Grants awarded
Who does Wonderful Life Foundation fund?
Wonderful Life Foundation has awarded $88 million across 225 grants to 71 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $50,000, with most between $25,000 and $200,000.
Total awarded
$87.5M
Typical grant
$50K
Grantees
71
Grants
225
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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| U University of Notre Dame | $24.7M | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $11.4M | 19 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Central Presbyterian Church | $9.8M | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart | $9.0M | 9 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Wofford College
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$6.0M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
Northwestern University
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$5.2M | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $4.0M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $3.5M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Friends of the University of Notre Dame | $2.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R Ronald McDonald House Charities INC | $1.2M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $1.2M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| C Convent of the Sacred Hrt Woodlands | $1.0M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
| N Northwestern Kellogg School of Management | $1.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$600K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| T The Evans Scholars Foundation | $500K | 5 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Big Shoulders Fund
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$465K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| U University of Maryland College Park | $400K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$300K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| N Northwestern Memorial Foundation | $300K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $250K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Accelerate Institute
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$249K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| L Lost Tree Charitable Foundation | $240K | 5 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Harlem Children's Zone INC
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$225K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| U University of Georgia | $200K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$200K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| M Margaret Hackett Family Center | $200K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $200K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| O Old St Patricks Church | $200K | 2 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $150K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S St Jane Frances De Chantal | $150K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| M Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago | $150K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Clearbrook - Shining Star Ball | $150K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Enterprise Institute | $125K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Navy Seal Foundation INC
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$100K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| L Lurie Children's Foundation | $100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Bridging Bionics Foundation
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$100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| U Uga Foundation | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | FL | |
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$100K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| S St Mary Catholic Church | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | FL | |
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund
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$100K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| E Evans Scholar Fund | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Anderson Ranch Arts Foundation
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$100K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Gateway for Cancer Research INC
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$100K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| N Norton Children's Hospital Foundation | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago
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$100K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| U United Cerebral Palsy | $75K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Buoniconti Fund | $75K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| L Lost Tree Chapel INC | $70K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | FL | |
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$60K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | FL | |
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$50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| U United Way of Metro Chicago | $50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| L Lost Tree Foundation | $50K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MI | |
| L Leo Catholic High School | $50K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Erikson Institute
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$50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| A Accellerate Institute | $50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T The Bouniconti Fund | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Chicago History Museum | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S St Patrick Church | $21K | 21 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Marine Corps Scholarship Fund | $20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$15K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | PA | |
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$12K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| M Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| J Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| O Old Elm Scholarship Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| F First Presbyterian Church | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| H Hadley Institute for the Blind | $500 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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