Grants awarded
Who does Cme Group Foundation fund?
Cme Group Foundation has awarded $31 million across 682 grants to 250 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $25,000, with most between $10,000 and $50,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $25,000 versus $10,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$31.1M
Typical grant
$25K
Grantees
250
Grants
682
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.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| S Scholarship America INC | $3.2M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation | $1.8M | 14 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Chicago Public Education Fund
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$1.1M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
City Colleges of Chicago Foundation
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$800K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$785K | 13 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| T The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $675K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
The Barack Obama Foundation
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$600K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$540K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
The George W Bush Foundation
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$500K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| C Catholic Bishop of Chicago | $500K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$500K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | IL | |
Depaul University
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$440K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| C Chicago Community Foundation | $402K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| C Chicago Public Library Foundation (cplf) | $400K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Northwestern University
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$400K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Big Shoulders Fund
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$370K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Carole Robertson Center for Learning
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$350K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Start Early
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$335K | 8 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| U University of Illinois at Chicago | $325K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| K Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago | $300K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Academy for Urban School Leadership
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$300K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Teach Plus Incorporated
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$300K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
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$300K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Latino Policy Forum
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$300K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Erikson Institute
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$300K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$270K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $265K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Union League Boys & Girls Club | $265K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$255K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Partnership for College Completion
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$250K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$250K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| J Juvenile Protective Association Jpa | $250K | 4 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
America Needs You
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$225K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$225K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
One Million Degrees
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$225K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Something Good in Englewood INC
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$225K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Braven Incorporated
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$225K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $225K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$225K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| M Mayo Clinic | $220K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Waterford Institute INC | $200K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | UT | |
| F Friends of Dekalb Regional Office of Education | $200K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| T Teach for America - Chicago | $200K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$200K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
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$200K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| C Chicago Children's Museum | $200K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$200K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| B Board of Trustees of Illinois State University | $200K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| C College Possible Chicago | $200K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Illinois Science and Technology Institute | $200K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Illinois Action for Children
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$200K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Tides Center
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$177K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| C Computer Science Teachers Association | $175K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Center Resources for Teaching and Learning | $175K | 2 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
The Fred Rogers Company
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$175K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
Imentor Incorporated
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$155K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$150K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| R Reflections Foundation | $150K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Academy for Global Citizenship Charter School | $150K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Greenlight Fund INC
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$150K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| L Ladies of Virtue | $150K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Project Syncere
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$135K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Empower Illinois
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$135K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$135K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
After School Matters INC
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$135K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| U University of Chicago Network for College Success | $135K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$125K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$125K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$125K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| E Education Systems Center at Northern Illinois University | $125K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Metropolitan Family Services | $125K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$125K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$125K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Associated Colleges of Illinois INC
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$125K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| S Scripted INC | $120K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$110K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$100K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| H Holy Family Ministries | $100K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
Chicago Public Library Foundation
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$100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
| D Dewitt Logan Livingston McLean Regional Office of Education | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$100K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
Girls INC of Chicago
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$100K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
University of Nebraska Foundation
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$100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NE | |
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$100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Archdiocese of Chicago | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of Chicago Consortium on School Research | $100K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$100K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| G Governors State University | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$100K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| A Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic Schools | $100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Council for a Strong America
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$100K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
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$100K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| L Lawndale Educational and Regional Network Charter School | $100K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| D Demoiselle 2 Femme Nfp | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| G Genesys Works - Chicago | $100K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Focus Fairies Mentoring
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$100K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| M Misericordia Heart of Mercy | $90K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U Universidad Popular (aka Latin Center) | $85K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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