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Every funder on file since 2016 — 128 of them, $121M in all. The funding circle uses only the 108 program funders.
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| Funder | EIN | Location | Reach | Years | Latest | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffett Early Childhood Fund | Omaha, NE | Local | 4 | 2024 | $16,790,838 | |
| Comic Relief Inc | New York, NY | Local | 5 | 2024 | $10,454,800 | |
| Arie and Ida Crown Memorial | Chicago, IL | Local | 5 | 2024 | $5,233,750 | |
| The Rauner Family Foundation | New York, NY | Local | 5 | 2024 | $5,025,000 | |
| Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation | Glenview, IL | National | 4 | 2024 | $4,327,000 | |
| David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos, CA | Local | 5 | 2024 | $3,300,000 | |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation | Los Altos, CA | National | 4 | 2024 | $2,450,000 | |
| The Irving Harris Foundation | Chicago, IL | National | 5 | 2024 | $2,150,000 | |
| Zell Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 2 | 2024 | $2,050,000 | |
| George Kaiser Family Foundation | Tulsa, OK | Local | 4 | 2024 | $1,800,000 | |
| Richard W Goldman Family Foundation | Washington, DC | National | 5 | 2024 | $1,540,000 | |
| Robert R Mccormick Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 5 | 2024 | $1,384,000 | |
| Childrens Defense Fund | Washington, DC | National | 2 | 2024 | $1,248,000 | |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | National | 3 | 2024 | $1,233,879 | |
| William Penn Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | Local | 4 | 2024 | $1,122,271 | |
| Roots and Wings Foundation Inc | Seattle, WA | National | 3 | 2024 | $1,000,375 | |
| Circle of Service Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 4 | 2024 | $950,000 | |
| Education Development Center Inc | Waltham, MA | National | 2 | 2024 | $856,198 | |
| Klaff Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 2 | 2024 | $838,333 | |
| Valhalla Foundation | Woodside, CA | National | 2 | 2024 | $800,000 | |
| Stolte Family Foundation | Seattle, WA | Local | 5 | 2024 | $650,100 | |
| Vivo Foundation | Libertyville, IL | Local | 4 | 2024 | $600,000 | |
| W Clement & Jessie V Stone Foundation | Chicago, IL | National | 5 | 2024 | $580,000 | |
| Perigee Fund | Seattle, WA | Local | 2 | 2024 | $500,000 | |
| Finnegan Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 4 | 2024 | $400,000 | |
| Bainum Family Foundation | Washington, DC | National | 1 | 2024 | $350,000 | |
| Cme Group Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 4 | 2024 | $335,000 | |
| Hunter Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 4 | 2024 | $311,400 | |
| Drw Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 4 | 2024 | $268,340 | |
| James and Brenda Grusecki Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 5 | 2024 | $250,000 | |
| Foundation for Child Development | New York, NY | National | 2 | 2024 | $225,000 | |
| Oechsle Family Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | National | 3 | 2024 | $220,000 | |
| The Brinson Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 5 | 2024 | $165,000 | |
| Julius and Cynthia Huebner Foundation | Grosse Pointe, MI | National | 2 | 2024 | $150,000 | |
| M J Murdock Charitable Trust | Vancouver, WA | National | 1 | 2024 | $128,000 | |
| Alliance for Early Success | Washington, DC | National | 4 | 2024 | $113,000 | |
| D and R Charitable Fund | Oak Lawn, IL | Local | 4 | 2024 | $100,000 | |
| Bobbie and Stanton Cook Family Foundation | Winnetka, IL | Local | 4 | 2024 | $100,000 | |
| J R Albert Foundation Inc | Naperville, IL | National | 4 | 2024 | $90,000 | |
| Paul S Nadler Fam Charitable Tr | New York, NY | National | 5 | 2024 | $80,000 | |
| Oberhelman Family Foundation | Edwards, IL | Local | 3 | 2024 | $74,000 | |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc | Chicago, IL | Local | 3 | 2024 | $70,182 | |
| Francis Beidler Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 5 | 2024 | $65,500 | |
| Brock Family Foundation 120400 | Chicago, IL | Local | 4 | 2024 | $55,000 | |
| Hobson Lucas Family Foundation | San Rafael, CA | National | 1 | 2024 | $50,000 | |
| Rothkopf Family Charitable Foundation | Tiburon, CA | National | 3 | 2024 | $50,000 | |
| Sacks Family Foundation | Highland Park, IL | Local | 2 | 2024 | $50,000 | |
| Julie and Brian Simmons Foundation | Palm Beach, FL | National | 3 | 2024 | $40,000 | |
| Tipping Point Community | San Francisco, CA | Local | 1 | 2024 | $30,000 | |
| John and Jacolyn Bucksbaum Familyfoundation | Chicago, IL | National | 3 | 2024 | $25,000 | |
| Joyce Foundation | Chicago, IL | National | 1 | 2024 | $25,000 | |
| Steve and Christy King Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 1 | 2024 | $25,000 | |
| Jentes Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 3 | 2024 | $20,486 | |
| Goldring Family Foundation | Metairie, LA | Local | 2 | 2024 | $10,000 | |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago | Chicago, IL | Local | 1 | 2024 | $10,000 | |
| Robert a & Shirley J Jones Foundation | Wilmette, IL | National | 2 | 2024 | $5,000 | |
| Maurice and Henry L Freund Charitable Foundation | Chicago, IL | National | 5 | 2024 | $2,515 | |
| H M Bitner Charitable Tr | Pittsburgh, PA | National | 5 | 2024 | $2,500 | |
| Michael and Pamela Gordon Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 1 | 2024 | $1,000 | |
| White Pines Foundation | Champaign, IL | Local | 3 | 2023 | $750,000 | |
| Frechette Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | National | 2 | 2023 | $300,000 | |
| Stephen W and Susan M Baird Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 2 | 2023 | $70,000 | |
| Naida S Wharton Foundation | Garden City, NY | National | 3 | 2023 | $25,000 | |
| The Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 3 | 2023 | $15,000 | |
| Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 1 | 2023 | $10,000 | |
| The Duchossois Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 1 | 2023 | $10,000 | |
| Jarvis Foundation | Northbrook, IL | Local | 1 | 2023 | $10,000 | |
| Dr Scholl Foundation | Northbrook, IL | Local | 1 | 2023 | $10,000 | |
| Martin Family Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | Local | 1 | 2023 | $5,000 | |
| The Barr Fund | Local | 3 | 2023 | $3,000 | ||
| Sanford M Gage Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | Local | 1 | 2023 | $1,000 | |
| Appelbaum Family Foundation | Highland Park, IL | Local | 1 | 2023 | $1,000 | |
| Meyer and Raena Hammerman Foundation | Chicago, IL | National | 1 | 2023 | $285 | |
| Pritzker Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | National | 2 | 2022 | $1,690,500 | |
| Malott Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 2 | 2022 | $225,000 | |
| Annie E Casey Foundation | Baltimore, MD | National | 1 | 2022 | $80,000 | |
| The Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund | San Francisco, CA | National | 1 | 2022 | $50,000 | |
| Wilson Garling Foundation Nfp | Albany, NY | — | 3 | 2022 | $30,000 | |
| Edwardson Family Foundation | Boca Grande, FL | Local | 1 | 2022 | $25,000 | |
| Dolores Kohl Educational Foundation | Highland Park, IL | Local | 2 | 2022 | $20,000 | |
| Lake County Community Foundation | Grayslake, IL | Local | 1 | 2022 | $20,000 | |
| Partnership for Americas Children | Washington, DC | National | 1 | 2022 | $18,500 | |
| Make It Better Foundation | Wilmette, IL | Local | 1 | 2022 | $10,000 | |
| Ventana Charitable Foundation | Tucson, AZ | Local | 2 | 2022 | $6,000 | |
| Duke Endowment | Charlotte, NC | Local | 1 | 2022 | $5,000 | |
| Reynolds Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | National | 3 | 2022 | $4,500 | |
| Schwan Family Foundation | Glen Ellyn, IL | Local | 2 | 2022 | $1,013 | |
| Weisman Family Foundation C/O Barbara Morgenstern | — | 2 | 2022 | $50 | ||
| Blue Meridian Partners Inc | New York, NY | National | 1 | 2021 | $4,000,000 | |
| The John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation | Lake Forest, IL | Local | 2 | 2021 | $750,000 | |
| W K Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | National | 1 | 2021 | $351,363 | |
| Coleman Foundation Inc | Chicago, IL | Local | 1 | 2021 | $50,000 | |
| Rainwater Charitable Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | Local | 1 | 2021 | $50,000 | |
| Albert J and Susan E Rot Foundation | Naperville, IL | Local | 2 | 2021 | $30,000 | |
| Satter Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 1 | 2021 | $25,000 | |
| Illinois Tool Works Foundation | — | 1 | 2021 | $25,000 | ||
| Peter E and Catherine R Getchell Foundation | — | 1 | 2021 | $10,000 | ||
| John D and Alexandra C Nichols Family Foundation | Winnetka, IL | Local | 1 | 2021 | $10,000 | |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | Oakland, CA | Local | 1 | 2021 | $7,000 | |
| Whatcom Community Foundation | Bellingham, WA | Local | 1 | 2021 | $5,500 | |
| Act of Hope Foundation | Barrington, IL | Local | 1 | 2021 | $3,000 | |
| George L N Meyer Family Foundation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | Local | 1 | 2021 | $250 | |
| Third Sector New England Inc | Boston, MA | National | 1 | 2020 | $100,000 | |
| William Randolph Hearst Foundation | New York, NY | National | 1 | 2020 | $100,000 | |
| Mansueto Foundation | Chicago, IL | Local | 1 | 2020 | $20,000 | |
| Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation | Glencoe, IL | Local | 1 | 2020 | $20,000 | |
| Harken Foundation | Highland Park, IL | Local | 1 | 2020 | $250 | |
| Podolsky Family Foundation | Riverwoods, IL | Local | 1 | 2019 | $7,500 |
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