STEM grants for nonprofits in Illinois
144 private foundations reported 260 stem grants to organizations in Illinois on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $29.8M in all. 53 of them are based in Illinois.
Foundations144
Grants on record260
Total granted$29.8M
Their typical grant$15,000
Foundations that fund stem in Illinois
20 of the 144: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of stem grants to Illinois organizations on their latest return. Each shows its largest such grants.
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Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023- Team Watters Sonar Search & Recovery Inc, Moro - General support$576
- Lumity, Chicago - General support$174
- American Ornithological Society, Chicago - General support$148
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Gave $350M in 2024
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Los Altos, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Institute of Food Technologists, Chicago - Environment and Science$600,000
- University of Chicago, Chicago - Environment and Science$588,859
- Northwestern University, Evanston - Environment and Science$175,000
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Gave $8.9M in 2024
Dr Scholl Foundation
Northbrook, IL · latest return: tax year 2024- Chicago Horticultural Society - Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe - Science education program for youth from underrepresented backgrounds$50,000
- St Juliana School, Chicago - New science textbooks$25,000
- Madonna Mission, Northfield - Summer STEM learning program for refugee children$20,000
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Gave $89M in 2024
Alfred P Sloan Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Northwestern University, Evanston - To consolidate, coordinate, and communicate work in the emerging field of science of science and support…$249,966
- Northwestern University, Evanston - Alfred P. sloan research fellowship for ananth shankar in mathematics$75,000
- The University of Chicago, Chicago - Alfred P. sloan research fellowship for sunyoung park in earth system science$75,000
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The Simons Foundation Inc
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Northwestern University, Chicago - National institute for theory and mathematics in biology$4,125,000
- University of Chicago, Chicago - Simons investigator in mathematics$192,000
- University of Chicago, Chicago - Simons investigator in mathematics$192,000
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Gave $156.2M in 2024
Fidelity Foundation
Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024- National Louis University, Chicago - Technology & equipment$500,000
- Youth Guidance, Chicago - Technology & equipment$380,000
- One Million Degrees, Chicago - Technology & equipment$350,000
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The Heising-Simons Foundation
Los Altos, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- University of Chicago, Chicago - For the development of skipper technology$359,140
- Erikson Institute, Chicago - For racial justice in early math$350,000
- University of Chicago, Chicago - For the development of skipper technology$177,611
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Gave $116.6M in 2024
M J Murdock Charitable Trust
Vancouver, WA · latest return: tax year 2024- Opportunity International Inc, Chicago - New technology$138,500
- Awana Clubs International, St Charles - New technology$100,000
- Opportunity International Inc, Chicago - Technology expansion$42,500
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Gave $9.3M in 2024
Lloyd a Fry Foundation
Chicago, IL · latest return: tax year 2024- Target Hope, Matteson - For the STEM initiative/saturday academy$50,000
- Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe - For the science first and college first programs$30,000
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Gave $8.5M in 2024
The Brinson Foundation
Chicago, IL · latest return: tax year 2024- After School Matters, Chicago - STEM out-of-school time programming and pdta$33,000
- Chicago Council on Science and Technology, Chicago - Science communication internship program and pdta$33,000
- Arcs Foundation Inc Illinois Chapter, Kenilworth - Graduate student STEM research scholarships$22,500
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Gave $38M in 2024
The Allstate Foundation
Northbrook, IL · latest return: tax year 2024- Lumity, Chicago - 2024 racial equity go grant$25,000
- Lumity, Chicago - 2024 pro bono project grant$5,000
- Lumity, Chicago - Employee helping hands$500
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John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation
Chicago, IL · latest return: tax year 2024- Northwestern University, Evanston - In support of its center for neighborhood engaged research & science (corners) to establish a community of…$300,000
- The Roger Baldwin Foundation of Aclu Inc, Chicago - In support of its privacy, technology and surveillance work$200,000
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Gave $622.6M in 2024
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, NJ · latest return: tax year 2024- National Opinion Research Center (Norc), Chicago - Mapping the health science knowledge system and developing a logic model in rel's strategy to transform…$179,820
- Technology Association of Grantmakers, Chicago - General operating support for the technology association of grantmakers, 2023-2026$75,000
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Walder Family Foundation
Wilmington, DE · latest return: tax year 2024- Northwestern University, Evanston - A Chicago Biomedical Consortium Hub of Innovative Technologies for Entrepreneurship and Science (CBC-HITES)$100,000
- THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES - THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIs, Urbana - Wings over the Windy City: science, outreach, and action to protect Chicago's migratory birds$100,000
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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc
Owings Mills, MD · latest return: tax year 2024- Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation, Chicago - To support the general operations of this organization, which provides job-training and placement services…$125,000
- Aspiritech NFP, Highland Park - To support aspiritech academy, a job-training program that helps people on the autism spectrum find careers…$50,000
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Alumbra Innovations Foundation
Bentonville, AR · latest return: tax year 2024- Academy for Global Citizenship Charter School, Chicago - to support the initiative to empower underserved youth in Chicago's west and southside neighborhoods to…$100,000
- Project Exploration, Chicago - to support the initiative to empower underserved youth in Chicago's west and southside neighborhoods to…$50,000
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Baxter International Foundation
Deerfield, IL · latest return: tax year 2024- St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis - 2023-24 sy baxter STEM challenge + showcase sponsorship$550
- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Illinois Chapter, Rye Brook - 2023-24 sy lindblom STEM enrichment & educational support$100
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Howley Foundation Ua
Cleveland, OH · latest return: tax year 2024- Cristo Rey Network, Chicago - Literacy, leaders and math education programs, project waitlist, office admin, scholarships$1,653,800
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Valhalla Foundation
Woodside, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- The University of Chicago, Chicago - Data science education field-building initiatives$1,455,000
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Gave $6.3B in 2024
Gates Foundation
Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2024- Northwestern University, Chicago - Create novel technology platform capabilities$1,402,228
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Organizations several of these foundations fund
Illinois organizations that received stem grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.
| Organization | Funders | Grants total |
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| Northwestern University Evanston | 7 | $7,018,194 |
| University of Chicago Chicago | 5 | $3,672,110 |
| Lumity Chicago | 2 | $30,674 |
How to use this list
A foundation is listed because its own latest tax return itemizes grants to organizations in Illinois that we classify as stem, by the purpose the foundation wrote or by the recipient's IRS activity code. Their typical grant is the middle of the funders' own typical grants across everything they fund. Start with funders whose typical grant is close to what you need and whose past recipients look like your organization, then open the profile for all of its grants and any application instructions.
Of these 144 foundations, 58 describe how to apply on their latest return; many others give only to organizations they already know. A badge such as Gave $1.2M in 2024 repeats what the latest return reports; it does not mean the foundation is accepting proposals now.
Facts on this page come from the foundation's own IRS Form 990-PF filings as published by the IRS. Grantvello does not know whether a foundation is accepting proposals right now: a past grant is not an open opportunity. Always confirm current guidelines with the funder before applying.