Grants awarded
Who does Francis Beidler Foundation fund?
Francis Beidler Foundation has awarded $5.3 million across 580 grants to 159 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $3,500, with most between $2,000 and $6,500. Repeat grantees receive a median $3,500 versus $3,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$5.3M
Typical grant
$4K
Grantees
159
Grants
580
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.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Voter Participation Center
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$1.0M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
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$352K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| V Voter Participation Center | $285K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$200K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Planned Parenthood
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$192K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $180K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N National Audubon Society | $150K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Public Interest Law Initiative
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$146K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $141K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Project on Government Oversight INC
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$121K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $90K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Evanston Township High School Health Center | $84K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Girls Play Sports | $84K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $77K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Start Early
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$66K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $65K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Erie Family Health Center INC
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$54K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| N Nwestern Univ Law School | $54K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $52K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Chapin Hall Center for Children
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$50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| A American Independent Foundation | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Chicago Public Schools - J Beidler Elementary School | $49K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Planned Parenthood | $45K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Greater Chicago Food Depository
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$44K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| R Rush Presbytst Lukes Hospital | $40K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$40K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| C Chicago Childrens Museum | $40K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Moran Cntr for Youth Advocacy | $39K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Everytown for Gun Safety Support | $38K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U Urban Education Initiative | $36K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N National Alliancementally Ill | $36K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Shriver National Center of Poverty Law | $35K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Family Institute | $33K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Gateway Foundation | $33K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Catholics for a Free Choice | $32K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| H Howard Brown Health Broadway Center | $30K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N National Immigrant Justice Center | $28K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wttw Channel 11 Chicago Educational Tv Assoc | $28K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Global Giving - Juconi | $27K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $27K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Thresholds | $27K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| J Jacob Beidler Elementary School | $26K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| N Nwestern Univ Law-Entrepreneurship Program | $26K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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Lake Forest College
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$25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| N Namiflorida | $24K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Aclu-Roger Baldwin Foundation | $24K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $24K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Namipalm Beach County | $24K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Center for Domestic Peace | $24K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| Y YMCA of Evanston | $22K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T The Hill Fund | $21K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Chapin Hall Center for Children | $21K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Erie Family Health Center | $19K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Cabrini Green Legal Aid Fund | $18K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $18K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Public Interest Law Initiative | $18K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Ploughshares Fund INC
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$18K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Equity & Empowerment for Evanston Families
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$17K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| L Lgbt Fund of Chicago Comm Trust | $17K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$17K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| B Bens Education Fund | $17K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A ACLU Foundation | $16K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Chicago Foundation for Women
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$16K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| Y Youth Organizations Umbrella | $16K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lincoln Park Zoological Society | $15K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Children Advocates for Change | $15K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Curt's Cafe
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$15K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| P Project on Government Oversight | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Chicago Legal Clinic | $15K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| D Deerfield Academy Scholarship Fund | $15K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Evanston School Childrns Clothing Assn | $14K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Skokie Erie Family Health Center | $13K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Shorefront Nfp
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$13K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $12K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$12K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| N Night Ministry | $12K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Greater Chicago Food Depository | $12K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| Y Youth Job Center of Evanston | $12K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Cradle the | $12K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Foundation 65 | $12K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Association House of Chicago
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$10K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| E Eths District Foundation | $10K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$10K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$10K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N Nwestern Univ Department of Neurobiology | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Center on Halsted
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$10K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$10K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| C Chicago Advocates for Change | $10K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T The Trade Collective | $10K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A All Our Childrens Advocacy Center | $9K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $8K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Musc Foundation Childrens Hospital | $8K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| E Evanston Hospital | $8K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $7K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Evanston School Childrens Clothing Assn | $7K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Harvard University | $7K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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