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Who does Tawani Charitable Distribution Fund fund?

Tawani Charitable Distribution Fund has awarded $44 million across 601 grants to 276 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $20,000, with most between $5,000 and $50,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $25,000 versus $10,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$44.2M
Typical grant
$20K
Grantees
276
Grants
601
Years
2020–2024

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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.

100 of 276 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
I Individual recipient $4.3M32020–20222022— —
Greater Chicago Food Depository $3.4M52020–20242024IL
Seti Institute $3.0M52020–20242024CA
Loyola University of Chicago $2.2M42020–20242024IL
Chicago Symphony Orchestra $2.2M52020–20242024IL
T Tulane University $2.0M52020–20242024— —
Pritzker Military Foundation $1.8M42021–20242024IL
I Individual recipient $1.7M32022–20242024— —
U University of Minnesota Foundation $1.2M42020–20242024— —
M Michael D Palm Center $1.2M32020–20222022— —
Window to the World Communications INC $760K52020–20242024IL
Howard Brown Health Center $755K42020–20242024IL
L Loyola University Chicago Water Tower Campus $700K120212021— —
C Chicago History Museum $612K52020–20242024IL
Unity Temple Restoration Foundation $600K32020–20222022IL
U University of Minnesota Foundation McNamara Alumni Center $543K120212021— —
New Israel Fund $540K52020–20242024DC
Philander Smith College $500K32022–20242024AR
L Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago $430K32020–20242024— —
Vanderbilt University Medical Center $425K32022–20242024TN
Evanston History Center $405K52020–20242024IL
F Field Museum $401K52020–20242024— —
F Family Tree Clinic $400K42021–20242024— —
T The Williams Institute UCLA School of Law $388K32020–20222022— —
T Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund INC $350K52020–20242024— —
Cornell University $325K52020–20242024NY
W World Pediatric Project $319K32021–20232023— —
Feeding America $300K42020–20242024IL
A ACLU Foundation INC $300K22023–20242024— —
G Glad (glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders) $300K22020–20242024— —
A American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee Foundation $298K120212021— —
I International Rescue Committee (irc) $280K52020–20242024— —
Chicago Parks Foundation $250K22020–20222022IL
T Timeline Theatre $250K32022–20242024— —
Oxfam-America INC $250K52020–20242024MA
World Pediatrics $230K120242024VA
E Equality Illinois Education Project $226K42020–20232023— —
Preservation Chicago Nfp $210K52020–20242024IL
Equality Ohio Education Fund $200K32022–20242024OH
Eagle River Historical Society INC $200K22022–20232023WI
Transportation Alternatives INC $200K32020–20232023NY
N Northwoods Children's Museum $187K22023–20242024— —
C Chicago Architecture Center $185K42021–20242024— —
N Northfield Food Pantry $175K32020–20242024— —
I Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs $166K120202020— —
A American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee Foundation INC $164K120222022— —
Carol Shields Prize for Fiction of America $152K32022–20242024IL
L Lincoln Park Zoo Women's Board $150K42020–20242024— —
Whitman-Walker Institute INC $150K120242024DC
C Children First Fund $150K120202020— —
I Individual recipient $150K120202020— —
Healthy Schools Campaign $150K32021–20232023IL
Ad German Warehouse Conservancy INC $150K32021–20232023WI
W Women's Business Development Center $150K32020–20222022— —
W World Professional Association of Transgender Health (wpath) $148K22020–20232023— —
I Individual recipient $146K32021–20242024— —
N National Public Radio INC (us) $140K52020–20242024— —
The Chicago Community Trust $140K42021–20242024IL
A A Silver Lining Foundation $138K52020–20242024— —
Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy $125K52020–20242024IL
Freedom for All Americans Education Fund $125K32020–20222022DC
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago $120K52020–20242024IL
Vilas County Economic Development Corporation INC $118K52020–20242024WI
T The UCLA Foundation DBA the Williams Institute $112K120232023— —
N New York Public Radio - Wnyc $112K52020–20242024— —
W Walter E Olson Memorial Library Foundation $110K42020–20232023— —
NAMI Chicago $110K120202020IL
E Equality Illinois Education Institute $105K120242024— —
N Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine $105K42021–20242024— —
N National Trust for Historic Preservation $105K42020–20232023— —
Fort Campbell Historical Foundation INC $101K120232023KY
A American Red Cross of Tennessee River $101K120232023— —
I Individual recipient $100K22020–20212021— —
A Amnesty International INC $100K52020–20242024— —
R Ravinia $100K42021–20242024— —
T The Night Ministry $100K120202020— —
Injustice Watch Nfp $100K120242024IL
H Hyatt Hotels Foundation $100K120202020IL
T The Center for Public Justice FBO Fairness Fund $100K120212021— —
Bernie's Book Bank $90K42020–20242024IL
Wings Program INC $86K52020–20242024IL
Friends of Nachusa Grasslands $85K52020–20242024IL
Paws Chicago $81K52020–20242024IL
Francis W Parker School $80K42021–20242024IL
C Chicago House and Social Services Agency $78K32020–20222022— —
Harbor Camps INC $75K32022–20242024MA
Glencoe Historical Society $75K22020–20212021IL
Rails to Trails Conservancy $75K32021–20242024DC
The UCLA Foundation $75K120242024CA
New York Stage and Film Company INC $75K120242024NY
T Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $75K32020–20222022NY
C Chicago Math and Science Academy (cmsa) $75K32020–20232023— —
S Senior Eagle River Volunteer Enterprises INC $72K120232023WI
U University of Chicago Library $71K42020–20232023— —
Glessner House Museum $66K32021–20242024IL
I Illinois Executive Mansion Association $65K120232023IL
T Trustees of Indiana University $63K32022–20242024— —
Chicago Public Library Foundation $62K52020–20242024IL
N National Center for Transgender Equality $62K120212021— —
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA INC $60K120242024NY

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