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Who does The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation fund?

The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation has awarded $3.2 million across 548 grants to 276 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $1,000, with most between $1,000 and $5,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $1,500 versus $1,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$3.2M
Typical grant
$1K
Grantees
276
Grants
548
Years
2020–2025

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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.

100 of 276 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Support
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago INC $238K52020–20242024IL
Navy Pier INC $201K42020–20242024IL
Erikson Institute $200K42020–20242024IL
W Wttw $142K52020–20242024— —
Brain Research Foundation $110K42020–20242024IL
F Field Museum $109K52020–20242024— —
A Anshe Emet Synagogue $91K62020–20252025— —
A Alliance Francaise De Chicago $87K42020–20232023— —
U University of Chicago Booth School of Business $80K32020–20242024— —
C Chicago Council on Global $78K52020–20242024— —
The Art Institute of Chicago $76K22020–20242024IL
M Mayo Clinic $75K42020–20242024— —
U United States Holocaust Memorial Museum $75K52020–20252025— —
Y Yu Torah Mitzion Kollel of Chicago $75K42020–20242024— —
E Erikson Institute $75K120252025— —
B Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago $60K120252025— —
I Illinois Holocaust Museum & Ed Center $55K52020–20242024— —
I Individual recipient $50K52020–20242024— —
Depaul University $50K52020–20242024IL
Smithsonian Institution $42K32020–20222022DC
American Friends of the Louvre INC $42K52020–20242024NY
U University of Chicago (university of Chicago Booth School of Business) $35K120252025— —
W Wwci $32K32021–20232023— —
The Resurrection Project $30K32020–20222022IL
A Archives of American Art $30K22023–20242024— —
F Field Museum of Natural History $28K120252025— —
Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University INC $28K52020–20242024IL
W Window to the World Communications $28K120252025— —
N Northwestern Memorial Foundation $28K32020–20252025— —
J Jewish United Fund USA $27K32022–20242024— —
A Anti-Defamation League $25K120252025— —
B Brain Research Foundation $25K120252025— —
Red Sweater Project $25K52020–20242024OR
N Navy Pier INC $25K120252025— —
K Kollel Torah Mitzion INC (dba - Yu Torah Mitzion Kollel) $20K120252025— —
The American Writers Museum $20K52020–20242024IL
I Individual recipient $20K120242024— —
O Old St Partick's Church $20K52020–20252025— —
Friends of the Children - Chicago $19K52020–20242024IL
I Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center $18K120252025— —
Teach for America INC $18K52020–20242024NY
G Goldie Initiative $17K52020–20242024— —
Music Institute of Chicago $16K42021–20242024IL
Chicago Shakespeare Theater $15K42020–20232023IL
U University of Wisconsin Alumni Association $15K32020–20232023— —
B Build $14K52020–20252025— —
P Pritzker Military Museum and Library $14K42020–20242024— —
T The Night Ministry $13K52020–20252025— —
I Individual recipient $12K120202020— —
National Museum of Mexican Art Fka Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum $12K32020–20222022IL
M Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation $12K62020–20252025— —
Chicago Historical Society $12K52020–20242024IL
I Individual recipient $11K22020–20242024— —
A Antiquarian Society of Art Institute of Chicago $11K22020–20232023— —
C Congregation Kol Emeth $10K120202020CA
C Catholic Churchc Extension Society of USA $10K120252025— —
The Chicago Club Preservation Foundation $10K120202020IL
The Futures Foundation $10K120212021MI
Wings Program INC $10K22020–20222022IL
D Depaul University $10K120252025— —
B Business Executives for National Security (bens) $10K22020–20212021— —
A American Friends of the Louvre INC $10K120252025— —
C Caf America $8K42020–20242024— —
Hand in Hand of Glynn INC $8K22021–20242024GA
C Chicago Council on Global Affairs $8K120252025— —
A Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University $8K120252025— —
C Chi Arts Foundation $8K32022–20252025— —
The Nora Project $8K32020–20222022IL
K Kids First Chicago $7K42020–20232023— —
C Columbia College Chicago Unleashed 2022 $7K32022–20242024— —
Big Shoulders Fund $6K22020–20232023IL
J Jdrf $6K52020–20242024— —
H Haymarket Center $6K22023–20242024— —
The Newberry Library $6K42021–20242024IL
Dominican University $6K32020–20242024IL
J Jcfs $6K42020–20242024— —
World Business Chicago $5K120222022IL
W Working in the Schools Wits $5K120202020— —
R Red Sweater Project $5K120252025— —
Chinese American Service League INC $5K52020–20242024IL
Civic Federation $5K52020–20242024IL
F Friends of Elnet $5K120252025— —
C Chicago Community Foundation $5K120222022IL
I Individual recipient $5K52020–20242024— —
A Archives of American Art - Smithinsonian Institute $5K120252025— —
Anti-Defamation League $5K120232023NY
C Chicago Video Project $5K120212021NC
Enchanted Backpack $4K32020–20242024IL
I Individual recipient $4K52020–20252025— —
K Kids Above All $4K32022–20242024— —
T The Ark $4K52020–20252025— —
Northwestern University $4K42020–20242024IL
The Joffrey Ballet $4K22020–20232023IL
Israel Cancer Research Fund INC $4K42020–20242024NY
Lincoln Academy of Illinois $4K22023–20242024IL
Digestive Health Foundation $4K42020–20242024IL
I Individual recipient $4K42020–20242024— —
Chicago Humanities Festival $4K22020–20232023IL
Jewish National Fund -Keren Kayemeth Leisrael- INC $4K22020–20232023NY
C College Possible Chicago $4K22022–20242024— —

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