Who funds The Ark?
Chicago, Illinois · EIN 23-7164967 · NTEE P280 · 501(c)(3)
124 private foundations paid The Ark 253 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $5.6M in all. Its IRS activity code (NTEE P280) places it in human services.
All years on file, including returns before 2022.
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Foundations that funded it
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Largest grants since 2022
Largest first. The purpose is what the foundation wrote on its return, for the tax year shown.
- Circle of Service Foundation · 2024 - Jewish community$300,000
- Taxman Family Foundation · 2024 - Charitable$250,000
- The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · 2023 - To support the renovation and expansion of the arks main facility, which will create a larger food distribution center, improved behavioral…$250,000
- Bernard Heerey Family Foundation · 2024 - Assistance to the elderly$240,000
- Supera Family Foundation · 2023 - To support local housing solutions$204,430
- Supera Family Foundation · 2024 - To support local housing solutions$200,929
- Bernard Heerey Family Foundation · 2023 - Assistance to the elderly$200,000
- Walder Family Foundation · 2023 - Capital Support$180,000
- Sheldon L and Pearl R Leibowitz- Lew Leibowitz Legacy Foundation · 2025 - Unrestricted for general use of charity.$160,000
- Sheldon L and Pearl R Leibowitz- Lew Leibowitz Legacy Foundation · 2024 - Unrestricted for general use of charity.$150,000
- The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · 2024 - To support the general operations of this organization, which provides a range of services, including employment, housing, health care,…$150,000
- The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · 2023 - To support the general operations of this organization, which provides a range of comprehensive services, including housing and health…$150,000
- Peggy and Steve Fossett Foundation · 2025 - General purpose$141,000
- Sheldon L and Pearl R Leibowitz- Lew Leibowitz Legacy Foundation · 2023 - Unrestricted for general use of charity.$141,000
- Peggy and Steve Fossett Foundation · 2024 - General purpose$138,100
- Peggy and Steve Fossett Foundation · 2023 - General purpose$121,195
- Anna M Hewitt Tr · 2025 - General support$118,934
- Supera Family Foundation · 2022 - To support local housing solutions$102,805
- Kehe Cares Foundation Inc · 2023 - Community development$101,849
- Circle of Service Foundation · 2023 - Jewish community$100,000
- Senser Foundation · 2023 - Human services$90,000
- Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation · 2025 - Unrestricted general support$75,000
- Kehe Cares Foundation Inc · 2024 - Community development$65,000
- Anna M Hewitt Tr · 2022 - General$57,299
- Anna M Hewitt Tr · 2023 - General$56,142
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Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.
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- Chicago Symphony OrchestraChicago, IL · 18 shared funders
- Rush University Medical CenterChicago, IL · 16 shared funders
- Northern Illinois Food BankGeneva, IL · 17 shared funders
- Lyric Opera of ChicagoChicago, IL · 14 shared funders
- Depaul UniversityChicago, IL · 14 shared funders
By tax year of the funder's return
| Year | Grants | Foundations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | 44 | $833K |
| 2024 | 98 | 97 | $2.3M |
| 2023 | 99 | 94 | $2.3M |
| 2022 | 12 | 11 | $263K |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | $147K |
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How this page is made
Each grant comes from a foundation's IRS Form 990-PF and was linked to this EIN only when this was the single organization in the IRS Business Master File with that name in that state. Grants written under a different spelling, or where several organizations share the name, are not counted here, so the real totals can be higher. Government grants and gifts from individuals do not appear on these returns.
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 23-7164967
- IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)
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