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Ulta Beauty Charitable Foundation

The Ulta Beauty Charitable Foundation is an organization committed to making a positive impact by supporting the well-being of women and teens in under-resourced communities in the u.s. And beyond.

$13M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
27
Itemized grants FY2025
26
Organizations funded FY2024
27%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$13M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$200,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$5,489,127
Organizations funded a year
7 to 28
FY2020 to FY2024
Total assets, FY2025
$3.0M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Ulta Beauty Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCivil RightsEducationPhilanthropyInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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 arriving27$13M30%
FY202426$14M27%
FY202328$11M61%
FY202212$8.1M33%
FY202112$5.7M67%
FY20207$6.7Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$34MInternational$12MYouth Development$3.9MEducation$1.7MHuman Services$1.6MHousing & Shelter$1.1MCivil Rights$783kEmployment$626kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$32,899,26067%
Save The Children Federation Inc$10,908,68360%
Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago$3,012,336341%
Dress for Success Worldwide$1,902,01353%
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago$1,151,50031%
Covenant House$950,00030%
Girls Inc of Chicago$700,000215%
The Jed Foundation$700,00021%
Communities in Schools of Chicago$641,50063%
Step Up Women's Network$600,00038%
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All grantees of Ulta Beauty Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$32,899,26067%
Save The Children Federation Inc$10,908,68360%
Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago$3,012,336341%
Dress for Success Worldwide$1,902,01353%
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago$1,151,50031%
Covenant House$950,00030%
Girls Inc of Chicago$700,000215%
The Jed Foundation$700,00021%
Communities in Schools of Chicago$641,50063%
Step Up Women's Network$600,00038%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$550,00020%
Donorschooseorg$390,00030%
Active Minds Inc$350,00014%
Charity Navigator$350,00015%
The Adler Planetarium$250,00011%
The Commercial Club Foundation$250,00011%
Centerlink Inc$250,00025%
Pflag$217,50052%
Hispanic Federation Inc$200,00030%
Point Foundation$150,00021%
National Urban League Inc$150,00020%
IOLA Foundation$150,00024%
Glam4Good Foundation$130,00035%
Glsen Inc$125,00021%
Metropolitan Family Services$101,50020%
Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund$100,51211%
True Colors United Inc$100,00022%
Fearless Foundation$95,0002n/a
Equal Justice Initiative$75,00020%
Chinese American Service League Inc$70,00030%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$70,00020%
Imentor Inc$65,00020%
Best Buddies International Inc$52,5001n/a
Chicago Urban League$51,00020%
Equality Illinois$50,00026%
Blue Star Families Inc$50,00020%
Clearbrook$50,00010%
After School Matters Inc$35,00020%
Youth Guidance$35,00020%
Chinese for Affirmative Action$30,00030%
The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation$25,00010%
Start Early$21,83610%
Junior Achievement of Chicago$20,00010%
The Conscious Kid$20,00021%
YWCA USA Inc$20,00010%
Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement$11,20011%
Skills for Chicago$10,00010%
Special Olympics Inc$10,00010%
A Woman's Nation$10,00011%
American Friends of Un Techo Para Mi Pais Inc$8,5001n/a
Martin Luther King Jr Center Inc$7,50010%

Where it is load-bearing

Ulta Beauty Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 48 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc: $32,899,260 over 6y, 7.2% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $10,908,683 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBig Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago: $3,012,336 over 3y, 41% of budgetDress for Success Worldwide: $1,902,013 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetYWCA Metropolitan Chicago: $1,151,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCovenant House: $950,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGirls Inc of Chicago: $700,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetThe Jed Foundation: $700,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Chicago: $641,500 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetStep Up Women's Network: $600,000 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $550,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDonorschooseorg: $390,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetActive Minds Inc: $350,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetCharity Navigator: $350,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetThe Adler Planetarium: $250,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Commercial Club Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCenterlink Inc: $250,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetPflag: $217,500 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetHispanic Federation Inc: $200,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPoint Foundation: $150,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNational Urban League Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIOLA Foundation: $150,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetGlam4Good Foundation: $130,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetGlsen Inc: $125,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services: $101,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAsian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund: $100,512 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTrue Colors United Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChinese American Service League Inc: $70,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetImentor Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChicago Urban League: $51,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEquality Illinois: $50,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetBlue Star Families Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetClearbrook: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAfter School Matters Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYouth Guidance: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChinese for Affirmative Action: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetStart Early: $21,836 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of Chicago: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Conscious Kid: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetYWCA USA Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement: $11,200 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSkills for Chicago: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSpecial Olympics Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Woman's Nation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMartin Luther King Jr Center Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% 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 48.

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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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Tides FoundationAbbVie FoundationCharities Aid Foundat…The Allstate Foundati…Polk Bros Foundation …Arie and Ida Crown Me…Lloyd a Fry FoundationNorthwestern Universi…The Blackbaud Giving …Pwc Foundation IncArthur J Gallagher Fo…
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY19.8× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Tides Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Allstate Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Northwestern University · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Pwc Foundation Inc · Arthur J Gallagher 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 Ulta Beauty Charitable Foundation

How much does Ulta Beauty Charitable Foundation give?
Ulta Beauty Charitable Foundation reported 27 itemized grants totaling $12,551,975, out of $13,453,975 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 28 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Ulta Beauty Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (59%), International (21%), Youth Development (7%).
Who are Ulta Beauty Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc ($33M), Save The Children Federation Inc ($11M), Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago ($3.0M).
Does Ulta Beauty Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ulta Beauty Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Tides Foundation, AbbVie Foundation.
Where is Ulta Beauty Charitable Foundation based?
Ulta Beauty Charitable 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 51 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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