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Grants awarded

Who does Bears Care fund?

Bears Care has awarded $10 million across 69 grants to 55 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in health care. Its typical grant is $30,000, with most between $12,500 and $203,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $416,283 versus $20,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$10.1M
Typical grant
$30K
Grantees
55
Grants
69
Years
2020–2024

Organizations this funder supports

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

55 of 55 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
O Other (see Attachment) $2.2M42020–20232023— —
Y Youth and Family (see Attachment) $1.8M42020–20232023— —
E Education (see Attachment) $1.8M42020–20232023— —
A Athletics (see Attachment) $905K32021–20232023— —
H Health (see Attachment) $862K42020–20232023— —
Rush University Medical Center $520K120242024IL
N Northwestern Memorial Healthcare $203K120242024IL
E Endeavor Health Clinical Operations $200K120242024IL —
Hope Chicago INC $200K120242024IL
University of Chicago $170K120242024IL
Chicago Parks Foundation $155K120242024IL
Big Shoulders Fund $100K120242024IL
Les Turner Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Foundation $78K120242024IL
B Build INC $75K120242024IL —
Youth Guidance $75K120242024IL
Urban Growers Collective INC $70K120242024IL
G Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation $55K120242024IL
Imagine Englewood If Nfp $50K120242024IL
S Shirley Ryan Ability Lab $50K120242024IL —
Midtown-Metro Achievement Centers $35K120242024IL
Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago $30K120242024IL
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana $30K120242024IL
Gildas Club Chicago $30K120242024IL
R Rockford Park District Foundation $27K120242024IL
Field Museum of Natural History $25K120242024IL
Northern Illinois Food Bank $25K120242024IL
Adler Planetarium $25K120242024IL
Shedd Aquarium Society $25K120242024IL
The Methodist Hospitals INC $20K120242024IN
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago $20K120242024IL
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago INC $20K120242024IL
The Allendale Association $20K120242024IL
Advocate Charitable Foundation $15K120242024IL
Beyond the Ball Nfp $15K120242024IL
Sisters Working IT Out Nfp $15K120242024IL
L Leo High School $15K120242024IL
Culinary Care $15K120242024IL
Recovery on Water INC $12K120242024IL
American Heart Association INC $11K120242024TX
G Glenbard Township High School District 87 $10K120242024— —
USA Football INC $10K120242024IN
The Resurrection Project $10K120242024IL
Y Young Black and Lit $10K120242024IL
Clearbrook $10K120242024IL
Lemons of Love INC $10K120242024IL
Wellness House $10K120242024IL
Jennifer S Fallick Cancer Support Center $10K120242024IL
Sisters Network Chicago Chapter $10K120242024IL
Asociacion Latina De Asistencia Y Prevencion Del Cancer De Mama $10K120242024IL
M My Block My Hood My City $10K120242024IL —
M Medical Careers Exposure and Emergency Preparedness Initiative $10K120242024IL
National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame INC $10K120242024TX
T Township High School District 211 $9K120242024— —
S School District U-46 $8K120242024— —
Greater Chicago Food Depository $6K120242024IL

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