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Who funds The Art Institute of Chicago?

The Art Institute of Chicago has received $136 million across 1,526 grants from 535 funders between 2019 and 2025. Its largest funder is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.

Total received
$136.2M
Funders
535
Grants
1,526
Years
2019–2025

Funders of this organization

Each funder's grants to this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 535 funders
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Funder Total givenGrantsYearsLatest Follow
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund $26.8M72019–20242024
National Philanthropic Trust $11.6M62019–20242024
Cy Twombly Foundation $11.6M32022–20242024
R Robert Allerton Trust Under Will Dated April 15 1964 $7.8M52020–20242024
J John D and Alexandra C Nichols Family Foundation $7.8M62020–20242024
The Chicago Community Trust $7.5M62019–20232023
Helen Frankenthaler Foundation INC $4.6M120232023
Leonian Charitable Trust $3.4M32021–20232023
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $3.3M52020–20242024
I Impactassetsinc $2.5M42020–20232023 —
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INC $2.4M62019–20242024
N Nancy a Lauter and Alfred L McDougal Charitable Fund $2.3M42020–20232023
B Bloomberg Family Foundation INC $2.0M42021–20242024
R Robert and Penelope Steiner Family Foundation $1.5M32022–20242024
J John & Mary Manley Foundation $1.2M22024–20252025
J James & Madeleine McMullan Family Foundation $1.2M32020–20242024
P Pepper Family Foundation $1.1M32022–20242024
R Roy and Irene Rettinger Foundation $1.1M52020–20242024
T The Jaharis Family Foundation INC $1.0M120192019
S Salgo Trust for Education $1.0M120222022
S Sacks Family Foundation C/O Michael Sacks $880K52020–20242024
D Daniel D Van Degrift Charitable Trust 31-22033-8 $872K52020–20242024
J Jane Wilson and David Mayhew Stone Charitable Trust $785K42021–20242024
G Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management INC $768K52020–20242024
T The Jaharis Family Foundation $750K120242024
Fidelity Foundation $750K120232023
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago $738K62019–20242024
C Chauncey and Marion Deering McCormick Foundation $718K62019–20242024
R Robert Allerton Tr FBO Art Institute of Chicago R63636006 $649K52020–20242024
The Antiquarian Society $635K22020–20232023
K Krehbiel Family Foundation $622K82020–20232023
J J Christopher and Anne N Reyesfoundation $575K52020–20242024
A Arthur D Collins JR Foundation C/O Robert T Napier Harrison LLP $524K42020–20232023
B Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation $510K22020–20212021
Caerus Foundation INC $500K22023–20242024
M Maclean Foundation $500K120222022
Terra Foundation for American Art $478K142019–20232023
The Council for Canadian American Relations INC $472K52021–20252025
Leroy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation INC $459K320232023
T The Schiff Foundation Incorporated $450K42020–20232023
John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (consolidated) $418K72020–20242024
R Robert Allerton Tr Xxxxx6006 $408K52020–20242024
P Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust $408K42020–20232023
The Brinson Foundation $402K52020–20242024
M Mansueto Foundation $400K32020–20232023
R Robert M Levy and Diane Vs Levy Family Foundation C/O Robert Levy $400K22020–20212021
Bank of America Charitable Foundation INC $376K102020–20232023
American Endowment Foundation $361K52020–20242024
N Ncrc Community Development Fund INC $350K220232023
W Weston Family Foundation $350K42020–20232023
M Medlock Mary L Xxxxx0005 $347K52020–20242024
S Shure Charitable Tr Created Uw of Sidney N Shure $335K52019–20232023
B Butler Family Foundation $327K42021–20242024
Saul Steinberg Foundation $327K32022–20242024
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial $320K112020–20242024
W Warwick Foundation $310K52020–20242024
E Eleanor Foster Foundation $304K62019–20242024
H Hf Foundation INC $300K22020–20212021
Fulk Family Foundation INC $300K320192019
K Karl O & Helen W Knaths Tr 5730055070 $300K52020–20242024
T The Ayco Charitable Foundation $297K62019–20252025
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $275K22020–20222022
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust INC $275K92020–20242024
J John R Halligan Charitable Fund $270K52020–20242024
B Barbara Bluhm-Kaul Foundation (f/K/A Mayfair Foundation) $254K112020–20242024
F Franke Family Charitable Foundation $245K102019–20232023
W Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation $232K62019–20242024
T The Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Family Foundation $225K22023–20242024
K Kohler Foundation INC $221K52021–20232023
Northwestern University $220K42019–20232023
Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation $220K92020–20212021
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC $215K120202020
H Helen W Knaths & Agnes Weinrich Tr 5730054070 $208K52020–20242024
E Ellsworth Kelly Foundation INC $200K22020–20232023
Central Indiana Community Foundation INC $195K42020–20232023
V Vitale Family Foundation INC $192K82020–20242024
A Alex Katz Foundation INC $191K220202020
H Hearn Family Foundation $187K22023–20242024
G Gertrude & Walter Swanson JR Foundation $184K52020–20242024
The Joyce Foundation $178K32020–20222022
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts INC $175K22019–20202020
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund $172K52019–20242024
Grand Rapids Community Foundation $161K32020–20232023
B Bucksbaum Family Foundation $160K32019–20222022
G Gary and Denise Gardner Family Foundation $160K32022–20242024
Lannan Foundation $158K220242024
Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation $150K32021–20232023
Cfda Foundation INC $150K52020–20232023
Lloyd a Fry Foundation $142K152019–20232023
J John H Hart Foundation $135K52020–20242024
R Rosenson Family Foundation $126K120222022
T The Regenstein Foundation $125K52020–20242024
K Kay Torshen Foundation $125K32020–20222022
Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation $125K120212021
D Declaration of Tr Establishing the Weston Foundation $122K22022–20242024
B Burt Family Foundation Dtd 050997 $122K52020–20242024
American Council of Learned Societies $122K22023–20242024
H Hulda B and Maurice L Rothschild Foundation $122K52020–20242024
M Marshall B Front Family Charitable Foundation C/O M Front/Mesirow Co $122K32022–20242024
S Sinha Kikeri Foundation $120K42020–20232023

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