Grants awarded
Who does John H Hart Foundation fund?
John H Hart Foundation has awarded $8.7 million across 351 grants to 173 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $2,500, with most between $1,000 and $15,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $4,250 versus $1,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$8.7M
Typical grant
$2K
Grantees
173
Grants
351
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T The Jessica Fund | $1.9M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| N Northwestern Memorial Foundation | $802K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Goodman Theatre | $695K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $661K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Steppenwolf Theatre | $575K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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$557K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| C Chi Arts | $526K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Museum of Contemporary Art | $240K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Jessica Fund | $200K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Foundation for Hearing & Speech | $180K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Chicago Foundation for Women
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$175K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Greater Chicago Food Depository
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$170K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Merit School of Music
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$160K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| T The Art Institute of Chicago | $135K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| G Greater Chicago Food Depository | $135K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$100K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| M Mayo Clinic | $100K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $95K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wttw 11 Wfmt | $78K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Ltd
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$68K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NM | |
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$61K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| M Merit School of Music | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IL | |
The Santa Fe Opera
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$46K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NM | |
| S Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival | $45K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$41K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Lyric Opera of Chicago
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$40K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| F Friends of the Children | $40K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $35K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$35K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | WI | |
Francis W Parker School
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$35K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Santa Fe Community Foundation
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$35K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NM | |
| T The Joffrey Ballet | $26K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$26K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NM | |
| F Francis W Parker School | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Erikson Institute
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$25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| I Invest for Kids | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Brearley School | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Brentwood School Fund | $20K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N New Roads School Fund | $20K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$18K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
New Mexico School for the Arts - Arts Institute
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$14K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NM | |
| D Doctors Without Borders | $14K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
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$12K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| A ACLU Foundation | $12K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A Art Institute of Chicago | $12K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Night Ministry | $10K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| I Ingenuity | $10K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Parker Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| M Metropolitan Family Services | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Scott's House INC
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NM | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lyric Opera of Chicago | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Camperships for Nebagamon | $8K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$8K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | IL | |
A Better Chicago
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$8K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $6K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Habitat for Humanity | $6K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Arts of Life | $6K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Outward Bound INC
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$6K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$6K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
The Fistula Foundation
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$5K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| Y Youth & Opportunity United | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T The Stuttering Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Writer's Theatre | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| O O'Keeffe Museum | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Stuttering Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| H Hope for Kids | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| P People's Music School | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| M MD Anderson Cancer Center | $5K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MA | |
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NM | |
| I Individual recipient | $4K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Menlo College
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$4K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Feeding America
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$4K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | IL | |
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$4K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NM | |
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness
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$4K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $4K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| J Jcc Foundation | $4K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$4K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Center on Halsted
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$4K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| T Thresholds | $4K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$4K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NM | |
| C Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative | $4K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A American Writer Museum | $4K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
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$3K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NM | |
| T The Ryan Sang Bipolar Foundation | $3K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Art Beyond Sight INC
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$3K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | FL | |
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
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$2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MI | |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| N New Mexico Community Trust | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Help Me See INC
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NJ | |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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