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Who does Forefront fund?

Forefront has awarded $36 million across 497 grants to 305 grantees between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $50,000, with most between $25,000 and $76,250. Repeat grantees receive a median $50,000 versus $25,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$36.3M
Typical grant
$50K
Grantees
305
Grants
497
Years
2019–2024

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Organizations this funder supports

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

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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
Y Ymen $2.0M42021–20242024IL —
University of Illinois Foundation $1.9M52020–20242024IL
Austin Coming Together $1.4M32022–20242024IL
W Westside Health Authority $1.4M42019–20242024IL
Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council Nfp $940K52019–20232023IL
Faith in Place $783K42019–20232023IL
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization $726K52020–20242024IL
Illinois Stewardship Alliance $675K52019–20242024IL
Neighborspace $672K52020–20242024IL
New Covenant Community Development Corporation $672K120212021IL
Gardeneers $629K42019–20242024IL
Movement Strategy Center $588K42020–20242024CA
B Build Incorporated $570K32021–20232023IL —
Advocates for Urban Agriculture Nfp $550K32020–20232023IL
Warehouse Workers Justice Center INC $415K42020–20232023IL
Chicago Workers' Collaborative Nfp $400K42020–20232023IL
Chicago Community and Workers Rights $375K32022–20242024IL
Elawa Farm Foundation $375K42020–20232023IL
Dion S Chicago Dream INC Nfp $363K32021–20242024IL
Inner-City Muslim Action Network $350K52020–20242024IL
Little Village Community Foundation Corp $326K52020–20242024IL
Dekalb County Community Gardens Nfp $314K52020–20242024IL
Chicago Horticultural Society $314K32020–20242024IL
Global Philanthropy Partnership $310K52019–20232023IL
Urban Growers Collective INC $300K22019–20232023IL
Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project $288K42020–20242024IL
Grow Greater Englewood INC $275K32022–20242024IL
U Universidad Popular $270K42019–20222022IL —
Brave Space Alliance $265K42021–20242024IL
Food Access Project $250K120232023IL
Puerto Rican Cultural Center $250K42019–20232023IL
Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting INC $241K32020–20242024IL
B Black Oaks Center for Sustainable Renewable Living Nfp $235K22019–20202020IL
The Experimental Station $225K22020–20232023IL
Nwi Food Council INC $225K42020–20242024IN
G Gsj Family Life Center $218K32022–20242024IL
Enlace Chicago $217K32019–20242024IL
Bethel New Life INC $200K22021–20222022IL
Sisters Working IT Out Nfp $200K32020–20232023IL
Just Roots $196K42020–20232023IL
Adelante Center for Entrepreneurship $193K22020–20232023IL
Plant Chicago Nfp $190K42019–20242024IL
Growing Home INC $188K32021–20242024IL
A American Indian Center INC $185K32020–20242024IL
Beyond Hunger $184K42021–20242024IL
Chinese American Service League INC $180K32019–20212021IL
Gary Comer Youth Center INC $179K22020–20232023IL
The Trotter Legacy $175K22020–20212021IL
F Fuller Park Community Development Corporation $175K32021–20232023— —
Chicago Lights $175K22021–20232023IL
New Eclipse Community Alliance $175K42020–20242024IL
P Proviso Partners for Health $175K32020–20242024IL —
Grace Housing Complex Nfp $170K42020–20242024IL
Center on Halsted $165K22019–20202020IL
Trickster Art Gallery $163K22023–20242024IL
Icna Relief USA Programs INC $160K32020–20242024NY
Eighteenth Street Development Corp $160K32020–20222022IL
Allies for Community Business INC $150K22021–20232023IL
The Hack Foundation $150K22023–20242024CA
F First Congregational United Church of Christ $150K120242024— —
Fair Food Network INC $150K120232023MI
Chicagos Green City Market Program $150K22019–20212021IL
H Henry Williams Foundation of Love $145K120202020IL
Opencollective Foundation $140K22021–20222022CA
P Presbyterian Church USA $131K22020–20232023KY
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago $125K32019–20242024IL
Angelic Organics Learning Center INC $125K120232023IL
Rush University Medical Center $125K32021–20242024IL
Above and Beyond Food Pantry INC $125K120232023IL
The Endeleo Institute INC $125K22023–20242024IL
S St Sabina Church $125K22020–20232023IL
Circle Urban Ministries $120K120242024IL
Equity and Transformation $120K22020–20232023IL
First Nations Development Institute $120K120202020CO
Garfield Park Community Council $115K22020–20222022IL
Flow Foundation INC $115K32021–20232023IL
Public Narrative $112K22019–20202020IL
Kindness Campaign $110K32020–20232023IL
Common Threads $106K32022–20242024TX
The Land Connection Foundation INC $105K22023–20242024IL
Star Farm Chicago $103K120202020IL
R Run a Way Buckers Club INC $100K120232023IL
P Proactive Community Services $100K120232023IL
Business Services Collective Nfp $100K120232023IL
Foresight Design Initiative INC $100K120232023IL
F Fulcrum Farm Foundation $100K22023–20242024IL
M Midwest Access Project $100K120232023IL —
Apna Ghar INC Our Home $100K22019–20202020IL
Here to Stay Clt INC $100K120232023IL
Live Free Chicago DBA Live Free Illinois $100K120232023IL
Resilience Partners Nfp $100K22021–20232023IL
Common Market Philadelphia INC $100K120232023PA
Chicago International Social Change Film Festival $100K120232023IL
Better Love Yourself Foundation $100K120232023IL
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation $100K120232023VA
Asi $100K120232023IL
Southwest Collective $100K22021–20232023IL
Community Development Institute $100K22022–20232023IL
Men & Women in Prison Ministries $100K120232023IL
North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council INC $97K120222022IL

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