Grants awarded
Who does Lakshmi Foundation fund?
Lakshmi Foundation has awarded $879,000 across 111 grants to 33 organizations between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $5,000, with most between $5,000 and $10,000.
Total awarded
$879K
Typical grant
$5K
Grantees
33
Grants
111
Years
2019–2024
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 | Follow |
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| C Cheshire Project DBA Zeno Mountain Farm | $70K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
National Public Radio INC
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$60K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Center for Independent Futures
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$60K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | IL | |
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago
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$60K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| W Wbez - Chicago Public Radio | $60K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Chicago Foundation for Women
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$59K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$50K | 5 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Aspire of Illinois
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$49K | 5 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| T Totallink2 Community | $35K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Midwest Access Project | $30K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Special Olympics Illinois
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$30K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
The Voices and Faces Project
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$30K | 5 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation
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$30K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| S Southern Poverty Law Center INC | $25K | 5 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | AL | |
| W Wei at Depaul University | $25K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Greater Chicago Food Depository
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$25K | 5 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | AL | |
Women Employed
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$20K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| B Belle Children Service of St Louis Arc | $20K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| T The Josselyn Center | $14K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Depaul University
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
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$10K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| T The Norse Project | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Collaborative Community -Cchi | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Aspire Chicago | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
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$5K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | IL | |
L'Arche Chicago INC
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| T The Jesselyn Center | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$5K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | IL | |
| T The Nora Project Nfp | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Village of Chicago INC | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL |
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