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Who does The First Spoke Foundation fund?

The First Spoke Foundation has awarded $25 million across 126 grants to 87 organizations between 2019 and 2022. Its giving concentrates in foundations & grantmakers. Its typical grant is $50,000, with most between $25,000 and $125,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $100,000 versus $30,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$25.1M
Typical grant
$50K
Grantees
87
Grants
126
Years
2019–2022

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

87 of 87 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
University of Illinois Foundation $5.2M120212021IL
The Ark $3.8M120212021IL
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago $2.1M42019–20222022IL
Birthright Israel Foundation $2.0M32019–20222022NY
Carbon Mapper INC $1.5M32020–20222022CA
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC $1.1M32020–20222022NY
C Chicago Community Foundation $975K32019–20212021IL
The Jewish Federations of North America INC $700K32020–20222022NY
The Partnership Project INC $650K120222022DC
United States Energy Foundation $550K32020–20222022CA
Sinai Health System $500K120202020IL
All Chicago Making Homelessness History $445K32019–20222022IL
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund INC $400K42019–20222022NY
Michael Reese Health Trust $350K22020–20212021IL
Secure Community Network INC $310K32019–20222022IL
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago INC $250K120192019IL
Onegoal $250K120202020IL
C Center for Computational Science Research INC $200K120202020IL
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago $200K120192019IL
New Venture Fund $200K22020–20222022DC
Resource Media a Nonprofit Corporation $200K22020–20212021OR
City Colleges of Chicago Foundation $175K32019–20222022IL
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights $165K32019–20212021IL
Lake County Community Foundation $160K32019–20212021IL
Yale University $150K22020–20222022CT
Jewish Funders Network $125K120202020NY
The Harold Grinspoon Foundation $125K120192019MA
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago $100K120192019IL
A American Friends of Leket Israel INC $100K22019–20202020NJ
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee INC $100K120202020NY
Greater Chicago Food Depository $100K120192019IL
Southern Illinois University Alumni Association $100K120192019IL
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies INC $100K120202020NJ
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center $100K120212021IL
Saint Anthony Hospital $90K22019–20202020IL
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago $78K120212021IL
Comp-U-Dopt INC $70K22019–20212021TX
Family Christian Health Center $70K120222022IL
Northshore University Healthsystem $60K120222022IL
NAMI Chicago $50K22019–20202020IL
Northern Illinois Food Bank $50K120192019IL
Jewish Child and Family Services $50K120192019IL
Sinai Community Institute INC $50K120202020IL
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation $50K120202020MA
University of Chicago $50K120222022IL
National Louis University $50K120222022IL
Childrens First Fund the Chicago Public School Foundation $50K120222022IL
Council for Jewish Elderly $50K120192019IL
Friends of United Hatzalah INC $40K22019–20202020NY
Illinois Association of Free and Charitable Clinics $40K120192019IL
University of Chicago Medical Center $35K120202020IL
Chicago Cares INC $30K22020–20222022IL
Shriver Center on Poverty Law $30K120192019IL
Illinois Action for Children $30K22019–20202020IL
Latino Policy Forum $30K120202020IL
Metropolis Strategies Nfp $30K120192019IL
Surge Institute $30K120202020IL
Jpro Network INC $25K120202020NY
The Ark $25K120192019MI
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago $25K120192019IL
Chicago Family Health Center INC $25K120222022IL
Advance Illinois Nfp $25K120202020IL
Mha Labs $25K120192019IL
Keshet INC $25K120192019MA
Chicago Public Education Fund $25K120202020IL
H Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society $25K120192019— —
Christian Community Health Center $20K120222022IL
United Way of Lake County INC $20K120212021OH
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago $20K120212021IL
Institute for Jewish Spirituality INC $18K120202020NY
Tca Health INC Nfp $16K120222022IL
Beloved Community Family Wellness Center $16K120222022IL
Illinois Partners for Human Service $15K120202020IL
Open Communities $15K120202020IL
Enlace Chicago $15K120222022IL
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation INC $15K120202020IL
American Jewish World Service INC $15K120202020NY
North Chicago Public Education Foundation $15K120202020IL
Kids Off the Block Nfp $14K120202020IL
Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County $12K120202020IL
The Boulevard of Chicago INC $10K120192019IL
Cara Program $10K120222022IL
Dion S Chicago Dream INC Nfp $10K120212021IL
Illinois Arts Alliance $10K120192019IL
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group $10K120192019IL
I International Neighborhood Collaborative $10K120202020IL
Healthy Hood Chicago $10K120202020IL

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