Field Foundation of Illinois Inc

Historical Funder

Chicago, Illinois · EIN 36-6059408 · Private foundation · Website

Grants paid (2024)$10.8M

Organizations funded298

Typical grant$25,000

Total assets$63M

Half of its grants to organizations were between $15,000 and $27,000.

From the return

How to apply

The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):

Contact	MARK MURRAY
Address	200 W MADISON, CHICAGO IL 60606
Phone	3128310910
Form and materials	HTTPS://WWW.GRANTINTERFACE.COM/HOME/LOGON?URLKEY=FIELDFOUNDATION
Deadlines	HTTPS://FIELDFOUNDATION.ORG/HOW-TO-APPLY/SUBMISSION-PROCESS/
Restrictions	HTTPS://FIELDFOUNDATION.ORG/GENERALGUIDELINES/

Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.

What it funds

Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.

Arts & Culture98
Education19
Human Services18
Children & Youth13
Community Development8
Mental Health3

Where it gives

2% of grants went outside Illinois.

Grants paid in tax year 2024

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
YWCA Northwestern Illinois	Rockford, IL	Project - funding for a specific project or program	$1,156,480
United Way of Champaign County	Savoy, IL	Project - funding for a specific project or program	$556,440
Sicf Southern Illinois Community Foundation	Marion, IL	Project - funding for a specific project or program	$430,444
United Way of Central Illinois	Springfield, IL	Project - funding for a specific project or program	$346,135
Half Step	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$200,000
Alt Space Chicago	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$100,000
True Star Foundation	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$100,000
Enrich Chicago	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$100,000
Uprising Theater	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$100,000
The Chicago Community Foundation	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$100,000
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian	Evanston, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$75,000
Prison Neighborhood Arts Project	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$75,000
Chicago Artists Coalition	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$75,000
D-Composed Gives	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$75,000
Definition Theatre Company	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$75,000
Alternative Newsweekly Foundation	Washington, IL	Capacity - funding to increase to the organization's capabilities or effectiveness	$75,000
Investigative Project on Race and Equity	Chicago, IL	Capacity - funding to increase to the organization's capabilities or effectiveness	$75,000
South Side Weekly NFP	Chicago, IL	Capacity - funding to increase to the organization's capabilities or effectiveness	$75,000
Borderless Magazine NFP	Chicago, IL	Capacity - funding to increase to the organization's capabilities or effectiveness	$75,000
Eta Creative Arts Foundation	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Floating Museum	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Joel Hall Dancers & Center	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Kuumba Lynx	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Muntu Dance Theatre	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Musical Arts Institute	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
South Side Community Art Center	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Firebird Community Arts	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Mezcla Media Collective	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
18Th Street Casa de Cultura	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
American Indian Center Inc	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Artists Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions Project	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Elastic Arts Foundation	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Green Star Movement NFP	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Muddy Waters Mojo Museum	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Community Foundation for the Land of Lincolnpress Forward	Springfield, IL	Project - funding for a specific project or program	$50,000
Independent Film Alliance	Chicago, IL	Capacity - funding to increase to the organization's capabilities or effectiveness for fiscally sponsored fertile ground factory LLC	$50,000
Organized Communities Against Deportations	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Allied Media Projects Fs for Airgo	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Americas Media Initiative NFP	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Chicago Access Corporation	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
City Bureau Fs for Cicero Independiente	Cicero, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
City Bureau NFP	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Equality Illinois	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Forefront	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Grantmakers in the Arts	New York, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
San Francisco Study Center Fs for Mindsite News	Oakland, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
National Association of Black Journalists	College Park, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Public Narrative	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Reader Institute for Community Journalism Inc	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Reparations Media NFP	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Shorefront Legacy Center	Evanston, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Shriver Center on Poverty Law	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
The Monroe Foundation	Hillside, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Woodstock Institute	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Youth for a Better Future	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Yr Media	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Tgi Movement	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$45,000
A Long Walk Home	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$45,000

Showing the 60 largest of 298 grants to organizations.

The return also lists 1 grant to individuals ($250,000). We do not publish the names of individual recipients.

Grants approved for future payment

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
Enrich Chicago	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$200,000
Uprising Theater	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$200,000
The Chicago Community Foundation	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$200,000
Chicago Artists Coalition	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$150,000
D-Composed Gives	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$150,000
Definition Theatre Company	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$150,000
Alt Space Chicago	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$100,000
True Star Foundation	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$100,000
Mezcla Media Collective	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$100,000
18Th Street Casa de Cultura	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$100,000
American Indian Center Inc	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$100,000
Artists Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions Project	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$100,000
Elastic Arts Foundation	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$100,000
Green Star Movement NFP	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$100,000
Muddy Waters Mojo Museum	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$100,000
A Long Walk Home	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$90,000
American Indian Association of Illinois	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$80,000
Haitian American Museum of Chicago	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$80,000
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian	Evanston, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$75,000
Muntu Dance Theatre	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$75,000
Prison Neighborhood Arts Project	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$75,000
Eta Creative Arts Foundation	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Floating Museum	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Joel Hall Dancers & Center	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Kuumba Lynx	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Musical Arts Institute	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
South Side Community Art Center	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Young Chicago Authors	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
826Chi Inc NFP	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Chicago Dancemakers Forum	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Hyde Park Jazz Festival	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Lawndale Pop-Up Spot	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
National Cambodian Heritage Museum & Killing Fields Memorial	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Open Center for the Arts	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Rome in a Day Productions Chicago	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Simple Good	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
The Wasteshed	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Independent Film Alliance	Chicago, IL	Capacity - funding to increase to the organization's capabilities or effectiveness for fiscally sponsored fertile ground factory LLC	$50,000
Stop (Me Not We)	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$50,000
Tgi Movement	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$45,000
Jazz Institute of Chicago	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$40,000
Kehrein Center for the Arts Foundation	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$40,000
Bandwith Chicago	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$25,000
Black Alphabet NFP	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$25,000
Chicago Art Department	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$25,000
Live the Spirit Residency	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$25,000
Mandala South Asian Performing Arts	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$25,000
Playmakers Laboratory Theatre	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$25,000
Praize Productions Inc NFP	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$25,000
Silk Road Rising	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$25,000
Teatro Vista Theater With a View	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$25,000
Water People Theater Group	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$25,000
Center for Native Futures	Chicago, IL	Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization	$25,000

Giving by year

Tax year	Grants paid	Grant lines
2024	$10,789,523	353
2023	$9,799,287	301
2022	$4,362,882	165

Sources

IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Mar 16, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202620759349101002
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 36-6059408
Profile updated Nov 4, 2026

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