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John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → The Barack Obama Foundation: $5.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → South Side Help Center Inc: $2.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago Inc: $1.7M across 1 grant, latest 2022The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund → West Side Montessori School: $818K across 4 grants, latest 2024Caerus Foundation Inc → One Million Degrees: $750K across 3 grants, latest 2024Ally Charitable Foundation → The Other Side Academy: $734K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Mcknight Foundation → West Side Citizens Organization: $613K across 7 grants, latest 2024Fr Bigelow Foundation → Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation: $605K across 6 grants, latest 2024Otto Bremer Trust → West Side Community Health Services Inc Dba Minnesota Community Care: $245K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Mcneely Foundation → Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation (East Side Funders Group): $175K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Bank of America Charitable → West Side Clt: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022Jpmorgan Chase Foundation → Northwest Side Community Development Corporation: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → Allies for Community Business: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2022John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Rush University Medical Center: $1.2M across 4 grants, latest 2023Caerus Foundation Inc → The People's Music School: $750K across 7 grants, latest 2024The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund → West Side Center for Community Life Inc: $475K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Mcknight Foundation → Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation: $450K across 3 grants, latest 2021Ally Charitable Foundation → The Other Side Academy: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2022The Mcneely Foundation → Urban Roots: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024Otto Bremer Trust → East Side Neighborhood Service Inc: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Bank of America Charitable → East Side House Inc: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2023Jpmorgan Chase Foundation → Near West Side Partners: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2023Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → West Side Kollel Torah Center: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2023Fr Bigelow Foundation → West Side Citizens Organization: $85K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → Northwest Side CDC: $1.3M across 4 grants, latest 2023John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Northwest Side Housing Center: $750K across 3 grants, latest 2022Caerus Foundation Inc → Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago: $700K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Mcknight Foundation → East Side Neighborhood Development Company Inc: $290K across 6 grants, latest 2024The Mcneely Foundation → East Side Neighborhood Development Company: $140K across 3 grants, latest 2024Otto Bremer Trust → East Side Learning Center: $110K across 2 grants, latest 2023Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Lower East Side Tenement Museum: $94K across 2 grants, latest 2023Ally Charitable Foundation → West Side Clt: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2022Fr Bigelow Foundation → East Side Learning Center: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund → Shady Side Academy: $56K across 4 grants, latest 2022The Bank of America Charitable → West Side Food Bank A Non-Profit C: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022Jpmorgan Chase Foundation → West Side Campaign Against Hungerwest Side Center for Community Life: $22K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → Northwest Side Housing Center: $948K across 3 grants, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust → Chicago Community Loan Fund: $925K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust → Chicago Cares Inc: $800K across 2 grants, latest 2021The Chicago Community Trust → Center for Neighborhood Technology: $590K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust → Block Club Chicago Nfp: $531K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust → South Shore Chamber of Commerce: $522K across 2 grants, latest 2021The Chicago Community Trust → Institute for Community Empowerment: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2021The Chicago Community Trust → South Side Community Art Center: $485K across 4 grants, latest 2023The Chicago Community Trust → Delta Institute: $427K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust → Southeast Environmental Task Force: $425K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust → Better Government Association Inc: $370K across 2 grants, latest 2021Caerus Foundation Inc → Skyart: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Northwest Side CDC: $285K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → Lower East Side Girls Club: $280K across 3 grants, latest 2022John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Rush University Medical Center: $275K across 1 grant, latest 2024John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Northwest Side CDC: $275K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Mcknight Foundation → East Side Freedom Library: $225K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → Real Men Charities Inc: $214K across 3 grants, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust → Healthcare Alternative Systems Inc: $210K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust → South Side Weekly Nfp: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Chicago Community Trust → West Side Food Bank A Non-Profit Corporation: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Mcknight Foundation → Merrick Community Services: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2021The Chicago Community Trust → Uniting Voices Chicago: $173K across 3 grants, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust → Friends of the Parks: $170K across 2 grants, latest 2021The Chicago Community Trust → Paws Chicago: $156K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust → The Westside Writing Project Nfp: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2021The Chicago Community Trust → Side Street Studio Arts Nfp: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust → Neighborspace: $131K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust: $13M on this topic. Open the funder.The Chicago Community Trust$13MJohn D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $7.7M on this topic. Open the funder.John D and Catherine T Macart…$7.7MCaerus Foundation Inc: $2.5M on this topic. Open the funder.Caerus Foundation Inc$2.5MGs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund: $2.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy…$2.2MThe Mcknight Foundation: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder.The Mcknight Foundation$1.8MThe Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund: $1.3M on this topic. Open the funder.The Goldman Sachs Charitable…$1.3MAlly Charitable Foundation: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder.Ally Charitable Foundation$1.0MFr Bigelow Foundation: $760K on this topic. Open the funder.Fr Bigelow Foundation$760KOtto Bremer Trust: $505K on this topic. Open the funder.Otto Bremer Trust$505KThe Mcneely Foundation: $465K on this topic. Open the funder.The Mcneely Foundation$465KThe Bank of America Charitable: $350K on this topic. Open the funder.The Bank of America Charitable$350KJpmorgan Chase Foundation: $297K on this topic. Open the funder.Jpmorgan Chase Foundation$297KThe Barack Obama Foundation: received $5.0M on this topicThe Barack Obama Foundation$5.0MSouth Side Help Center Inc: received $2.0M on this topicSouth Side Help Center Inc$2.0MNeighborhood Housing Services of Chicago Inc: received $1.7M on this topicNeighborhood Housing Services o…$1.7MNorthwest Side Housing Center: received $1.7M on this topicNorthwest Side Housing Center$1.7MNorthwest Side CDC: received $1.6M on this topicNorthwest Side CDC$1.6MAllies for Community Business: received $1.5M on this topicAllies for Community Business$1.5MRush University Medical Center: received $1.2M on this topicRush University Medical Center$1.2MChicago Community Loan Fund: received $925K on this topicChicago Community Loan Fund$925KWest Side Montessori School: received $818K on this topicWest Side Montessori School$818KChicago Cares Inc: received $800K on this topicChicago Cares Inc$800KOne Million Degrees: received $750K on this topicOne Million Degrees$750KThe People's Music School: received $750K on this topicThe People's Music School$750KThe Other Side Academy: received $734K on this topicThe Other Side Academy$734KBig Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago: received $700K on this topicBig Brothers Big Sisters of Met…$700KWest Side Citizens Organization: received $613K on this topicWest Side Citizens Organization$613KSaint Paul & Minnesota Foundation: received $605K on this topicSaint Paul & Minnesota Foundati…$605KCenter for Neighborhood Technology: received $590K on this topicCenter for Neighborhood Technol…$590KBlock Club Chicago Nfp: received $531K on this topicBlock Club Chicago Nfp$531KSouth Shore Chamber of Commerce: received $522K on this topicSouth Shore Chamber of Commerce$522KInstitute for Community Empowerment: received $500K on this topicInstitute for Community Empower…$500KSouth Side Community Art Center: received $485K on this topicSouth Side Community Art Center$485KWest Side Center for Community Life Inc: received $475K on this topicWest Side Center for Community…$475KSaint Paul and Minnesota Foundation: received $450K on this topicSaint Paul and Minnesota Founda…$450KDelta Institute: received $427K on this topicDelta Institute$427KSoutheast Environmental Task Force: received $425K on this topicSoutheast Environmental Task Fo…$425KBetter Government Association Inc: received $370K on this topicBetter Government Association I…$370KSkyart: received $300K on this topicSkyart$300KEast Side Neighborhood Development Company Inc: received $290K on this topicEast Side Neighborhood Developm…$290KNorthwest Side CDC: received $285K on this topicNorthwest Side CDC$285KLower East Side Girls Club: received $280K on this topicLower East Side Girls Club$280KRush University Medical Center: received $275K on this topicRush University Medical Center$275KWest Side Community Health Services Inc Dba Minnesota Community Care: received $245K on this topicWest Side Community Health Serv…$245KEast Side Freedom Library: received $225K on this topicEast Side Freedom Library$225KReal Men Charities Inc: received $214K on this topicReal Men Charities Inc$214KHealthcare Alternative Systems Inc: received $210K on this topicHealthcare Alternative Systems…$210KThe Other Side Academy: received $200K on this topicThe Other Side Academy$200KSouth Side Weekly Nfp: received $200K on this topicSouth Side Weekly Nfp$200KWest Side Food Bank A Non-Profit Corporation: received $200K on this topicWest Side Food Bank A Non-Profi…$200KMerrick Community Services: received $200K on this topicMerrick Community Services$200KEast Side Learning Center: received $180K on this topicEast Side Learning Center$180KSaint Paul & Minnesota Foundation (East Side Funders Group): received $175K on this topicSaint Paul & Minnesota Foundati…$175KUniting Voices Chicago: received $173K on this topicUniting Voices Chicago$173KFriends of the Parks: received $170K on this topicFriends of the Parks$170KPaws Chicago: received $156K on this topicPaws Chicago$156KWest Side Clt: received $150K on this topicWest Side Clt$150KNorthwest Side Community Development Corporation: received $150K on this topicNorthwest Side Community Develo…$150KUrban Roots: received $150K on this topicUrban Roots$150KEast Side Neighborhood Service Inc: received $150K on this topicEast Side Neighborhood Service…$150KEast Side House Inc: received $150K on this topicEast Side House Inc$150KThe Westside Writing Project Nfp: received $150K on this topicThe Westside Writing Project Nfp$150KSide Street Studio Arts Nfp: received $150K on this topicSide Street Studio Arts Nfp$150KEast Side Neighborhood Development Company: received $140K on this topicEast Side Neighborhood Developm…$140KNeighborspace: received $131K on this topicNeighborspace$131KNear West Side Partners: received $125K on this topicNear West Side Partners$125KWest Side Kollel Torah Center: received $100K on this topicWest Side Kollel Torah Center$100KLower East Side Tenement Museum: received $94K on this topicLower East Side Tenement Museum$94KWest Side Citizens Organization: received $85K on this topicWest Side Citizens Organization$85KWest Side Clt: received $75K on this topicWest Side Clt$75KShady Side Academy: received $56K on this topicShady Side Academy$56KWest Side Food Bank A Non-Profit C: received $50K on this topicWest Side Food Bank A Non-Profi…$50KWest Side Campaign Against Hungerwest Side Center for Community Life: received $22K on this topicWest Side Campaign Against Hung…$22K
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