Who funds Chicago Symphony Orchestra?
Chicago, Illinois · EIN 36-2167823 · NTEE A690 · 501(c)(3)
154 private foundations paid Chicago Symphony Orchestra 358 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $35.4M in all. Its IRS activity code (NTEE A690) places it in arts & culture.
All years on file, including returns before 2022.
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Foundations that funded it
Largest total first.
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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.
- Zell Family Foundation · 2024 - General support$8,300,000
- The Negaunee Foundation · 2023 - Restricted use$6,750,000
- Zell Family Foundation · 2024 - General support$1,340,000
- Zell Family Foundation · 2023 - 2023 season gift$1,307,000
- Nancy a Lauter and Alfred L Mcdougal Charitable Fund · 2023 - General$1,282,287
- The Negaunee Foundation · 2023 - Unrestricted use$1,150,000
- Tawani Charitable Distribution Fund · 2024 - General support$1,145,000
- Zell Family Foundation · 2023 - Sempre always campaign$1,000,000
- Julian Family Foundation · 2024 - General purposes$985,000
- Julian Family Foundation · 2025 - General purposes$935,000
- Zell Family Foundation · 2023 - Cello gift$800,000
- Julian Family Foundation · 2023 - General purposes$684,500
- Fulk Family Foundation Inc · 2022 - General support$500,000
- The Negaunee Foundation · 2024 - Unrestricted use$400,000
- Lakonishok Foundation · 2024 - Arts$375,000
- Lakonishok Foundation · 2023 - Arts$372,230
- Sidney a Kohl Fam Foundation Tr · 2024 - Charitable$300,000
- Beatrice B Tinsley Perpetual Charitable Trust · 2025 - General support$295,865
- Tawani Charitable Distribution Fund · 2023 - General support$295,000
- Beatrice B Tinsley Perpetual Charitable Trust · 2024 - General support$280,721
- Beatrice B Tinsley Perpetual Charitable Trust · 2023 - General$261,025
- Sidney a Kohl Fam Foundation Tr · 2023 - Charitable$256,500
- Dean L & Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation · 2023 - Operating Needs$250,000
- Frankel Julius N Foundation · 2024 - Program support$175,000
- Frankel Julius N Foundation · 2023 - Program support$175,000
Organizations the same foundations fund
Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.
- Lyric Opera of ChicagoChicago, IL · 56 shared funders
- Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL · 75 shared funders
- The Night MinistryChicago, IL · 32 shared funders
- Greater Chicago Food DepositoryChicago, IL · 54 shared funders
- Rush University Medical CenterChicago, IL · 24 shared funders
- Paws ChicagoChicago, IL · 26 shared funders
- Big Shoulders FundChicago, IL · 20 shared funders
- The ArkChicago, IL · 18 shared funders
By tax year of the funder's return
| Year | Grants | Foundations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | 66 | $2.2M |
| 2024 | 121 | 113 | $15.6M |
| 2023 | 152 | 130 | $16.7M |
| 2022 | 19 | 15 | $912K |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | $90K |
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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 36-2167823
- IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)
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