Who funds Greater Chicago Food Depository?

Chicago, Illinois · EIN 36-2971864 · NTEE K31Z · 501(c)(3)

465 private foundations paid Greater Chicago Food Depository 968 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $23.4M in all. Its IRS activity code (NTEE K31Z) places it in food assistance.

All years on file, including returns before 2022.

Foundations that funded it

The 200 largest by total, of 468 on file.

Largest grants since 2022

Largest first. The purpose is what the foundation wrote on its return, for the tax year shown.

• Tawani Charitable Distribution Fund · 2023 - General support$1,024,000
• Cushing Family Foundation · 2025 - General purposes$1,000,000
• The Duchossois Family Foundation · 2024 - Covid-19 response gift$1,000,000
• The Duchossois Family Foundation · 2023 - Covid-19 response gift$1,000,000
• Mansueto Foundation · 2023 - General support$650,017
• George and Cindy Rusu Family Foundation · 2024 - Support their mission$500,000
• The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · 2024 - To support the construction of a facility that will allow this food bank to increase the production of healthy ready-to-eat meals.$500,000
• The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · 2023 - To support the construction of a 40,000 square foot prepared meal facility, which will allow this food bank to produce 100,000 healthy…$500,000
• The Simon Family Foundation · 2025 - To further the exempt purpose of the organization$400,000
• The Simon Family Foundation · 2024 - To further the exempt purpose of the organization$400,000
• The Otho Sa Sprague Memorial Institute · 2025 - Program support$300,000
• The Simon Family Foundation · 2023 - Exempt purpose of organization$300,000
• Fulk Family Foundation Inc · 2022 - General support$300,000
• Builders Vision Foundation · 2023 - To support the creation of the Benefits Outreach Center of Expertise$261,414
• The Otho Sa Sprague Memorial Institute · 2023 - Program support$250,500
• A G Cox Charity Trust · 2025 - General$250,000
• Circle of Service Foundation · 2024 - Community services$250,000
• Polk Bros Foundation Inc · 2024 - Special Projects$250,000
• Donnini-Rudolph Family Foundation · 2023 - Best use$250,000
• Polk Bros Foundation Inc · 2023 - Special Projects$250,000
• Polk Bros Foundation Inc · 2022 - Special Projects$250,000
• Pritzker Family Foundation · 2024 - Research and education on family economic stability$200,000
• The Kraft Heinz Company Foundation · 2024 - Support general operations$200,000
• Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation · 2024 - Activities of the organization to which money was donated$200,000
• The Kraft Heinz Company Foundation · 2023 - Support general operations$200,000

Organizations the same foundations fund

Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.

• Paws ChicagoChicago, IL · 84 shared funders
• Northern Illinois Food BankGeneva, IL · 71 shared funders
• The Night MinistryChicago, IL · 64 shared funders
• Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL · 78 shared funders
• Chicago Symphony OrchestraChicago, IL · 54 shared funders
• The ArkChicago, IL · 47 shared funders
• Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL · 83 shared funders
• University of ChicagoChicago, IL · 74 shared funders

By tax year of the funder's return

More funders nearby

• Food Assistance grants in Illinois
• All foundation grants in Illinois

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 36-2971864
• IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)

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