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Who does Square One Foundation fund?

Square One Foundation has awarded $24 million across 309 grants to 151 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $52,500, with most between $30,000 and $76,500.

Total awarded
$23.6M
Typical grant
$52K
Grantees
151
Grants
309
Years
2020–2024

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 151 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
University of Chicago $3.3M52020–20242024IL
J Jewish United Fund (juf) $1.5M120242024— —
J Jewish Federation of Chicago $1.0M120222022— —
National Louis University $594K42021–20242024IL
Frameworks Institute $550K22021–20232023DC
William J Brennan JR Center for Justice INC $500K22023–20242024NY
U University of Chicago Odyssey Challenge $500K120232023— —
B Brennan Center for Justice $500K42020–20222022— —
Election Center $335K32022–20242024TX
Reform for Illinois $314K32022–20242024IL
Chicago United for Equity $289K62020–20242024IL
M Mikva Challenge $255K42020–20222022— —
Chicago Foundation for Women $252K62020–20242024IL
Crossroads Fund INC $245K62020–20242024IL
Blackroots Alliance $240K32022–20242024IL
C Chicago Children's Choir $235K32020–20212021— —
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California $230K42020–20242024CA
Illinois Institute of Technology $230K32022–20242024IL
Latino Policy Forum $225K32022–20242024IL
Equity and Transformation $223K32022–20242024IL
C City Bureau $222K22023–20242024— —
Economic Security Project INC $218K32022–20242024NY
Braven Incorporated $218K62020–20242024IL
P Palenque Lsna $210K22023–20242024— —
C Common Cause Education Fund $209K32022–20242024DC
K Kidsfirst Chicago $206K42020–20222022— —
A Advance Illinois $205K42020–20222022— —
Roseland Community Hospital Association $200K220202020IL
S South Shore Hospital $200K220202020— —
Loretto Hospital $200K220202020IL
N National Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights $200K220202020— —
Wisconsin Conservation Voters INC $195K22022–20232023WI
Partnership for College Completion $188K62020–20242024IL
K Kidsfirst Chicago $185K22023–20242024— —
C Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights $185K42020–20222022— —
Northern Illinois University Foundation $180K32022–20242024IL
C Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights $180K22023–20242024— —
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation INC $180K22023–20242024IL
Modern Classrooms Project INC $175K32022–20242024DC
C Community Organizing and Family Issues Cofi $170K22023–20242024— —
B Block Club Chicago $170K22023–20242024— —
S South Side Weekly $168K22023–20242024— —
Enlace Chicago $160K32022–20242024IL
Accelerate Institute $160K32022–20242024IL
Invisible Institute $158K32022–20242024IL
The Chicago Community Trust $158K32021–20242024IL
Lugenia Burns Hope Center $155K32022–20242024IL
L Lawyers Committee for Housing $150K220202020— —
I Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Right $150K22023–20242024— —
The Gray Matter Experience INC $136K32022–20242024IL
The Experimental Station $135K32020–20222022IL
C Chicago Votes Education Fund $135K22023–20242024— —
C Citizen Advocacy Center $135K22023–20242024— —
C Coalition for a Better Chinese Community $130K22023–20242024— —
Civic News Company $128K120242024NY
C Center for Budget and Tax Accounntability $125K22023–20242024— —
C Chicago Community Foundation $125K52020–20232023IL
S Southwest Organizing Project (swop) $125K22023–20242024— —
Beyond Legal Aid $120K22023–20242024IL
I Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund $118K22023–20242024— —
Reader Institute for Community Journalism INC $117K22022–20232023IL
I Injustice Watch $115K22023–20242024— —
The Tiny News Collective INC $112K22023–20242024PA
S Shriver Center on Urban Poverty $110K120222022— —
S Shriver Center on Urban Poverty $110K120232023— —
B Business & Professionals in Public Interest $110K220202020— —
C Communities United $105K22023–20242024— —
R Raise Your Hand for Illinois Education $105K22023–20242024— —
C Civic News Company (chalkbeat) $102K120232023— —
T Teachers Supporrting Teachers $101K22023–20242024— —
S Southern Poverty Law Center INC $100K62020–20242024AL
Embarc INC $100K22023–20242024IL
C Children First Fund $100K220202020— —
S Shriver Poverty Law Center $100K120212021— —
Wisconsin Conservation Voices INC $100K120242024WI
T Tides Foundation Mvp $100K42020–20222022— —
S Surge Institue $98K32020–20222022— —
C Chicago Community Trust Elevated $92K120232023— —
Chicago Public Media INC $92K42020–20222022IL
Academy for Urban School Leadership $82K120242024IL
A Ausl-Liberated Way $82K120232023— —
High Jump $82K32020–20212021IL
Communities Foundation of Texas INC $76K120242024TX
Tides Foundation $75K120242024CA
National Museum of Mexican Art Fka Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum $75K120222022IL
C Communities United $74K22021–20222022— —
Year Up INC $70K220202020MA
The Hana Center $70K120242024IL
Advance Illinois Nfp $70K120242024IL
A Advance Illinois $70K120232023— —
S Saapri (apna Ghar Fiscal Sponsor) $68K120232023— —
A Apna Ghar $68K120242024— —
Xchange Chicago INC $65K120242024IL
Newroot Learning Institute $60K120242024IL
Urban Growers Collective INC $60K220202020IL
C Coalition for a Better Chinese Community $60K120222022— —
Common Counsel Foundation $60K32022–20242024CA
C City Bureau $60K120222022— —
Debate IT Forward $60K32020–20212021MN
S Soutwest Organizing Project $58K120222022— —

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