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Who does Louise K Smith Foundation fund?

Louise K Smith Foundation has awarded $528,000 across 316 grants to 131 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $200, with most between $100 and $1,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $230 versus $100 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$528K
Typical grant
$200
Grantees
131
Grants
316
Years
2020–2025

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 131 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Support
Concert Artists Guild INC $160K62020–20242024NY
I Individual recipient $130K82020–20252025— —
University of Chicago $22K52020–20242024IL
Chicago Symphony Orchestra $20K42020–20232023IL
I Individual recipient $19K22024–20252025— —
I Individual recipient $15K120252025— —
I Individual recipient $14K52021–20252025— —
W Wayne State University $14K62020–20252025— —
T Timeline Theatre $11K52020–20242024— —
I Individual recipient $10K120252025— —
A Assn Chamber Music Players $9K42021–20242024— —
I Individual recipient $8K62020–20252025— —
The Chicago Community Trust $7K52020–20242024IL
Chamber Music America INC $6K52020–20242024NY
I Individual recipient $5K120252025— —
U University of Chicago $5K120252025— —
W Wbez $4K32020–20222022— —
I Individual recipient $3K62020–20252025— —
U University of Chicago Presents $3K22020–20212021— —
A Acmp $3K120252025— —
Chicago Opera Theater $3K22020–20212021IL
American Composers Orchestra INC $2K22023–20242024NY
N New Music America $2K42022–20252025— —
C Columbia Univ Irving Medical Naomi Bernie Diabetes Center $2K120252025— —
N Natl Network Abortion Funds $2K22022–20232023— —
W Wfmt-Fm $2K22020–20212021— —
A American Civil Liberties Union $2K62020–20252025— —
Planned Parenthood $2K52020–20242024TX
A American Ballet Theater $2K32023–20252025— —
S Smartlove $2K62020–20252025— —
C Chicago Arts Partnership in Education $2K62020–20252025— —
Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago $2K32020–20242024IL
Bright Promises Foundation $1K52020–20242024IL
I Individual recipient $1K22024–20252025— —
I International Music Foundation $1K42020–20232023— —
W Wqxr $1K22022–20232023— —
I Individual recipient $1K52020–20242024— —
I Individual recipient $1K22020–20212021— —
C Chamber Music America $1K120252025— —
Lyric Opera of Chicago $1K120212021IL
N NY Presbyterian Foundation $1K120242024— —
C Caic $1K22022–20232023— —
A Assn Chamber Music Plaers $1K120202020— —
W Wnyc $1K22022–20232023— —
U University of Chicago Women's Board $1K120212021— —
I Individual recipient $1K62020–20252025— —
I Individual recipient $1K120232023— —
The Newberry Library $90052020–20242024IL
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center INC $75032022–20242024NY
S Southern Poverty Leadership Center $70042020–20232023— —
D Doctors Without Borders $60062020–20252025— —
J Julliard School $60032023–20252025— —
A Accion $55042022–20252025— —
Museum of Modern Art $51052020–20242024NY
H Hpff $50032020–20222022— —
Musical Mentors Collaborative INC $500120242024NY
I Individual recipient $500120252025— —
P Planned Parenthood $500120252025— —
The Century Association $50022023–20242024NY
C Century Assn Archives Foundation $50052021–20252025— —
T The Chicago Ensemble $50022020–20212021— —
The Metropolitan Museum of Art $44032021–20232023NY
G Guggenheim Museum $44042022–20252025— —
The Frick Collection $43542020–20242024NY
M Morgan Library $40042022–20252025— —
A Amnesty International $40042020–20232023— —
The Antiquarian Society $40032022–20242024IL
I International Rescue Cmte $40042022–20252025— —
Central Park Conservancy INC $40032022–20242024NY
Classical Music Chicago $300120242024IL
I Individual recipient $300120252025— —
C Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center $300120252025— —
Civitas Ensemble $30032020–20232023IL
Urban Gateways $30032020–20232023IL
I Individual recipient $30032020–20222022— —
I Individual recipient $30032023–20252025— —
Imani Winds Foundation INC $30032022–20242024NY
W Whitney Museum $28022022–20232023— —
A American Friends of Georgian Group $275120252025— —
A Antiquirian Society $27522020–20212021— —
I Individual recipient $250120242024— —
N Newberry Library $250120252025— —
Interfaith Action for Human Rights $25022021–20232023DC
Green America $24532021–20232023DC
The Nature Conservancy $22532021–20232023VA
I Individual recipient $20022020–20212021— —
Noon INC $200120242024NY
Chicago Foundation for Women $20022020–20212021IL
W Wttw-11 $20022020–20212021— —
T The Fieldmomenta Qtt $20022022–20232023— —
I Individual recipient $20022024–20252025— —
C Chicago Chamber Music Society $20022020–20212021— —
U University of Michigan House Officers Association $15122022–20232023MI
C Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago $150120252025— —
M Metropolitan Musuem of Art $110120252025— —
A Adlai Stevenson Center $100120202020— —
U University of Chicago Library Society $100120212021— —
I Individual recipient $100120202020— —
Northwestern University $100120232023IL
Sybarite Chamber Players Ltd $100120242024NY

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