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The Sidley Austin 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.

$4.0M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
293
Grants FY2025
259
Organizations funded FY2024
35%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$517,408
Organizations funded a year
206 to 311
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
25
Total assets, FY2025
$17M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 35% of the organizations The Sidley Austin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $407k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesCrime & LegalCivil RightsOther
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
FY2025still arriving245$4.0M22%
FY2024259$3.7M35%
FY2023275$4.1M40%
FY2022206$2.8M36%
FY2021311$4.9M40%
FY2020276$4.8M53%
FY2019270$3.5Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Crime & Legal$12MEducation$3.0MPhilanthropy$2.1MHealth$1.9MCivil Rights$1.6MArts & Culture$1.6MHuman Services$879kInternational$850kOther$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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 813 grantees
All grantees of The Sidley Austin Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Legal Aid Society$2,213,30070%
Legal Aid Chicago$1,372,00071%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$910,00070%
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia$899,49772%
Equal Justice Works$606,50071%
Public Counsel$569,90832%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$401,80060%
National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc$401,44672%
Kaboom Inc$385,00031%
Youth Renewal Fund$372,50071%
Metropolitan Family Services$357,00070%
Legal Services Corporation$355,00050%
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$350,00050%
Lawyers Alliance for New York$320,00063%
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc$315,00072%
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc$305,50031%
Northwestern University$256,46070%
Children's Law Center Inc$251,90070%
The Teak Fellowship Inc$239,50031%
Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation$234,75031%
The Chicago Bar Foundation$220,00063%
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation$214,00071%
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights$209,20050%
New York Cares Inc$205,00041%
The Rand Corporation$205,00070%
University of Miami$205,00020%
The District of Columbia Bar Foundation$202,55060%
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Inc$202,40073%
Her Justice Inc$193,00061%
World Business Chicago$185,00070%
Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund Inc$185,00031%
Public Interest Law Initiative$184,00054%
Bread for the City Inc$183,50070%
Broadway Housing Communities Inc$175,04961%
Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc$175,00070%
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Inc$175,00051%
Hnba Via-Vision in Action-Fund$170,00042%
American Law Institute$160,00040%
American Heart Association Inc$137,45070%
Legal Aid at Work$131,50060%
Legal Action Center of the City of New York Inc$125,62541%
Coordinated Advice & Referral Program for Legal Services$125,00051%
Civic Consulting Alliance$115,00061%
Cabrini Green Legal Aid$115,00071%
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc$110,00040%
Chicago Symphony Orchestra$110,00020%
American Jewish Committee$110,00030%
Steppenwolf Theatre Company$110,00040%
Equal Justice Initiative$108,80060%
Kind Inc$108,80070%
American Brain Tumor Association$106,64361%
Shriver Center on Poverty Law$106,25031%
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education$106,00060%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$105,20030%
Law Center for Better Housing$105,00071%
The Educational Alliance Inc$105,00040%
Children's Hospital Foundation$100,10010%
Georgetown University$100,00030%
Advocates for Children of New York$100,00021%
Lyric Opera of Chicago$100,00010%
American Australian Association$95,00061%
Streetwise Partners Inc$94,00061%
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Inc$93,10071%
Breaking Ground Housing Development Fund Corporation$92,50060%
New York City Partnership Foundation Inc$86,00030%
Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund$85,75062%
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley$85,00020%
Mobilization for Justice Inc$85,00030%
District of Columbia Access to Justice$82,50069%
Anti-Defamation League$81,50040%
Miriam's Kitchen$80,70060%
Haven for Hope of Bexar County$80,00040%
Business Council for International Understanding Inc$75,0001n/a
United Way of New York City$75,00020%
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare$75,00010%
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs$75,00030%
The Civic Federation$74,50061%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$72,59070%
Chicago United$72,50061%
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition$72,28270%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington$70,50060%
Washington Legal Foundation$70,00070%
Riverside Park Conservancy Inc$67,50050%
Leadership Greater Chicago$67,50041%
Pro Bono Partnership Inc$65,00031%
Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County$65,00060%
Literacy Inc$64,99831%
DC Bar Pro Bono Center$64,00061%
Sharsheret Inc$64,00030%
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$61,00070%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$60,00050%
Center for Conflict Resolution$60,00042%
The Supreme Court Historical Society$60,00051%
New York Legal Assistance Group Inc$60,00020%
Alliance for Children's Rights$60,00060%
Pathways to Housing DC$60,00020%
Lawyers for Good Government Inc$60,00051%
Whitman-Walker Clinic Inc$58,20070%
American Jewish University$58,00010%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$57,50040%
Uptown People's Law Center$56,50071%
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation$56,00020%
ACLU Foundation of Southern California$55,50040%
Chicago Cares Inc$53,00041%
Prep for Prep$53,00050%
International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution Inc$52,50050%
Ravinia Festival Association$52,00030%
Human Rights First$50,80060%
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$50,70040%
Chicago Historical Society$50,00020%
Nacdl Foundation for Criminal Justice$50,00041%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$50,00010%
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles$50,00040%
The Chicago Academy of Sciences$50,00020%
Back 2 School America$50,00043%
International Rescue Committee INC$50,00010%
Every Mother Counts$50,00011%
Encore Community Services$48,31630%
Court Theatre Fund$47,5003n/a
High Jump$47,50041%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City Inc$47,50040%
Greater Chicago Legal Clinic$47,50060%
Mexican American Bar Foundation$47,20054%
American Federation for Aging Research Inc$45,00040%
Bet Tzedek$45,00040%
Immigration Equality$45,00041%
The Tahirih Justice Center$42,20060%
Council for Court Excellence$41,60071%
Hispanic Lawyers Scholarship Fund$41,00058%
Catalyst Inc$40,00020%
Center for Disability & Elder Law Inc$40,00051%
Leo High School$40,0001n/a
Legal Momentum$38,75031%
Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates Inc$38,28215%
National Center for Youth Law$38,28210%
World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth$37,50031%
New Alternatives for Children Inc$37,50010%
The Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights$37,00040%
Legal Prep Charter Academies$37,00060%
Start Small Think Big Inc$36,00050%
Lawyers for the Creative Arts$36,00043%
Lincoln Presidential Foundation$35,00070%
Dance Theatre of Harlem Inc$35,00011%
Feeding America$35,00040%
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation$35,00030%
Historical Society of the DC Circuit$35,00074%
Adams Street Foundation Inc$35,00042%
Legal Council for Health Justice$35,00030%
Texas Lawbook Foundation Inc$35,000218%
Dallas Theater Center$34,00020%
Legal Counsel for the Elderly$33,40070%
The University of Texas Law School Foundation$33,33420%
Dkms$33,00020%
Read Ahead Inc$32,70031%
Asia Society Texas Center$32,50020%
Volunteer Lawyers for Justice In$32,50031%
United to Learn$32,50040%
Just the Beginning - a Pipeline Organization$32,50022%
OneJustice$32,50041%
The Minority Corporate Counsel Association Inc$32,50030%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$32,00020%
Cristo Rey New York High School$32,00010%
National Center for Law and Economic Justice Inc$30,00011%
Womens Justice Initiative Inc$30,00041%
Businesses United in Investing Lending & Development$30,00030%
American Council on Germany Inc$30,00051%
Latinojustice Prldef$30,00020%
The Exploratorium$30,00020%
Family Focus$30,00020%
Civic Leadership Foundation$29,00032%
Blood Cancer United Inc$28,70050%
Houston Bar Foundation$27,50050%
New York Common Pantry$27,50020%
Francis W Parker School$27,50050%
Ayuda Inc$26,40070%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$26,0002n/a
Thurgood Marshall College Fund$26,00030%
American Diabetes Association$25,30030%
Volunteers of Legal Service Inc$25,00021%
Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society$25,00051%
United States Soccer Federation$25,00010%
Futures and Options Inc$25,00011%
Health Research Inc$25,00010%
American Friends of Jamaica Inc$25,00011%
United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc$25,00010%
The Asia Society$25,00030%
Hispanic Society of America$25,00020%
Association of American Law Schools Inc$25,00050%
All Star Code Inc$25,00020%
Access Justice Brooklyn Inc$25,00040%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$25,00010%
Impact for Equity$25,00040%
Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired$25,00010%
Clooney Foundation for Justice$25,00010%
National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center$25,00010%
Tuesday's Children$25,00011%
Duke University$25,00040%
Pro Bono Net Inc$25,00040%
Legal Outreach Inc$25,00020%
Bridge of Life$24,50040%
Music Theatre Works Inc$24,50041%
Texas Access to Justice Foundation$23,75030%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$23,00030%
Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms$22,50043%
Bigs & Littles NYC Mentoring Inc$22,50031%
Lincoln Park Zoological Society$22,50020%
Pro Bono Institute$22,50011%
Breakthrough T1d$22,50020%
Buildon Inc$22,50020%
The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth$21,50060%
Disability Rights Maryland Inc dba Maryland Disability Law Center Inc$21,40050%
Dallas Symphony Association$21,00020%
Veterans Legal Services Inc$20,00040%
The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago$20,00020%
California Changelawyers$20,00020%
The City Tutors Inc$20,00034%
Injustice Watch NFP$20,00040%
Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession$20,00042%
Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc$20,00010%
Detroit Public Schools Foundation$20,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York and Western New York$20,00020%
We Are All Music Foundation Inc$20,00029%
Ladder Up (F/K/A City-Wide Tax Assistance Program)$20,00020%
Air Force Academy Foundation$20,00020%
The Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU Inc$20,00020%
The Howard University$19,50040%
Regents of the University of Michigan$19,0003n/a
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum$18,75040%
North Texas Food Bank$18,50040%
New York County Lawyers Association$17,80010%
Greater Boston Legal Services Inc$17,50050%
Brooklyn Balletinc$17,50030%
Field Museum of Natural History$17,50060%
Family Focus Legacy$17,50020%
Brooklyn Defender Services$17,50020%
Equip for Equality$17,50060%
Hephzibah Children's Association$17,50040%
Pepperdine University$17,00030%
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship$17,00010%
Dallas Women Lawyers Association Foundation$16,50046%
The Hope Program Inc$16,00030%
National Women's Law Center$15,40030%
District of Columbia School of Law Foundation$15,25031%
Hfs Chicago Scholars$15,00021%
Cure Violence Global$15,00020%
Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$15,00030%
The Doe Fund Inc$15,00020%
Fund for Justice$15,00031%
College Bound Opportunities$15,00031%
Window to the World Communications Inc$15,00030%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$15,00010%
The Bail Project Inc$15,00030%
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles$15,00030%
Music Institute of Chicago$15,00010%
Professional Childrens School Inc$15,00020%
The NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education$15,00013%
Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose Inc$15,00010%
Museum of Modern Art$15,00010%
The Wings Club Foundation Inc$15,00012%
Legal Services NYC$15,00010%
East Palo Alto Tennis & Tutoring$15,00021%
Special Children's Charities$15,00011%
The Mount Sinai Hospital$15,00010%
Preble Street$15,00010%
The University of Georgia Foundation$15,00010%
The Children's Village Inc$15,00050%
Theatre for a New Audience Inc$15,00030%
Robert a Toigo Foundation$15,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$14,10070%
Open City Advocates$14,00061%
Volare$13,80060%
Brooklyn Legal Services Inc$13,25020%
University of Chicago$12,79270%
Adaptive Sports Foundation Inc$12,50011%
Audrain Automobile Museum Inc$12,50010%
Geffen Playhouse Inc$12,50020%
R Baby Foundation Inc$12,50013%
Ascend Justice$12,50050%
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation$12,50030%
NJ LEEP Inc$12,50010%
The Cara Program$12,50020%
The Joffrey Ballet$12,50020%
Digestive Health Foundation$12,50011%
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation$12,50030%
Chips Network Inc$12,50011%
Bronx Children's Museum$12,50011%
Dallas Hispanic Law Foundation$12,50038%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California$12,50030%
All Stars Project Inc$12,50030%
Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice$12,50030%
Vogel Alcove$12,50020%
Mujeres Latinas En Accion$12,50010%
Uniting Voices$12,50020%
Circesteem Inc$12,00060%
Cancer Research Institute Inc$11,25010%
Legal Services of Greater Miami Inc$11,00020%
Girls Incorporated of Metropolitan Dallas$11,00020%
Illinois Prison Project$11,00020%
Hackensack Meridian Health Inc$10,9002n/a
The Catholic Charities Foundation of the Archdiocese of Washington$10,60020%
Lumity$10,50070%
Life Science Cares Inc$10,25020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,20020%
Neighborhood Legal Services Program of DC$10,20030%
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts$10,20020%
New York Hall of Science$10,00010%
Henry Street Settlement$10,00020%
Habitat for Humanity of Hillsborough County Florida$10,00010%
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago$10,00010%
Swords to Plowshares Veterans Rights Organization$10,00020%
Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service$10,00010%
Only Make Believe Inc$10,00011%
Small Steps Nurturing Center$10,00020%
Hedge Funds Care Inc$10,00020%
Greenlight Fund Inc$10,00010%
Baylor Health Care System Foundation$10,00030%
Ali Forney Center Inc$10,00020%
Seven Generations Ahead$10,00021%
Yonkers Partners in Education Inc$10,00020%
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition$10,00010%
Invest for Kids Inc$10,00020%
Federal Communications Bar Association Foundation$10,00021%
The Rise Partnership Inc$10,00025%
The Adler Planetarium$10,00010%
Advocates for Trans Equality Education Fund$10,0001n/a
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund$10,00010%
Better Government Association Inc$10,0001n/a
North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic$10,00040%
Purdue Research Foundation$10,00010%
Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation$10,00010%
American Friends of the London Philharmonic Orchestra Inc$10,00013%
National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild Inc$10,00010%
Santa Clara County Asian Law Alliance$10,00010%
First Book$10,00020%
National Association of Corporate Directors - Chicago Chapter$10,00017%
Columbia College Chicago$10,00020%
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago$10,00030%
Trial Blazers For Kids Inc$10,00022%
Rural Development Institute$10,00010%
Soulu$10,00030%
Mississippi Center for Justice$10,00010%
Artists for Humanity Inc$10,00020%
Team Rubicon Inc$9,50020%
Trailblazer Camps Inc$9,00320%
Dallas Bar Foundation$9,00021%
The Becket Fund$8,90050%
A Broader Way Foundation$8,81023%
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research$8,75030%
Hope For The Warriors$8,75020%
New York University$8,50020%
Illinois Legal Aid Online$8,50030%
The Chicago Help Initiative$8,00021%
Western Justice Center Foundation$8,00020%
Asian Pacific American Legal$7,70031%
Washington Council of Lawyers$7,70023%
The Foundation for Education in Honduras$7,50012%
Hope Center for Children$7,50010%
The Burton Foundation for Legal Achievement Inc$7,50010%
The Asian American Foundation$7,50010%
Girls on the Run International Inc$7,50020%
SkyArt NFP$7,50020%
The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City$7,50010%
Chances for Children - Ny Inc$7,5001n/a
Rush University Medical Center$7,50010%
The Other Bar Foundation$7,50025%
Teach Democracy$7,50010%
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired$7,50020%
Asian Law Caucus$7,50020%
All for Kids Organization$7,00010%
A Place Called Home$7,00010%
Urban Gateways$7,00020%
Latina Lawyers Bar Association$6,75025%
The Chicago Scholars Foundation$6,50020%
Northwell Health Foundation$6,5001n/a
Epilepsy Services of New Jersey a Nj Nonprofit Corporation$6,25021%
Pangea Educational Development Group$6,25041%
Self Help Africa Inc$6,25021%
Queens College Foundation Inc$6,10020%
Ms JD$6,00020%
Community Development Project Inc$6,00020%
Association of University Centers on Disabilities$6,00030%
Florence Crittenton Services of Greater Washington$6,00010%
United Service Organizations of Illinois Inc$6,00010%
The Sass-Arena Foundation for Medical Research Inc(Fka Sass Fdn for Med Res)$5,75031%
Hockey Helps Inc$5,70011%
DC Affordable Law Firm$5,60020%
Big Shoulders Fund$5,50010%
Rising for Justice Inc$5,50020%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$5,40020%
YES Prep Public Schools Inc$5,25010%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$5,20020%
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition$5,20020%
America Needs You$5,00010%
Prasanthi Trust Inc$5,00010%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$5,00020%
Sky High for Kids Inc$5,0001n/a
Regents Univ of California$5,0001n/a
Turner House Clinic Inc$5,00020%
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence$5,00010%
Capital for Kids$5,00010%
The Innocence Project Inc$5,00010%
The Sfig Foundation Inc D/B/A Structured Finance Foundation$5,00012%
Metroplex Military Charitable Trust$5,0001n/a
Phipps Neighborhoods Inc$5,00010%
Women's Council of the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden$5,00011%
The Houston Food Bank$5,00010%
Group I Acting Company Inc$5,00010%
Zoo Miami Foundation Inc$5,00010%
United World Schools USA Inc$5,00012%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago$5,00020%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$5,0001n/a
Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching$5,00010%
Sonia and Celina Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program Inc$5,0001n/a
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area$5,00010%
Black Girls Code Inc$5,00010%
Arie Crown Hebrew Day School$5,0001n/a
A Child's Place of Charlotte Inc$5,00010%
The Council of Urban Professionals Institute$5,0001n/a
The Door - a Center of Alternatives Inc$5,00010%
The Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation$5,00010%
The Montclair Art Museum$5,00010%
Lawyer Lend-A-Hand to Youth$5,0001n/a
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles$5,00010%
Birch Family Services Inc$5,00010%
Center for Independent Futures$5,00010%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$5,00010%
Safe Passage Project Corporation$5,00010%
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York$5,00010%
Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center of Los Angeles$5,00013%
Onegoal$5,00010%
Making Books Sing Inc DBA New York City Childrens Theater$5,00010%
University Settlement Society of New York$5,00010%
Bj's Restaurants Foundation$5,00011%
The Prager Metis Charitable Foundation$5,00022%
Streetsquash Inc$5,0001n/a
Chicago Youth Centers$5,00010%
Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery$5,00010%
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center$5,00010%
Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children$5,00010%
Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago$5,00010%
District of Columbia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc$5,00021%
Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter Inc$5,00010%
Texas Appleseed$5,00010%
Greater Hartford Legal Aid Foundation$5,00011%
Police Athletic League Inc$5,00010%
NAMI Chicago$5,00010%
Capital City Fund for Education Inc$5,0001n/a
International Refugee Assistance Project Inc$5,00020%
Wesleylife Foundation$5,0001n/a
City Year Inc$5,00020%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$5,00010%
National Museum of Mexican Art Fka Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum$5,00010%
Children's Brain Tumor Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star$5,00010%
The Chicago Law Foundation$5,0001n/a
Rebuilding Together NYC$5,00010%
Illinois Bar Foundation$5,00010%
Chabad Np$5,0001n/a
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana$5,00010%
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago$5,00010%
The American India Foundation$5,00010%
Women in Financial Markets$5,00011%
Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation$5,0001n/a
American Constitution Society for Law & Policy$4,85030%
Teen Cancer America Inc$4,75020%
United Negro College Fund Inc$4,60010%
American Civil Liberties Union - Nj Foundation Inc$4,50020%
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights$4,00010%
Dallas Casa$3,85030%
Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund$3,80010%
Music of the Baroque$3,75010%
YWCA National Capital Area$3,75010%
Inner City Law Center$3,75020%
United Way of West Alabama Inc$3,75020%
Kidlinks$3,75020%
Hello Neighbor$3,75021%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County Inc$3,75010%
East Harlem Tutorial Program Inc$3,75010%
Carriage Cares$3,7501n/a
Veteran Advocacy Project Inc$3,50010%
The Chicago Debate Commission$3,50020%
Southern Methodist University$3,06020%
Northside Achievement Zone$3,00010%
Conservation Nation$3,0001n/a
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy$3,00010%
Hijos del Exilio Inc$3,00013%
Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America$3,0001n/a
Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc$3,00010%
Urban Pathways Inc$3,00010%
Post Oak Baseball Foundation$3,00011%
The George Washington University$3,00030%
Jewish Community Center of Dallas$2,62530%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$2,60020%
Lad Lake Inc$2,57510%
Friends of the High Line Inc$2,50010%
March of Dimes Inc$2,50010%
Pat Tillman Foundation$2,50010%
Project Purple Inc$2,50010%
Lift Inc$2,50010%
Leap Inc$2,50010%
Working in the Schools Inc$2,50010%
South Florida Progress Foundation Inc$2,50011%
D & B H E A R T Fund$2,50011%
Quality of Life Foundation for Metropolitan Dallas$2,50010%
29 Acres Inc$2,5001n/a
Legal Aid of Northwest Texas$2,50010%
Center for the Inland Bays Inc$2,50010%
Seec$2,50010%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$2,50010%
Compassionate Communities for Children$2,50010%
MentorPrize Incorporated$2,50012%
Diabetes Foundation Inc$2,50010%
After-School All-Stars$2,50010%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago$2,50010%
The Children's Fund Inc$2,50010%
Skid Row Housing Trust$2,50010%
Junior Achievement USA$2,50010%
Shedd Aquarium Society$2,50010%
Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc$2,50010%
SouthStreet Seaport Museum Foundation$2,5001n/a
Feeding the Gulf Coast$2,50010%
Fifth Avenue Committee Inc$2,50010%
Shadow Cats Rescue$2,50010%
Schools Mentoring and Resources Team Inc (Smart)$2,50010%
Inner City Scholarship Fund Inc$2,50010%
The V Foundation$2,50010%
Ronald McDonald House of New York Inc$2,50010%
Aldersgate United Methodist Church$2,5001n/a
Tj Martell Foundation$2,50010%
Chicago Public Media Inc$2,50010%
St Patricks Day Foundation NYC$2,50011%
Adopt a Student Foundation$2,50010%
Bay Area Urban Debate Commission$2,50010%
Courageous Parents Networkinc$2,50010%
The Kidney Cancer Association$2,50010%
James D Stclair Court Public Education Project Inc$2,50010%
United Way of South Central Michigan$2,50010%
Dupage Children's Museum$2,50010%
Political Asylumimmigration Representation Project Inc$2,50010%
Lewy Body Dementia Association Inc$2,50010%
Convergence Center for Policy Resolution$2,50010%
Ariana Rye Foundation$2,5001n/a
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago$2,50010%
Akiba-Schechter Jewish Day School$2,5001n/a
Woodberry Forest School$2,50010%
Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County$2,50010%
Reading Partners$2,50010%
Building Together Inc$2,50011%
SpringSpirit Inc$2,50010%
Respiratory Health Association$2,25020%
Trevor Project Inc$2,25020%
The Public School of Germantown$2,10010%
E4e Relief LLC$2,05010%
St John's University New York$2,00020%
United Way of Brevard County Inc$2,00040%
Bokamoso Youth Foundation$2,0002n/a
AIDS Legal Referral Panel of the San Francisco Bay Area$2,00020%
Pelotonia$2,00010%
Rutgers University Foundation$2,00020%
Muslim Advocates$2,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Minnesota$2,00020%
Brooklyn Law School$2,00020%
Equal Justice Foundation$2,00021%
Nijc Nfp$2,00020%
Insurance Regulator Education Foundation$2,00014%
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center$2,00010%
Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School$2,00010%
Td Club Foundation$2,00020%
Friends of the Children - San Francisco Bay Area$2,00010%
Sasha Bruce Youthwork Inc$2,00020%
Second Look Project$1,90020%
The Women's Center$1,87510%
University at Buffalo Foundation Inc$1,75020%
The Friends of Hoboken Dual Language Charter School Inc$1,75010%
Youth Guidance$1,70010%
Washington University$1,66040%
Food Forward Inc$1,60020%
DC Kincare Alliance$1,50020%
Center on Halsted$1,50010%
Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc$1,50010%
The Kirk H and Joann P Gibson Family Foundation for Parkinson's Research$1,50010%
Jack Langerman Community Foundation Inc$1,5001n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas$1,50010%
Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill$1,50010%
USA Film Festival$1,50011%
First Liberty Institute$1,40040%
Alliance Defending Freedom$1,40030%
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty$1,30020%
University of Illinois Foundation$1,30030%
Gateway Foundation Inc$1,25010%
Memorial Assistance Ministries$1,25010%
Feed the Front Line$1,25010%
Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma Inc$1,25010%
The Woman's Club of Evanston$1,2501n/a
Manifest Freedom Foundation$1,25011%
Japan Day Inc$1,25010%
Nbty Helping Hands Charity Inc Dba Nestle Health Science Foundation$1,25010%
Intrepid Museum Foundation Inc$1,2501n/a
Avondale House Inc$1,25010%
Coachartorg$1,25010%
Housing Opportunities for Women Inc$1,25010%
PTA Texas Congress$1,25010%
Safe Sisters Circle$1,2002n/a
Fordham University$1,15010%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$1,00010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$1,00010%
The Resurrection Project$1,00010%
Quarterbacking Children's Health Foundation$1,00010%
Chicago Police Memorial Foundation$1,00010%
Secure Community Network Inc$1,00010%
Sickle Forward$1,00010%
Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati$1,00010%
The Concilio$1,00010%
Chicago Choral Artists Dba Consonance$1,00011%
Urban Initiatives Inc$1,00010%
Texas Tech Law School Foundation$1,00010%
New York Studio School$1,00010%
Seeds of Peace Inc$1,00010%
Lsu Law Student Bar Association of the Paul M Hebert Law Center$1,00013%
Cooks Hill Community Church$1,0001n/a
The Indiana Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
John Howard Association$1,00010%
Vanderbilt University$1,00010%
Herbert Berghof Studio Inc$1,00010%
Crossroads Community Services Inc$1,00010%
James B Moran Center for Youth Advocacy$1,00010%
Young Women's Preparatory Network$1,00010%
The Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University$1,00010%
Girls Inc of Chicago$1,00010%
Pro Bono Network$1,00011%
EQTX Equality Texas Foundation$1,00010%
Plan International USA Inc$1,00010%
Oak Park Festival Theatre$1,00010%
Upwardly Global$1,00010%
The Heat and Warmth Fund$85010%
Tevaland Farm Inc$8501n/a
Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project$80020%
Paba Foundation$8001n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$80030%
Christian Legal Aid of the District of Columbia$80030%
Cal's All-Star Angel Foundation Inc$75010%
Miles of Freedom$75010%
North Fulton Community Charities Inc$75010%
Advocates for Community Transformation$75010%
Puerto Rican Bar Association Scholarship Fund Inc$7501n/a
College of American Pathologists Foundation$75010%
Staten Island Children's Museum$75010%
American Cancer Society Inc$70040%
University of Mississippi Foundation$60010%
Institute for Justice$60030%
Gwac Foundation Inc$6003n/a
Potomac Riverkeeper Network$60030%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$54010%
Chai Lifeline Inc$50010%
Comfort Zone Camp Inc$50010%
The Arc of the United States$50010%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$50020%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$50010%
True Colors United Inc$50010%
The Methodist Hospitals Foundation Inc$50010%
White Pass Community Services Coalition$50010%
Luena Foundation$50010%
Living Desert The$50010%
People's Resource Center$50010%
Washington and Lee University$46020%
Tzedek DC Inc$45010%
Girls Inc$45010%
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law$40020%
Advocates for Justice and Education$40020%
Animal Welfare Institute$40020%
Volunteer Legal Advocates$40020%
American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia$40020%
Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation$40020%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$40020%
Central American Resource Center$40020%
Pregnancy Justice Inc$40010%
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia$40010%
Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council$36010%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$30010%
American Lung Association$30010%
Heading Home Inc$25010%
Central Detroit Christian Community Development Corporation$25010%
School Justice Project Inc$20010%
Falls Church Volunteer Fire Department Inc$20010%
The Zachary & Elizabeth M Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation$20010%
Toward Independence Inc$20010%
Animals Deserving of Proper Treatment$20010%
Our House Foundation Inc$20010%
The Johns Hopkins Hospital$20010%
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc$20010%
The Campaign Legal Center Inc$20010%
Project on Government Oversight Inc$20010%
Democracy Forward Foundation$20010%
Gastro Intestinal Research Foundation Inc$20010%
Heifer Project International$20010%
Ifwhenhow$20010%
Just Cause Foundation Inc$2001n/a
In Reach Inc$20010%
Summit Metro Parks Foundation$20010%
Share and Care Foundation for India$20010%
Appellate Project Inc$20010%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$20010%
Animal Equality$20010%
Transgender Law Center$20010%
Quality Trust for Individuals With Disabilities Inc$20010%
National Council for Adoption$20010%
Iowa Arts in Education Dba Artforce Iowa$20010%
Montgomery County Maryland Bar Foundation Inc$20010%
Princeton Project 55 Inc$20010%
Heartland Center for Jobs and Freedom Inc$20010%
National Italian American Bar Assoc$20010%
True Friends$20010%
Anne Arundel Community College Foundation Inc$20010%
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan$20010%
Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts$20010%
Inreach$20010%
Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society$20010%
Westminster School Inc$20010%
The Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation$20010%
National Center on Sexual Exploitation$20010%
Congregation Kins of West Rogers Park$2001n/a
Pisgah Legal Services$20010%
General Secretariat of the Franciscan Missions Inc$2001n/a
Camp Shiloh Inc$2001n/a
Human Rights Campaign Foundation$20010%
Hydrocephalus Association$20010%
Fight for Sight Inc$20010%
San Antonio Food Bank$20010%
Franciscan Communities Inc$20010%
Allay Foundation$2001n/a
Legal Aid Bureau Inc$20010%
The Louis D Brandeis Center Inc$20010%
First District Appellate Project$20010%
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society$20010%
Catholic Relief Services$2001n/a
Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program$20010%
Lawrence University of Wisconsin$20010%
The Amyloidosis Foundation$20010%
Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project$20010%
Legal Services for Maine Elders Inc$20010%
National Gallery of Art$20010%
Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc$20010%
South Suburban Pads$10010%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$10010%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$10010%
National Alliance to End Homelessness$10010%
Benedictine Society of St Bede$1001n/a
Greater Chicago Food Depository$10010%
Dementia Society Inc$10010%
American Institute of Professional Geologists - Foundation$10010%
Long Island Cares Inc$10010%
Friends of the Highland Park Public Library$10010%
Smile Train Inc$10010%
Resources for Community Living$10010%
Fredericksburg Regional Spca$10010%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$10010%
St Patrick's Residence$10010%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$10010%
Forever Fortunate Felines$10010%
American Stroke Foundation$1001n/a
Asha for Education$1001n/a
Canons Regular of St John Cantius$10010%
Dunes Foundation Inc$10010%
Aps Foundation of America Inc$10010%
Step Up Women's Network$10010%
Animal Care League$10010%
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance Inc dba NQAPIA$10010%
National Kidney Foundation Inc$10010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$10010%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation$10010%
Tower Cancer Research Foundation$1001n/a
The Cove School Inc$10010%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$10010%
University of Minnesota Foundation$10010%
Paws Chicago$10010%
Muhsen$10010%
Michiana Humane Society Inc$10010%
Turning Pointe Autism Foundation$10010%
Indiana University Foundation$10010%
Compassion International Incorporated$1001n/a
Chelseas Hope Lafora Children Research Fund$10010%
Stand Up for Pits Foundation Inc$10010%
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center$10010%
Snack & Friends Inc$10010%
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Inc$10010%
Camp Kesem National$10010%
Illinois Fire Safety Alliance$10010%
Friends of the Eastham Council on Aging Inc The$10010%
Copd Foundation Inc$10010%
The Boys School of Saint Pauls Parish Inc$1001n/a
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation$10010%
Recoverychick$1001n/a
Calvary Hospital Inc$10010%
Sarcoma Foundation of America$10010%
Hope's Front Door$10010%
La Rabida Children's Hospital$10010%
Hospice of the Valley$10010%
Church Association of the Epworth Assembly Inc$1001n/a
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$10010%
National Down Syndrome Society$10010%
St Constantine Hellenic Orthodox Church$1001n/a
Hospice of Kankakee Valley Inc DBA UpliftedCare$10010%
Uniformed Firefighters Association Scholarship Fund Inc$10010%
Chicago Southwest Suburban Community Parish & Comm Ctr Fndtn$1001n/a
I C a R E Ministries$1001n/a
The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis Inc$10010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$10010%
Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary Inc$10010%
Gateway Women's Care$10010%
Little Sisters of the Poor of Washington DC Inc$10010%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$10010%
Kansas Humane Society of Wichita Kansas$10010%
Saint Matthias$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 58 recipients with no EIN on record ($986k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sidley Austin Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Legal Aid Society: $2,213,300 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLegal Aid Chicago: $1,372,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetUnited Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc: $910,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetLegal Aid Society of the District of Columbia: $899,497 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetEqual Justice Works: $606,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetPublic Counsel: $569,908 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $401,800 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNational Veterans Legal Services Program Inc: $401,446 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetKaboom Inc: $385,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetYouth Renewal Fund: $372,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services: $357,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLegal Services Corporation: $355,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: $350,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLawyers Alliance for New York: $320,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetChicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc: $315,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetSponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc: $305,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNorthwestern University: $256,460 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Law Center Inc: $251,900 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetThe Teak Fellowship Inc: $239,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetMelanoma Research Alliance Foundation: $234,750 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetThe Chicago Bar Foundation: $220,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetChicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation: $214,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetHeartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights: $209,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Cares Inc: $205,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $205,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $205,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe District of Columbia Bar Foundation: $202,550 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetThe Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Inc: $202,400 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetHer Justice Inc: $193,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetWorld Business Chicago: $185,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetAssociation of the Bar of the City of New York Fund Inc: $185,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPublic Interest Law Initiative: $184,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetBread for the City Inc: $183,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetBroadway Housing Communities Inc: $175,049 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetBrooklyn Academy of Music Inc: $175,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Lawyers for the Public Interest Inc: $175,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetHnba Via-Vision in Action-Fund: $170,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetAmerican Law Institute: $160,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $137,450 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLegal Aid at Work: $131,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetLegal Action Center of the City of New York Inc: $125,625 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCoordinated Advice & Referral Program for Legal Services: $125,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCivic Consulting Alliance: $115,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCabrini Green Legal Aid: $115,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetLambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc: $110,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $110,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $110,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSteppenwolf Theatre Company: $110,000 over 4y, 0.2% 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.

Katten Muchin Rosenman Foundation IncIL99.7× affinity59 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Katten Muchin Rosenman Foundation Inc · Perkins Coie Foundation · Equal Justice Works · Weil Gotshal & Manges Foundation Inc · The Morrison & Foerster Foundation · The Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Foundation · Quinn Emanuel Foundation · United Way Miami Inc · The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation · Littler Mendelson Foundation Inc Attn Tax Manager · Mc Dermott Will and Emery Charitable Foundation · Polk Bros 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 The Sidley Austin Foundation

How much does The Sidley Austin Foundation give?
The Sidley Austin Foundation reported 293 grants totaling $4,032,509 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 206 and 311 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does The Sidley Austin Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (43%), Education (11%), Philanthropy (7%).
Who are The Sidley Austin Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: The Legal Aid Society ($2.2M), Legal Aid Chicago ($1.4M), United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc ($910k).
Does The Sidley Austin Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Sidley Austin Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Sidley Austin Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Katten Muchin Rosenman Foundation Inc, Perkins Coie Foundation, Equal Justice Works.
Where is The Sidley Austin Foundation based?
The Sidley Austin 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 888 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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