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CANNING FOUNDATION

· CHICAGO, IL · private_foundation · program funder

133recipients FY2016–24
$39Mgiving on file
2024latest grant year
noaccepts unsolicited
LocalLocal funder, 90% of giving in Illinois

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A local funder — 90% of its dollars go to IL. It is a candidate for organizations in the 18 states it has funded, whatever their cause: CA, DC, FL, IL, IN, MA, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, TX, VA, WA, WI, WY.

Funders that fund the same organizations

FunderLocationChannelShared recipients
ROBERT R MCCORMICK FOUNDATIONCHICAGO, ILprogram funder23
JOHN D & CATHERINE T MACARTHUR FOUNDATIONCHICAGO, ILlarge program funder22
PATRICK G AND SHIRLEY W RYAN FOUNDATIONCHICAGO, ILprogram funder19
DR SCHOLL FOUNDATIONNORTHBROOK, ILprogram funder18
ARIE AND IDA CROWN MEMORIALCHICAGO, ILprogram funder17
CIRCLE OF SERVICE FOUNDATIONCHICAGO, ILprogram funder17
THE ROBERT THOMAS BOBINS FOUNDATIONCHICAGO, ILprogram funder17
HELEN BRACH FOUNDATIONCHICAGO, ILprogram funder16
LAVIN FAMILY FOUNDATIONOAKBROOK TER, ILprogram funder16
POLK BROS FOUNDATION INCCHICAGO, ILprogram funder16
FOGLIA FAMILY FOUNDATIONCHICAGO, ILprogram funder15
LLOYD A FRY FOUNDATIONCHICAGO, ILprogram funder14
CAROL LAVIN BERNICK FAMILY FOUNDATIONOAKBROOK TERR, ILprogram funder11
JAMES AND CATHERINE DENNY FOUNDATIONCHICAGO, ILprogram funder11
JOYCE FOUNDATIONCHICAGO, ILprogram funder11
UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INCCHICAGO, ILprogram funder11
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS FOUNDATIONprogram funder10
IMC CHICAGO CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONCHICAGO, ILprogram funder10
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HEALTHCARECHICAGO, ILprogram funder10
TULLY FAMILY FOUNDATIONCHICAGO, ILprogram funder10
W P & H B WHITE FOUNDATIONNORTHFIELD, ILprogram funder10
BIG SHOULDERS FUNDCHICAGO, ILprogram funder9
CHARLES H AND BEVERLY E SHAW FOUNDATIONPARK RIDGE, ILprogram funder9
SIDLEY AUSTIN FOUNDATIONCHICAGO, ILprogram funder9
Andrew and Joan McKenna Foundationprogram funder8

Recent recipients

OrganizationStateYearsLatestTotal
BIG SHOULDERS FUNDIL52024$5,615,575
FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYIL52024$720,000
NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONIL42024$595,164
PAWS CHICAGOIL52024$531,911
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYIL32024$525,000
DEPAUL UNIVERSITYIL42024$524,683
DE LASALLE INSTITUTEIL52024$500,000
YOUNG AT HEART PET RESCUE INCIL52024$410,000
AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATIONDC22024$400,000
UCANIL42024$341,271
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTEDC32024$323,457
WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONIL52024$301,840
LEO HIGH SCHOOLIL42024$286,000
UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INCIL32024$205,000
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTEIL22024$202,178
YOUTH SERVICES OF GLENVIEW- NORTHBROOKIL12024$200,000
LET IT BE USIL52024$189,001
OUR LADY OF TEPEYAC HIGH SCHOOLIL52024$186,000
PROVIDENCE ST MEL SCHOOLIL52024$125,000
URBAN GATEWAYSIL52024$125,000
BRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATIONIL52024$110,000
LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES FUNDIL42024$100,000
DENISON UNIVERSITYOH22024$91,500
PERSPECTIVES CHARTER SCHOOLIL52024$83,333
ENCHANTED BACKPACKIL32024$75,000
ST FRANCIS DE SALES HIGH SCHOOLIL42024$72,000
YMCA OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGOIL42024$70,000
FAMOUS FIDO RESCUE AND ADOPTION ALLIANCEIL52024$60,000
CHANGE ILLINOISIL32024$60,000
WORKING TOGETHER MISSISSIPPIMS22024$50,000
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATIONIL52024$50,000
MUSIC INSTITUTE OF CHICAGOIL42024$40,000
JACKSON METRO SPONSORING COMMITTEEMS22024$30,000
CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETYIL52024$30,000
FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INCMA32024$30,000
CHICAGO HUMANITIES FESTIVALIL52024$27,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS ILLINOISIL52024$25,000
CIVIC FEDERATIONIL52024$25,000
MIDTOWN-METRO ACHIEVEMENT CENTERSIL12024$25,000
ADVANCE ILLINOIS NFPIL42024$20,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CHICAGOIL22024$15,000
SECOND CHANCE THOROUGHBREDS INCNY12024$10,000
CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE INDUSTRIESIL12024$10,000
JACK MARTIN FUND INCNY12024$6,600
ROTARY CLUB OF SCHAUMBURG-HOFFMAN ESTATES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INCIL12024$5,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCESNY12024$5,000
SPECIAL CHILDRENS CHARITIESIL12024$2,500
WINGS PROGRAM INCIL42023$1,320,100
DUKE UNIVERSITYNC32023$411,308
CHICAGO BASEBALL AND EDUCATIONAL ACADEMYIL42023$404,529