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The Joyce Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$52M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
470
Grants FY2024
407
Organizations funded FY2023
28%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$80,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,000,000
Organizations funded a year
334 to 407
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
27
Total assets, FY2024
$1.3B
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 28% of the organizations The Joyce Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9.8M 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesCivil RightsCrime & LegalPhilanthropyOther
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 arriving423$51M25%
FY2023407$55M28%
FY2022373$55M29%
FY2021367$48M48%
FY2020334$42Mn/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.

Education$67MEnvironment$38MArts & Culture$31MPublic Benefit$29MCrime & Legal$24MCivil Rights$15MPhilanthropy$14MCommunity Improvement$9.0MOther$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.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Aspen Institute Inc$3,335,00050%
Education First Consulting LLC$2,890,6305n/a
Advance Illinois Nfp$2,725,000524%
University of Chicago$2,698,80250%
Chicago Public Media Inc$2,525,12053%
Elevate Energy$2,233,20052%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$1,980,00050%
The Education Trust Inc$1,963,00052%
The Institute for College Access & Success$1,952,500512%
Civic News Company$1,910,00054%
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All grantees of The Joyce Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Aspen Institute Inc$3,335,00050%
Education First Consulting LLC$2,890,6305n/a
Advance Illinois Nfp$2,725,000524%
University of Chicago$2,698,80250%
Chicago Public Media Inc$2,525,12053%
Elevate Energy$2,233,20052%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$1,980,00050%
The Education Trust Inc$1,963,00052%
The Institute for College Access & Success$1,952,500512%
Civic News Company$1,910,00054%
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$1,850,000519%
Chicago Public Education Fund$1,816,400513%
The Ohio Environmental Council$1,780,000422%
National Parks Conservation Association$1,776,00041%
Clean Wisconsin Inc$1,755,000520%
Chicago Community Foundation$1,685,0005n/a
Common Cause Education Fund$1,650,00045%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$1,627,70551%
Fresh Energy$1,610,000512%
Teach Plus Inc$1,575,00053%
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development Inc$1,570,00054%
Faith in Place$1,550,000516%
Center for American Progress$1,550,00042%
New America Foundation$1,475,00051%
Latino Policy Forum$1,342,500511%
Alliance for the Great Lakes$1,335,000515%
Wave Educational Fund Inc$1,320,000549%
The Urban Institute$1,309,25031%
Michigan Enviromental Council$1,300,000514%
Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance$1,283,00059%
Metropolitan Planning Council$1,270,00058%
Chicago Votes$1,250,000531%
National Council on Teacher Quality Inc$1,235,000520%
Ed Allies$1,200,000440%
Civic Consulting Alliance$1,163,80056%
Fair Elections Center$1,160,00058%
New Profit Inc$1,150,00032%
One Aim Illinois$1,150,000558%
State Voices$1,150,00053%
Unidosus$1,125,00051%
EducationCounsel LLC$1,106,0004n/a
National Wildlife Federation$1,090,00041%
National Public Radio Inc$1,053,00050%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence$1,030,00045%
Educators for Excellence Inc$1,025,00053%
Trace Media Inc$1,014,00048%
Ceasefire Pennsylvania Education Fund$1,005,000530%
Alliance for Excellent Education Inc$1,000,00056%
Wcij Inc$1,000,000512%
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc$992,000546%
Northwestern University$991,73630%
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights$990,50041%
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy$990,00058%
Georgetown University$975,00030%
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association$970,00055%
Vera Institute of Justice Inc$970,00050%
Little Village Environmental Justice Org$966,200410%
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc$951,50042%
The Center for Michigan$950,00058%
Cub Consumer Education and Research Fund$940,000421%
Violence Policy Center$925,000517%
Protect Minnesota$905,000553%
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc$905,000510%
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation$883,00044%
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law$875,00051%
Block Club Chicago Nfp$865,00058%
Impact for Equity$855,00049%
Freshwater Society$850,635423%
Change Illinois$850,500534%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$822,5974n/a
Gunsdown Inc$815,000521%
Pro Publica Inc$800,00031%
Sierra Club Foundation$800,00030%
Ohio Voice$800,00059%
Council of Chief State School Officers$800,00042%
Jobs for the Future Inc$798,00050%
3arts Inc$790,000521%
Safe States Alliance$788,560512%
US Water Alliance$775,00054%
University of Illinois Foundation$760,00040%
Open Campus Media Inc$755,000410%
Count Mi Vote Education Fund$755,000516%
Protect Democracy Project$750,00022%
National Center for Teacher Residencies$750,000511%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$750,00020%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$750,00031%
Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Inc$721,000410%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$705,00030%
Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund Inc$700,600515%
Promote the Vote Fund Inc$700,000433%
Deans for Impact$700,00056%
Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources$685,000533%
Veterans Education Success Inc$680,000411%
The Advertising Council Inc$675,00021%
Minnesota Environmental Partnership$675,000558%
Kids First Chicago for Education$639,00045%
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation$632,50053%
League of Women Voters of Ohio Education Fund$630,000539%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$625,70031%
Great Lakes and St Lawrence Cities Initiative$625,000544%
Center for Technology and Civic Life$625,00031%
National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform$625,000516%
Fines and Fees Justice Center Inc$623,00024%
Northeastern University$621,81810%
Illinois Environmental Council Education$610,000413%
Minnesota Council on Foundations$608,60046%
Great Lakes Commission$605,0004n/a
American Academy of Pediatrics$605,00040%
National Career Technical Education Foundation$600,00049%
Knowledgeworks Foundation$600,00028%
Minnesota Education Equity Partnership$600,000522%
Prison Fellowship Ministries$600,00030%
Faith in Action Network$595,00021%
Chicago Urban League$595,00053%
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences$592,50020%
The Groundtruth Project Inc$578,95433%
The Brookings Institution$575,00030%
Anti-Defamation League$575,00021%
The Partnership for College Completion$562,500413%
Michigan Municipal League Foundation$550,600322%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago$550,00056%
Education Writers Association$550,00055%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$550,00020%
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan$550,00044%
Forefront$540,32051%
National College Attainment Network$531,60043%
National League of Cities Institute Inc$525,00013%
Sustain Equity Group$520,000496%
Center for Neighborhood Technology$515,00054%
National Museum of Mexican Art Fka Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum$511,25052%
Public Agenda Inc$510,000223%
National Student Legal Defense Network$500,00059%
Policy Matters Ohio$500,00059%
Ithaka Harbors Inc$500,00050%
365 Media Foundation Inc$500,000515%
Mdrc$500,00030%
The Milken Institute$500,00020%
Project Unloaded Inc$497,440113%
Congo Square Theatre Company$490,000542%
South Side Community Art Center$485,000515%
South East Chicago Commission$478,000426%
Surge Institute$475,00043%
Young Invincibles$475,00052%
Illinois Pirg Education Fund Inc$475,000451%
The Leadership Conference Education Fund Inc$475,00051%
The 74 Media Inc$475,00044%
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights$464,98741%
New York University$450,00010%
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence$450,00042%
Ohio Excels$450,000412%
Chicago Sinfonietta Inc$450,000510%
Capital B News Inc$450,00033%
National Conference on Citizenship$450,00032%
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Inc$450,000517%
Court Theatre Fund$440,0005n/a
Inside Climate News Inc$430,00034%
The Institute for Higher Education Policy$427,00046%
Northeast-Midwest Institute$425,000529%
Puerto Rican Arts Alliance$425,00058%
National Association of State Boards of Education$411,150210%
Hyde Park Art Center$405,00054%
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching$400,00022%
National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships Inc$400,000126%
Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership$400,00032%
Latino Theater Company$400,00023%
Editorial Projects in Education Inc$400,00040%
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative$400,00043%
Michigan Dep of Health & Human Services$400,0001n/a
Chicago Latino Theater Alliance$395,000517%
Equity Legal Services Inc$394,000528%
Bellwether Education Partners Inc$385,00031%
Council of State Governments$375,00050%
Milwaukee Water Commons Inc$375,000512%
Black Ensemble Theater Corporation$370,00055%
MinnPost$370,00054%
March for Our Lives Foundation$356,00039%
Environmental Health Watch$352,500521%
Civic Nation$350,00021%
Independent Curators International$350,00056%
Rodel Charitable Foundation - De$350,00016%
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago$340,00041%
Community College Baccalaureate Association Inc$340,000523%
Women Employed$337,50044%
Bipartisan Policy Center Inc$335,00040%
Asian Improv Arts Midwest$325,000527%
E4thefuture Inc$325,000219%
Battered Women's Justice Project$325,00025%
Johns Hopkins University$325,00030%
Indiana Latino Institute Inc$317,35938%
Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities Inc$310,00053%
Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence$310,00029%
Enlace Chicago$302,36841%
We the People of Detroit$300,100412%
Institute for Nonprofit News$300,00032%
All Voting Is Local$300,00021%
The Chisholm Legacy Project Inc$300,00013%
Law Enforcement Action Partnership Inc$300,00038%
City Bureau Nfp$300,00034%
Higher Learning Advocates Inc$300,00039%
Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc$300,00032%
Greater Twin Cities United Way$300,00030%
Tntp Inc$300,00030%
The Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU Inc$300,00032%
Shriver Center on Poverty Law$300,00032%
The Pivot Fund Inc$300,000117%
University of Texas$298,4251n/a
Progress Michigan Education Inc$295,000412%
Ohio Mayors Alliance Foundation$290,000332%
Microgrants$290,000110%
National Policing Institute$290,00022%
Black Environmental Leaders Association$285,000320%
Teatro Vista Theater With a View Inc$280,000521%
Regents of the University of Michigan$275,0752n/a
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace$275,00020%
University of Washington Foundation$275,00020%
Hope Chicago Inc$275,00031%
Education Reform Now Inc$275,00023%
Clean Fuels Ohio$270,000311%
California Partnership Safe Communities$270,00036%
Council of Michigan Foundations$268,20052%
21 CP Foundation NFP$262,4052100%
The Barack Obama Foundation$262,18540%
New Leaders Inc$260,00040%
Gilloury Institute$255,500414%
Climate Generation$255,000210%
National Consumer Law Center Inc$253,12231%
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$250,00040%
The Pew Charitable Trusts$250,00020%
Michigan Nonprofit Association$250,00012%
Slipstream Group Inc$250,00011%
The Niskanen Center Inc$250,00021%
Achieve Twin Cities$250,00022%
Sahan Journal$250,00036%
Justleadershipusa Inc$250,000310%
American University$250,00010%
Wisconsin Voices Inc$250,000223%
National Women's Law Center$250,00011%
Legal Action Chicago LLC$250,000214%
The Center for Election Innovation & Research$250,000214%
Public Media Institute$245,000410%
Free Street Theater$240,000518%
Project on Predatory Student Lending$240,00035%
American Council on Education$237,94220%
Inner-City Muslim Action Network$230,00050%
Great Lakes Environmental Law Cente$230,000423%
The Violence Project Research Center$228,850254%
Law Forward Inc$225,00024%
New Life Centers of Chicagoland$222,36850%
National Legal Aid and Defender Association$210,00022%
National Park Foundation$210,00050%
Chicago State Foundation$202,50024%
A Better Chicago$200,00022%
Minnesota Justice Research Center$200,000127%
Chiefs for Change$200,00020%
Cabrini Green Legal Aid$200,00023%
Environmental Working Group$200,00012%
The Campaign Legal Center Inc$200,00011%
New Teacher Center$200,00011%
Michael Reese Health Trust$200,0001n/a
Chicago Theatre Group Inc$200,00040%
Chicago Artists Coalition$200,000323%
Black Researchers Collective$200,000220%
Safe & Just Michigan$200,000216%
Northern Illinois University Foundation$200,00011%
Center for Civic Design Inc$200,000112%
Museum of Contemporary Art$196,00040%
Full Spectrum Features NFP$195,00043%
Live Free Chicago$191,000318%
Illinois Arts Alliance$185,000511%
The Art Institute of Chicago$177,50030%
Sixty Inches From Center Nfp$175,000422%
Prison Policy Initiative$175,00053%
Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission$175,00031%
Police Executive Research Forum$175,00021%
Great Mn Schools$175,00023%
Wellbeing & Equity Innovations Inc$166,668112%
Florida State University Research Foundation Inc$166,66611%
Justice System Partners$166,66614%
Bright Star Community Outreach Corp$162,36941%
International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago$160,000516%
Definition Theatre Company$160,00039%
Rise Education Fund$160,00025%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$152,00040%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago$151,50030%
National Academy of Sciences$150,00040%
Solutions Journalism Network Inc$150,00012%
Marquette University$150,00020%
National Policy Board of Educactional Administrati$150,000216%
Illinois Community College System Foundation$150,000119%
Latinos for Education Inc$150,00011%
American Constitution Society for Law & Policy$150,00012%
Innovation Ohio Education Fund$150,000215%
The Bridgespan Group Inc$150,00010%
Ohio State University Foundation$150,00010%
Grist Magazine Inc$150,00021%
Lyric Opera of Chicago$150,00030%
National Association of Elementary School Principals Foundation$150,000232%
Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd$150,00021%
Council on Foundations Inc$148,50040%
University of Michigan$148,378145%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$142,28710%
The National Public Housing Museum$140,00033%
Dions Chicago Dream Inc Nfp$140,00045%
FORCE Detroit Inc$140,00022%
Indiana University School of Medicine$139,9151n/a
La Casa Norte$136,25031%
The Rand Corporation$131,00020%
Newtown Action Alliance Foundation$130,000436%
Teachers College Columbia University$130,00010%
Swipe Out Hunger$130,00025%
Third Way Institute$130,00011%
Community Advocates Inc$129,90011%
National Public Education Support Fund$125,00051%
Indiana Community Action Association Inc$125,00012%
Innovateedu Inc$125,00013%
Metropolis Strategies NFP$125,00024%
Southwest Organizing Project$122,36831%
Firehouse Community Arts Center of Chicago$122,36842%
Artcouncil Inc Dba Artadia$120,00044%
Metropolitan St Louis Equal Housing & Opportunity Council$120,000112%
Elastic Arts Foundation$120,000512%
Ceres Inc$120,00010%
National Cambodian Museum & Killing Fields Memorial$120,000423%
Voices for Racial Justice$120,00023%
The Lyte Collective$120,00039%
Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice$120,000133%
Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism$118,80033%
Project on Government Oversight Inc$118,50011%
Goodpower Education Fund Inc$115,00011%
Cfleads$115,00015%
Leading Educators Inc$115,00011%
Casa Central Social Services Corporation$112,36930%
Deborah's Place$111,25031%
Ignite$110,00031%
The Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights$110,00021%
Wisconsin Conservation Voices Inc$105,00014%
Think Outside Da Block Inc$105,000411%
Research Triangle Institute$102,50010%
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$100,00010%
Ifwhenhow$100,00011%
The Commercial Club Foundation$100,00010%
Free Press$100,00012%
Police For Inc$100,000213%
American Public Health Association$100,00020%
Interfaith America$100,00011%
Minnesota Youth Collective Education Fund$100,000117%
Chicago Children's Theatre$100,00013%
Amherst H Wilder Foundation$100,00010%
Detroit Parks Coalition$100,00013%
Natural Resources Department$100,0001n/a
Storycorps Inc$100,00010%
Canary Media Inc$100,00012%
National Association for College Admission Counseling$100,00011%
Steppenwolf Theatre Company$100,00010%
Michigan Voices$100,00013%
Northwell Health Inc$100,0001n/a
Healing Justice Foundation$100,000122%
Theater Mu Incorporated$100,00017%
Global Action on Gun Violence Inc$100,000111%
The Sculpture Center$100,000121%
Haitian American Museum of Chicago$100,000325%
Minnesota Voice$100,000113%
Indiana Conservation Fund Inc$100,000112%
R Street Institute$100,00011%
Launch Michigan$100,00016%
The Marshall Project Inc$100,00020%
Illinois Coalition to End Permanent Punishments$100,0001n/a
Free Spirit Media Nfp$100,00015%
Education Resource Strategies Inc$100,00011%
University of Utah$99,1311n/a
Environmental Grantmakers Association$99,02451%
Grantmakers in Health$95,15032%
Northwest Side Housing Center$90,00021%
The Night Ministry$90,00030%
The Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence$90,00032%
Urban Gateways$90,00023%
Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation$88,61921%
Freedman Consulting LLC$88,5002n/a
Something Good in Englewood Inc$85,00042%
Michigan Community College Foundation$85,000118%
Online News Association$85,00012%
Grow Greater Englewood Inc$82,20027%
Girls Like Me Project Inc$80,000311%
Logan Square Neighborhood Association$78,00011%
Center on Halsted$77,36811%
Grantmakers in the Arts$76,40052%
Evergreen Community Developement In$75,10019%
Public Art Saint Paul$75,00018%
Ladies of Virtue$75,00032%
Council on Criminal Justice Inc$75,00012%
Minnesota State College Student Association Inc$75,00012%
Investigative Project on Race & Equity$75,000132%
Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence$75,0001n/a
Front Exhibition Company$75,00016%
The Partnership Project Inc$75,00010%
Franconia Sculpture Park Legeros$75,00018%
Lynden Inc$75,00015%
The Hana Center$75,00012%
Gro Community$75,00021%
Just Roots Just Roots Chicago$75,000212%
Thrive Chicago Nfp$75,00011%
Harrison Center for the Arts Inc$75,00015%
National Indian Education Assn$75,00014%
Advancing Equity Coalition$75,000110%
Living Arts$75,00019%
Chicago Public Art Group$75,000118%
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Foundation$75,00015%
Candid$75,00050%
Center for New Data$75,000164%
Mandala South Asian Performing Arts Inc$75,000116%
Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund$75,000111%
Spaces$75,00014%
Meb Alliance for Educator Diversity Inc$73,64611%
Teamwork Englewood Inc$72,36922%
I Grow Chicago NFP$72,36923%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$72,36820%
Southwest Collective$72,000312%
National Sheriffs' Educational Foundation$71,0001n/a
New Moms Inc$70,60050%
Sarah's Circle$70,00021%
Campaign for College Opportunity$70,00012%
Education Commission of the States$65,00011%
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated$65,00050%
Shepherds Hope Ltd$65,00021%
United States Artists Inc$65,00011%
Guthrie Theater Foundation$60,00010%
West Point Fellowship Inc Dba West Point School of Music$60,000210%
Organized Communities Against Deportations$60,00016%
Concerned Christian Men Inc$60,000259%
Takeaction Mn Education Fund$60,00010%
Council of Great Lakes Governors Inc$60,00031%
Lee Foundation for Civic Leadership Inc$60,00010%
Media Impact Funders Inc$58,00052%
Rural Action Inc$50,00011%
Institute for Women's Policy Research$50,00011%
CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC Biodiversity Funders Grp$50,00051%
The Rebuild Foundation Nfp$50,00012%
Circle of Blue Inc$50,000115%
Nijc Nfp$50,00011%
North Lawndale Employment Network$50,00011%
Urban Policy Development LLC$50,0001n/a
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities$50,00010%
The Grace Network$50,000225%
Gardeneers$50,00021%
Chicago Adventure Therapy Nfp$50,00025%
Hope for US Network$50,0002n/a
Exodus Refugee Immigration Inc$50,00011%
The Kindling Group$50,00013%
Equality Illinois Institute$50,00016%
One Solution Foundation Inc$50,00026%
Free Write Arts & Literacy Nfp$50,0001n/a
Vsv Leadership$50,0001n/a
Economic Security Project Inc$50,00010%
Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers$50,00011%
Claretian Associates Inc$50,0001n/a
Voces de la Frontera Inc$50,00011%
Brave Space Alliance$50,00021%
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Inc$50,00011%
Chicago Architecture Biennial Inc$50,00012%
Community Refugee & Immigration Services Inc$50,00011%
Partners for Justice Inc$50,00011%
Onechicagofund$50,00012%
Healthy Hood Chicago$50,00024%
Sphinx Organization Inc$50,00011%
Alt Space Chicago$50,000214%
A Healthier Democracy Inc$50,00012%
Deeply Rooted Productions Inc$50,00012%
Refugeeone$50,00010%
Austin Coming Together$50,00013%
Roseland Christian Ministries Center$47,36913%
Role Model Movement Inc (NFP)$47,36910%
Breakthrough Urban Ministries Inc$47,36810%
Affinity Community Services$47,3681n/a
Alliance for Global Justice Corp$47,36811%
Communities United$47,36812%
Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation Nfp$47,36812%
Washington University$45,48510%
States United to Prevent Gun Violenc Co Gpec-Ichv$45,000126%
Illinois Press Foundation Inc$45,00013%
Independent Sector$45,00030%
Garfield Park Community Council$41,25015%
The Resurrection Project$41,25010%
Lawndale Christian Development Corp$41,25011%
Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation$40,00010%
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press$40,00010%
Illinois Action for Children$40,00010%
Victory Gardens Theater$40,00013%
Center for Native Futures$40,00014%
Heartland Alliance Health$40,00010%
Meals on Wheels Chicago$40,00013%
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness$40,00011%
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$40,00020%
Propel Nonprofits$35,00010%
City Colleges of Chicago Foundation$35,00020%
Doctors for America$35,00019%
Metropolitan Mayors Caucus Foundation$35,0001n/a
Change the Ref Inc$35,00018%
Imagine Englewood If NFP$31,00023%
Philanthropy Ohio$30,52221%
Peace Runners 773 Nfp Co$30,000213%
Council on American-Islamic Relations Minnesota$30,00017%
The Posse Foundation Inc$30,00020%
Brilliant Brown Boys Book Club$30,0002n/a
Floating Museum NFP$30,0001n/a
Rebuild Local News$30,00012%
Pigment International Foundation$30,000160%
South Chicago Dance Theatre$30,00015%
Commonwealth of Kentucky$25,0001n/a
The Chicago Academy of Sciences$25,00010%
Pilsen Alliance$25,0001n/a
Start Early$25,00010%
The Simple Good$25,00015%
Tween Esteem Project$25,0001n/a
Planned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota$25,00010%
Neighborspace$25,00011%
Migration Policy Institute$25,00011%
Chicago Heightening Opportunity and Potential for$25,00012%
Blackroots Alliance$25,00012%
Bandwith Music Ltd$25,00012%
Kingdom Avenue Inc$25,0001n/a
US Biennial Inc$25,00011%
Taskforce Prevention and Community Services$25,00011%
Chicago Center for Arts and Technology Inc$25,00017%
American Indian Association of Illinois$25,0001n/a
Planned Parenthood of Michigan$25,00010%
Sweet Water Foundation Inc$25,00012%
Alianza Leadership Institute$25,00017%
Chicago Shakespeare Theater$25,00010%
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio$25,00010%
I Am Able Center for Family Development$25,00011%
The Bloc$25,00011%
Chicago Children's Museum$25,00010%
The Roots Initiative$25,000115%
Praize Productions Inc Nfp$25,00017%
Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy Inc$25,00011%
National Association of Community and Restorative Justice$25,00012%
Loyola University of Chicago$25,00010%
Think B L U E Foundation$25,0001n/a
The Joffrey Ballet$25,00010%
Art on the Mart Foundation$25,000128%
Hispanics in Philanthropy$25,00010%
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc$25,00010%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$25,00010%
Planned Parenthood of Illinois$25,00010%
Foundation Financial Officers Group Inc$22,40051%
Pretty Me Inc$20,0001n/a
Theatre Communications Group Inc$20,00010%
The Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Michigan Inc$20,0001n/a
Crossroads Fund Inc$20,0001n/a
National Association of Latino Arts and Culture$20,00010%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$20,00010%
Old Town School of Folk Music$20,00010%
The Center for Independent Documentary Inc$20,00010%
Third World Press Foundation Inc$20,00018%
Technology Association of Grantmakers Inc$19,40050%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$17,50050%
W E Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation$15,23310%
Native Americans in Philanthropy$15,00010%
Chicago Books to Women in Prison$15,0001n/a
National Performance Network Inc$15,00010%
Red Clay Dance Company Inc$15,00012%
Ananya Dance Theatre$15,00011%
American Association of Museums$15,00010%
Cglr Foundation$15,00011%
Collaboraction Theatre Co$15,00013%
Mothers Against Senseless Killings Foundation$15,0001n/a
Forward Latino Inc$15,0001n/a
Danceusa$15,00012%
826chi Inc$15,00012%
DePauw University$10,00010%
Muntu Dance Theatre$10,00013%
Asian AmericansPacific Islanders in Philanthropy Inc$10,00011%
Root2Fruit Youth Foundation$10,000113%
City Club of Chicago$10,00011%
Lead With Love Corporation$10,0001n/a
Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan Inc$10,00010%
Asset Funders Network$10,00010%
True Star Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Chicago Education Advocacy Cooperative$10,0001n/a
The Sentencing Project$10,00010%
Jewish Social Services of Madison Inc$10,00011%
Jbfc Inc Dba Mainspringsjbfc$10,00011%
International Institute of Wisconsin Inc$10,00011%
Chicago United$10,00011%
Kids Off the Block Inc$10,0001n/a
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals$10,00010%
Dream Academy Foundation Inc$10,000110%
Imsa Fund for Advancement of Education$10,00011%
Twelve Literary Arts$8,30012%
Wisconsin Philanthropy Network Inc$7,00020%
Indiana Philanthropy Alliance Inc$6,30020%
International Friendship Gardens Music Festival Inc$6,00011%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$5,00010%
God Is Real International Ministries$5,0001n/a
Lincoln Park Conservancy$5,00010%
Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement$5,00010%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Green Bay Inc$5,00010%
Ethiopian Community Dev Council Inc$5,00010%
Lillians Place$5,0001n/a
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Interfaith Action of Sw Michigan$5,0001n/a
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums$5,00010%
Chicago Cultural Alliance$2,50011%
Working in the Schools Inc$2,50010%
A Better Chance Inc$2,50010%
Equal Justice Initiative$2,50010%
Carroll University Inc$2,00010%
Hampshire College Trustees$1,40010%
Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago$1,2601n/a
The Chicago Bar Foundation$80010%
National Indigenous Womens Resource Center Inc$60010%
Project Prosper$60010%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$60010%
American Library Association$50010%
Beds Plus Inc$50010%
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc$50010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$50010%
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United Inc$50010%
Law Center for Better Housing$50010%
Window to the World Communications Inc$20010%
Field Museum of Natural History$20010%
BIG NFP DBA Blacks in Green$20010%
High Jump$20010%
Minnesota Freedom Fund$20010%
The Center for Humans and Nature$20010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$20010%
You Can Vote$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 209 recipients with no EIN on record ($49M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Joyce Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 35 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 budgetThe Aspen Institute Inc: $3,335,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetAdvance Illinois Nfp: $2,725,000 over 5y, 24% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $2,698,802 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Public Media Inc: $2,525,120 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetElevate Energy: $2,233,200 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $1,980,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Education Trust Inc: $1,963,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetThe Institute for College Access & Success: $1,952,500 over 5y, 12% of budgetCivic News Company: $1,910,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetMichigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund: $1,850,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetChicago Public Education Fund: $1,816,400 over 5y, 13% of budgetThe Ohio Environmental Council: $1,780,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $1,776,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetClean Wisconsin Inc: $1,755,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetCommon Cause Education Fund: $1,650,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $1,627,705 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetFresh Energy: $1,610,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetTeach Plus Inc: $1,575,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetGreat Plains Institute for Sustainable Development Inc: $1,570,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetFaith in Place: $1,550,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetCenter for American Progress: $1,550,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetNew America Foundation: $1,475,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetLatino Policy Forum: $1,342,500 over 5y, 11% of budgetAlliance for the Great Lakes: $1,335,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetWave Educational Fund Inc: $1,320,000 over 5y, 49% of budgetThe Urban Institute: $1,309,250 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMichigan Enviromental Council: $1,300,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetMidwest Energy Efficiency Alliance: $1,283,000 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetMetropolitan Planning Council: $1,270,000 over 5y, 7.9% of budgetChicago Votes: $1,250,000 over 5y, 31% of budgetNational Council on Teacher Quality Inc: $1,235,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetEd Allies: $1,200,000 over 4y, 40% of budgetCivic Consulting Alliance: $1,163,800 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetFair Elections Center: $1,160,000 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetNew Profit Inc: $1,150,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetOne Aim Illinois: $1,150,000 over 5y, 58% of budgetState Voices: $1,150,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetUnidosus: $1,125,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $1,090,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNational Public Radio Inc: $1,053,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGiffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence: $1,030,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetEducators for Excellence Inc: $1,025,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetTrace Media Inc: $1,014,000 over 4y, 8.4% of budgetCeasefire Pennsylvania Education Fund: $1,005,000 over 5y, 30% of budgetAlliance for Excellent Education Inc: $1,000,000 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetWcij Inc: $1,000,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetPolicy Innovators in Education Network Inc: $992,000 over 5y, 46% of budgetNorthwestern University: $991,736 over 3y, 0.0% 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.

Field Foundation of IllinoisIL138.3× affinity89 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Field Foundation of Illinois · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Builders Vision Foundation · Walder Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Alphawood Foundation · The McKnight Foundation

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 The Joyce Foundation

How much does The Joyce Foundation give?
The Joyce Foundation reported 470 grants totaling $52,234,765 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 334 and 407 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Joyce Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (26%), Environment (15%), Arts & Culture (12%).
Who are The Joyce Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Aspen Institute Inc ($3.3M), Education First Consulting LLC ($2.9M), Advance Illinois Nfp ($2.7M).
Does The Joyce Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Joyce Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Joyce Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Field Foundation of Illinois, Polk Bros Foundation Inc, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
Where is The Joyce Foundation based?
The Joyce 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 859 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-PF 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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