Institute of Technology$1,670,00050%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$1,666,6504n/a
One Million Degrees$1,662,50057%
Field Museum of Natural History$1,655,00032%
Something Good in Englewood Inc$1,600,0002n/a
National Museum of Mexican Art Fka Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum$1,580,500514%
Metropolis Strategies NFP$1,446,600549%
Mission of Our Lady of Mercy$1,408,0005n/a
Greater Chicago Food Depository$1,386,40050%
Start Early$1,384,00050%
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation$1,362,00045%
Chicago Public Education Fund$1,335,00044%
College Possible Inc$1,277,50051%
Off the Street Club$1,272,250518%
Chicago Children's Museum$1,255,00047%
Lewis University$1,235,00011%
Advance Illinois Nfp$1,228,900514%
Illinois Joining Forces Foundation$1,118,000369%
Juvenile Protective Association$1,110,000418%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$1,025,43050%
Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies$990,50031%
Erikson Institute$961,66632%
Braven Inc$945,00032%
Chicago Parks Foundation$937,30049%
City Colleges of Chicago Foundation$930,000218%
Growing Home Inc$911,400415%
Illinois Equal Justice Foundation$850,00043%
Safer Foundation$831,50031%
Eg Woode$800,0001n/a
Council for a Strong America$800,00034%
Imentor Inc$797,50051%
Target Area Development Corporation$785,00043%
Grow Greater Englewood Inc$785,000317%
Central States Ser Jobs for Progress Inc$782,264513%
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc$775,00024%
The Thresholds$774,00050%
Northern Illinois University Foundation$764,00052%
Junior Achievement of Chicago$755,00045%
Breakthrough Urban Ministries Inc$752,50052%
National Able Network Inc$735,00031%
Kids First Chicago for Education$725,00038%
Intrinsic Schools$712,50031%
Erie Neighborhood House$708,70044%
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press$700,00044%
Community Education Network$700,00023%
Resident Association of Greater Englewood$700,000242%
Chicago Horticultural Society$692,28341%
After School Matters Inc$675,00051%
Friends of Dekalb Regional Office of Education$675,000363%
Chicago Humanities Festival$670,50057%
Family Focus Legacy$665,000248%
Chicago Heightening Opportunity and Potential for$662,500225%
Imagine Englewood If NFP$660,000247%
Leave No Veteran Behind$650,000240%
Onegoal$632,50051%
Alternatives Inc$622,10043%
Vocel Viewing our Children as Emerging Leaders$610,000133%
Share our Spare$600,100110%
Lion Pride Mentoring Inc$600,000352%
Civic Consulting Alliance$600,00044%
Purpose Foundation$600,00023%
Chicago Commons Association$575,00050%
Chicago Hope Academy$550,00025%
Dupage County Regional Office of Education$550,0001n/a
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago$532,50053%
The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago$531,00031%
Beyond the Ball Nfp$525,000337%
1st Infantry Division Foundation$515,00021%
Teach Plus Inc$510,00032%
Chicago Coalition to Save Our Mental Health Centers$500,000190%
Cabrini Green Legal Aid$500,00036%
Civic News Company$500,00033%
Center Resources for Teaching and Learning$500,0001n/a
Chapin Hall Center for Children$500,00021%
United States Foundation for the Commemoration of World Wars$500,00026%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside$487,5002n/a
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired$485,00040%
Urban Initiatives Inc$450,10052%
MAAFA Redemption Project$450,000310%
Austin Childcare Providers Network$450,000329%
Scalelit Fka Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition$450,000333%
Illinois Principals Foundation$440,0001n/a
The Cara Program$430,00022%
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation$424,00053%
City Bureau Nfp$421,00028%
Chicago Historical Society$419,50051%
Kipp Chicago Schools$412,50021%
Rush University Medical Center$405,00050%
Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy$404,10040%
Male Mogul Initiative Inc Nfp$400,000129%
The Barack Obama Foundation$400,00020%
Icivics Inc$400,00024%
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc$400,00031%
The Bloc$400,000213%
Allies for Community Business Inc$400,00022%
Inner-City Muslim Action Network$400,00041%
Restore Justice Foundation$390,00039%
Free Spirit Media Nfp$385,000218%
Poder$380,00047%
Forefront$370,85042%
Metropolitan Planning Council$370,00033%
United Service Organizations Inc$365,00030%
Youth Guidance$360,50050%
Depaul University$360,25030%
Chicago Jesuit Academy$360,0003n/a
Change Illinois$350,000316%
The Civic Federation$349,00047%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago$343,60051%
Trickster Art Gallery$335,000516%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$329,15021%
Southwest Organizing Project$325,00021%
Embarc Inc$325,00055%
Greater Englewood Community Dev Corp$315,400143%
The News Literacy Project Inc$310,00036%
New York University$307,50020%
Dupage Children's Museum$305,00035%
Impact for Equity$305,00034%
Pro Publica Inc$301,00020%
Blue Star Families Inc$300,00031%
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc$300,00027%
Depaul College Prep Foundation$300,00016%
Chicago Jobs Council$290,000313%
United Service Organizations of Illinois Inc$280,0002n/a
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center$280,00052%
Nourishing Hope$276,50041%
Newroot Learning Institute F/K/A Umoja Student Development Corp$275,00053%
True Star Foundation Inc$275,000218%
Ucan$266,31050%
Barat Education Foundation$250,000236%
YWCA EvanstonNorth Shore$250,00012%
Community Desk Chicago$250,000111%
Liftup Enterprises$250,0001n/a
Planning Implementation and Evaluation Org$250,000220%
Noble Network of Charter Schools$245,00040%
Chicago Cred Inc$245,00030%
Crossroads Fund Inc$239,60420%
Primo Center for Women & Children$237,50041%
Corporate Leadership Center Nfp$235,00042%
Chicago Public Media Inc$228,00020%
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning$225,00024%
Dewitt Livingston Logan and McLean Counties Regional Office of Education$210,0001n/a
Teach for America Inc$210,00020%
North Lawndale Employment Network$204,50022%
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights$201,00021%
Surge Institute$201,00023%
The Commercial Club of Chicago$200,00016%
Student Press Law Center$200,000222%
The Chicago Community Loan Fund$200,00031%
Communities United$200,00024%
Citizen Advocacy Center$200,000260%
Board of Trustees of Illinois State University$200,0002n/a
Chicago Cares Inc$200,00023%
Chicago Votes$200,00028%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$200,00010%
Institute for Nonprofit News$200,00013%
Public Narrative$200,000235%
The Historymakers$200,00023%
Street Law Inc$200,00024%
One Family Illinois$195,00031%
City Year Inc$185,00030%
The Posse Foundation Inc$180,00040%
Near South Planning Board$175,00054%
Genesys Works$175,0004n/a
Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA$175,00013%
Bunker Labs Nfp Inc$170,00022%
Family Rescue Inc$170,00041%
Center for Companies That Care$167,500416%
Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council$167,43732%
Truth in Accounting$160,500215%
Academy for Urban School Leadership$157,50041%
Leo High School$155,0004n/a
Loves Animal Rescue$153,5001n/a
The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union$152,00020%
Just the Beginning - a Pipeline Organization$150,00039%
American Overseas Memorial Day Association Foundation$150,000120%
A House in Austin$150,000225%
The Mission Continues$150,00011%
Thrive Chicago Nfp$150,00013%
Rincon Family Services$150,00011%
Head Strong Project Inc$150,00011%
Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago Inc$150,00024%
Shower Up$150,000113%
All Chicago Making Homelessness History$150,00020%
Partnership for Resilience$150,000118%
New America Foundation$150,00010%
Reform for Illinois$150,000237%
Legal Council for Health Justice$145,00033%
Children's Research Triangle$145,00051%
Lawndale Christian Health Center$142,50040%
Evans Scholars Foundation$136,20020%
Esperanza Health Centers$135,00020%
Center on Halsted$133,00051%
Asian Human Services$132,49751%
The Salvation Army$130,2003n/a
Hope Chicago Inc$130,10021%
Adler University$130,00010%
Pathway to Adventure Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$130,00032%
Habitat for Humanity Chicago$128,45011%
Lawrence Hall$127,50040%
Options for Youth$127,50025%
The Onestar Foundation$125,00011%
After-School All-Stars$125,00050%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$125,00010%
Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc$125,00021%
Smithsonian Institution$125,00010%
Union League Boys and Girls Clubs$125,00050%
Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching$123,00031%
Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp$120,00020%
Chicago Furniture Bank$120,00021%
Borderless Magazine NFP$120,000331%
La Rabida Children's Hospital$115,00040%
Girls in the Game Nfp$115,00043%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago$114,06040%
Chicago Public Library Foundation$111,25051%
Skills for Chicago$111,00031%
University of Richmond$110,00030%
The Experimental Station$110,00023%
Invisible Institute$110,00024%
The Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles And$109,40032%
Heartland Human Care Services Inc$105,00040%
Ignite$105,00021%
The Night Ministry$105,00021%
Facing Forward to End Homelessness$105,00021%
La Casa Norte$105,00021%
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund$105,00021%
Shriver Center on Poverty Law$104,00012%
Build Inc$103,70040%
Think Outside Da Block Inc$100,00018%
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc$100,00011%
Chicago Youth Programs Inc$100,00024%
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc$100,00010%
Out of Eden Walk$100,000214%
Smart Policy Works$100,0001n/a
Josephinum Academy$100,0001n/a
Lee Foundation for Civic Leadership Inc$100,00020%
Spectrios Institute for Low Vision$100,00052%
Student Veterans of America$100,00021%
High Jump$100,00051%
Community Television Network Inc$100,000218%
Chicago Association for Research and Education in Science$100,00012%
Park University$100,00020%
Connections for Abused Women and Their Children$100,00012%
Third Sector New England Inc$100,00010%
Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting Inc$100,000222%
The Trust for Public Land$100,00010%
The Westside Media Project$100,000248%
Kids Rank$100,000228%
Northwest Side Housing Center$100,00021%
National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum Dba National Veterans Art Museum$100,000218%
New Sector Alliance Inc$100,000159%
University of Central Florida Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Chicago United for Equity$100,00026%
Polaris Charter Academy$100,00012%
Woodson Center$100,00011%
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$99,00030%
Alternative Schools Network$98,50030%
Strada Collaborative Inc$98,00010%
A Safe Haven Foundation$97,50020%
Dominican University$97,50020%
Pitch In$95,00053%
Three Fires Council Inc Boy Scouts of America #127$93,20041%
Near West Side Community Development Corporation$92,00041%
Mujeres Latinas En Accion$92,00041%
Figueroa Wu Family Foundation$90,00022%
HEART Women & Girls$90,00028%
Chicago Architecture Biennial Inc$85,00044%
One Hope United$85,00040%
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods$83,00027%
Glenwood Academy$82,50021%
mRelief$80,00022%
Volunteers of America of Illinois$80,0001n/a
Hephzibah Children's Association$80,00040%
Chicago Community Bond Fund$80,00023%
Chicago Youth Boxing Club$77,50019%
Chicago Freedom School$75,24013%
Empowers Africa Inc$75,00023%
Lake Forest College$75,00020%
Pcc Community Wellness Center$75,00020%
Urban Warrior Youth Community$75,000121%
St Laurence High School$75,0001n/a
Presence Behavioral Health$75,00020%
Kids Above All Illinois$75,00020%
Center for Neighborhood Technology$75,00013%
Branding Englewood$75,0001n/a
Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc$75,00021%
Covenant House Illinois Inc$75,00021%
PrimeCare Community Health Inc$75,00020%
Telpochcalli Community Education Project$75,000126%
Sarah's Inn$75,00031%
Role Model Movement Inc (NFP)$72,50020%
Creativets$70,00027%
Mexican Cultural Center$68,000343%
University of Colorado Foundation$68,00010%
Beyond Hunger$68,00021%
Leadership Greater Chicago$68,00031%
Above and Beyond Food Pantry Inc$67,50028%
New Moms Inc$67,50020%
Dions Chicago Dream Inc Nfp$67,50021%
Christian Community Health Center$67,50020%
Mobile Care Foundation$67,50021%
Horizons for Youth$67,50022%
Casa Central Social Services Corporation$66,00040%
Bridges from School to Work Inc$66,00020%
Un Nuevo Despertar a New Awakening Nfp$65,000117%
Gads Hill Center$64,00030%
By The Hand Club For Kids$62,50020%
Communities in Schools of Chicago$62,50030%
Deborah's Place$60,00021%
Kaleidoscope Inc$60,00030%
St Sabina Church$60,0002n/a
Old Town School of Folk Music$60,00020%
Public Media Institute$60,00022%
The Lyte Collective$60,00018%
Franciscan Outreach$60,00011%
Automotive Mentoring Group Inc$60,00029%
National Latino Education Institute$56,30043%
Erie Elementary Charter School$55,00021%
Howard Brown Health Center$55,00030%
Center for Housing and Health$52,50010%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$51,40010%
Margarets Village$51,00021%
Society of the First Infantry Div$51,000120%
Lake County Veterans and Family Services$50,000211%
Regents of the University of Michigan$50,0001n/a
Dog Tag Inc$50,00013%
Travis Manion Foundation$50,00011%
Illinois Pirg Education Fund Inc$50,000112%
Southern Illinois University Foundation$50,00010%
Small Business Majority Foundation Inc$50,00021%
Presbyterian Church USA$50,0001n/a
American Press Institute Inc$50,00010%
Greenlight Fund Inc$50,00010%
Investigative Reporters & Editors Inc$50,00012%
Good Kids Mad City - Englewood$50,000117%
Team Rubicon Inc$50,00010%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago$50,0001n/a
Wtia Workforce Institute$50,00010%
The Center for Public Integrity$50,00030%
Code Platoon Nfp$50,00014%
Illinois Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics$50,00013%
New Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church$50,0001n/a
Team Red White & Blue Inc$50,00011%
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance$50,00012%
Iff$50,00010%
Project Exploration$50,00012%
Journal-Isms Inc$50,0001n/a
Project Syncere$50,00012%
Trustees of Tufts College$50,00010%
American Corporate Partners$50,00011%
Youth Conservation Corps$50,00012%
VetJobs Inc$50,00011%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc - Buena Vista$50,000156%
South Shore Chamber Community Development Corp$50,000110%
The Inner Voice Inc$50,00011%
Chicago White Sox Charities Inc$48,91531%
Chicago Veterans$48,500123%
Warrior-Scholar Project Foundation$48,15211%
Pacific Garden Mission$45,0001n/a
Working Credit NFP$45,00024%
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness$45,00020%
Erie Family Health Center Inc$45,00010%
John Howard Association$45,00015%
Urban Growers Collective Inc$45,00021%
Inspiration Corporation$45,00011%
Greater West Town Community Development Project$45,00011%
Paradise Christian Youth Camp$41,5683n/a
Kenwood Oakland Community Organization$40,00012%
Common Threads$40,00030%
Revelation Golf Inc$40,000118%
Chicago Run$40,00024%
Chicago State Foundation$37,50011%
Chicago State University$37,5001n/a
Saint Anthony Hospital$37,50010%
Law Center for Better Housing$36,00020%
Youth Outreach Services Inc$36,00010%
Phalanx Family Services$35,56040%
Media Impact Funders Inc$35,00022%
The Normandy Institute$35,00027%
Westside Health Authority$34,86040%
Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans Inc$34,62921%
The Morton Arboretum$33,12040%
Chicago United$33,00031%
St Vincent Depaul Society of North Central Indiana Inc$33,00022%
Rescuing Leftover Cuisine Inc$33,00020%
Cristo Rey Network$30,00010%
Chicago Headline Club Foundation$30,000227%
Collective Chicago$30,00026%
Planned Parenthood of Illinois$30,00010%
Center for Tax and Budget Accountability$30,00015%
Better Future Forward Inc$30,00013%
Hope Ignites$30,00011%
The Resurrection Project$30,00010%
Tca Health Inc$30,00010%
Foster Progress$30,00016%
Firehouse Community Arts Center of Chicago$30,00011%
Harmony Community Cares Nfp$30,00022%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$27,12530%
Boys & Girls Club Fox Valley Inc$27,00020%
Chicago Urban League$26,75040%
Window to the World Communications Inc$26,00010%
Bradley University$25,64010%
Roosevelt University$25,00010%
Tri-County Community Dental Clinic Inc$25,00021%
University of Texas$25,0001n/a
Council on Foundations Inc$25,00010%
Preservation Chicago$25,00011%
Merging Vets and Players$25,00011%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$25,00010%
Muckrock Foundation Inc$25,00012%
Centerstone Military Services Inc$25,00011%
Rework Training$25,00013%
Disability Lead$25,00013%
The Dusable Black History Museum and Education Center$25,00011%
Trinity Medical Center$25,00010%
IMD Guest House Foundation$25,00012%
Brain Research Foundation$25,00011%
Champs Male Mentoring Program - Chirise$25,00012%
Ladies of Virtue$25,00011%
Institute for Nonprofit Practice Inc$25,00011%
Chhamh 6453 Nfp$25,0001n/a
A Better Chicago$24,20010%
Youth Job Center Inc$24,00011%
South Sudan Hope Nfp$22,8001n/a
African American Christian Foundation$22,50011%
McDermott Center$22,50010%
Care for Friends$22,50011%
The Philanthropy Roundtable$22,00020%
El Paso Zoological Society$21,00021%
The Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus$20,60017%
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center$20,00020%
National Public Education Support Fund$20,00020%
Allied Media Projects Inc$20,00010%
Fordham Preparatory School$20,0001n/a
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois$20,00010%
Christ Church$20,0001n/a
Mha Labs$20,00017%
Tapestry 360 Health$20,00020%
Texas State University Development Foundation$20,00010%
AIDS Foundation of Chicago$19,00010%
Uniting Voices$19,00010%
LINK Unlimited Scholars$18,00011%
Fill a Heart 4 Kids$18,00011%
Ladder Up (F/K/A City-Wide Tax Assistance Program)$18,00010%
Chicago Cubs Charities$18,00020%
Ward 365 Nfp$16,00023%
Nehemiah Trinity Rising$15,00018%
Brighton Park Neighborhood Council$15,00010%
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Cuny Foundation Inc$15,00010%
Gyrls In The HOOD Foundation$15,00013%
Gilloury Institute$15,00011%
The Brookings Institution$15,00010%
Just Roots Just Roots Chicago$15,00013%
Ecosystems of Care$15,00014%
Marwen Foundation Inc$15,00011%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$14,00010%
Grant Park Orchestral Association$12,00010%
Wings Program Inc$11,62510%
Chicago Dental Society Foundation$11,62512%
Lazarus House$11,62510%
District 214 Education Foundation$11,62511%
Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce$11,00010%
Directorate of Family and Morale Welfare and Recreation at Ft Riley$11,0001n/a
Women Employed$10,50011%
Amate House Foundation$10,4101n/a
St Mary Parish & School$10,2001n/a
Evanstonskokie District 65 Educational Foundation (Foundation 65)$10,06512%
Streetwise$10,0001n/a
News Magazine Chicago$10,0001n/a
Chicago Theatre Group Inc$10,00010%
Communications Problem Solvers$10,0001n/a
Wechatme Inc$10,0001n/a
Community Renewal Society$10,0001n/a
University of Illinois Latina Latino Alumni Association$10,0001n/a
Real Times Media$10,0001n/a
Lincoln Park Village Inc$10,00011%
Strategic Human Services$10,0001n/a
Via Times Publication$10,0001n/a
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare$10,00010%
Aunt Martha's Health and Wellness Inc$10,00010%
La Raza Newspaper$10,0001n/a
Trout Museum of Art Inc$10,00010%
Pritzker Military Foundation$10,00010%
Illinois Balanced and Restorative Justice Project$10,0001n/a
Korean News of Chicago Inc$10,0001n/a
Dupage Habitat for Humanity$10,00010%
Chicago Shakespeare Theater$10,00010%
Voc Media LLC$10,0001n/a
Herald Newspaper Inc$10,0001n/a
The Heph Foundation$10,00013%
Chicago Reader L3c$10,0001n/a
Real Men Charities$10,00014%
City Bureau Nfp$10,0001n/a
The Triibe Inc$10,0001n/a
United Way Fox Cities Inc$10,00010%
Nicado Publishing Company Inc$10,0001n/a
Pads to Hope Dba-Journeys the Road Home$10,00010%
The Friends of Volunteers in Medicine Clinic Inc$10,00011%
Gonder Printing Inc$10,0001n/a
Charity Navigator$10,00010%
Heartland Alliance International Inc$10,00010%
Mediator Inc$10,0001n/a
Village Free Press$10,0001n/a
Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement$10,00011%
Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago$10,00010%
Megamedia Enerprises of Illinois Inc$10,0001n/a
Lambda Publications Incdba Windy City$10,0001n/a
El Dia Newspaper Co$10,0001n/a
Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc$9,80010%
A Knock at Midnight Inc$9,62010%
Chicago Blackhawks Foundation$9,40010%
Prairie School of Dupage$9,00013%
American Legion Post 556$9,0001n/a
Chicago Bulls Charities$9,00011%
Music Institute of Chicago$9,00010%
Lions of Elburn Charities Inc$9,00018%
Come to Believe Foundation$7,00010%
Old St Marys Parish & School$6,9361n/a
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$6,80010%
Strides for Peace Inc$6,50012%
Glen View Club Scholarship Foundation$6,00010%
Evergreen Retirement Community Inc$6,00010%
Kartemquin Educational Films$6,00010%
Psc Partners Seeking a Cure$6,00010%
Mile High Ministries$6,00010%
Sports Ministries Inc$6,00013%
Dancing With Chicago Celebrities$5,9001n/a
Loaves & Fishes Community Services$5,0001n/a
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$5,00010%
Ako Radio Inc$5,0001n/a
Midwest Gap Enterprises$5,0001n/a
Shaw Suburban Media Group$5,0001n/a
T R Communications Inc$5,0001n/a
Legend Media Network Group$5,000110%
Feminist Media Foundation$5,0001n/a
Zoe Communications Group LLC$5,0001n/a
Contratiempo Nfp$5,0001n/a
The Art Institute of Chicago$5,00010%
The Greater Cincinnati Arts & Education Center$5,00011%
Links Hall Inc$5,00011%
Maine Township High School District Educational Foundation$5,0001n/a
Puerto Rican Cultural Center$5,00010%
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc$5,00010%
Open Books Ltd$5,00010%
Hartman Publishing Group Ltd$5,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Robert R McCormick Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 40 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCantigny Foundation: $105,143,170 over 5y, 56% of budgetUnited Way - McCormick Partnership for Strong Neighborhoods Inc: $26,753,000 over 4y, 100% of budgetEnlace Chicago: $13,654,620 over 5y, 57% of budgetProject Hood Community Development Corporation: $8,110,500 over 3y, 56% of budgetNational Louis University: $7,719,050 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services: $7,189,300 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetTeamwork Englewood Inc: $7,132,600 over 5y, 47% of budgetBig Shoulders Fund: $6,318,921 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetHeartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights: $5,845,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetCarole Robertson Center for Learning: $5,633,808 over 5y, 14% of budgetUniversity of Chicago Medical Center: $4,750,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwestern University: $4,202,400 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetInstitute for Latino Progress: $3,725,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetLittle Village Community Foundation: $3,439,000 over 4y, 79% of budgetRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $3,420,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $3,385,515 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetIllinois Action for Children: $3,116,260 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $2,713,558 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chicago Scholars Foundation: $2,710,500 over 5y, 12% of budgetThe Chicago Council on Global Affairs: $2,701,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetUnited Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc: $2,547,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetLatino Policy Forum: $2,388,350 over 5y, 17% of budgetIllinois Press Foundation Inc: $2,300,000 over 3y, 33% of budgetSinai Health System: $2,285,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $2,105,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetXchange Chicago Inc: $2,000,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetInjustice Watch NFP: $2,000,000 over 3y, 66% of budgetBetter Government Association Inc: $1,975,500 over 4y, 26% of budgetLoyola University of Chicago: $1,924,206 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Bottom Line Inc: $1,861,500 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetChildren's Home & Aid Society of Ill: $1,847,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetBlock Club Chicago Nfp: $1,833,575 over 5y, 34% of budgetGe Chamber Foundation: $1,779,800 over 4y, 74% of budgetNew Life Centers of Chicagoland: $1,738,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetIllinois Institute of Technology: $1,670,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetOne Million Degrees: $1,662,500 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetField Museum of Natural History: $1,655,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetNational Museum of Mexican Art Fka Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum: $1,580,500 over 5y, 14% of budgetMetropolis Strategies NFP: $1,446,600 over 5y, 49% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $1,386,400 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetStart Early: $1,384,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetChildren First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation: $1,362,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetChicago Public Education Fund: $1,335,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetCollege Possible Inc: $1,277,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetOff the Street Club: $1,272,250 over 5y, 18% of budgetChicago Children's Museum: $1,255,000 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetLewis University: $1,235,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAdvance Illinois Nfp: $1,228,900 over 5y, 14% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Polk Bros Foundation IncIL170.2× affinity115 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Polk Bros Foundation Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Circle of Service Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Joyce Foundation · Cme Group Foundation · Michael Reese Health Trust · Chicago Foundation for Women · Fulk Family Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Robert R McCormick Foundation

How much does Robert R McCormick Foundation give?
Robert R McCormick Foundation reported 255 grants totaling $106,109,788 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 223 and 352 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Robert R McCormick Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (28%), Education (17%), Philanthropy (10%).
Who are Robert R McCormick Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Cantigny Foundation ($105M), United Way - McCormick Partnership for Strong Neighborhoods Inc ($27M), Enlace Chicago ($14M).
Does Robert R McCormick Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Robert R McCormick Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Polk Bros Foundation Inc, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, Circle of Service Foundation.
Where is Robert R McCormick Foundation based?
Robert R McCormick Foundation is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 596 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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