Alphawood Foundation
Private foundation · Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3805338 · reported 2023–2025
353grants reported
$30Kmedian award
$20Klower quartile
$2,500smallest grant
$24.7Mtotal paid
19states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 6 of its 353 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $274K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Illinois Institute OF Technology College OF Architecture PUBLICATION SUPPORT FOR THE LIFE & WORK OF A CITY BUILDER, SUPPORT FOR LEVEL II ARBORETUM | Chicago, IL | $2,085,000 |
| Howard Brown Health Center GENERAL OPERATIONS, CAPITAL GRANT IN SUPPORT OF HALSTED CLINIC | Chicago, IL | $1,075,000 |
| Soas (school OF Oriental and African Studies) POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ASIAN ART AND SCHOLARSHIPS | London | $888,164 |
| Soas (school OF Oriental and African Studies) POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ASIAN ART AND SCHOLARSHIPS | — | $732,580 |
| Trustees OF the University OF Pennsylvania JAMES D. MCDONOUGH FELLOWSHIP IN QUEER ART HISTORY | Philadelphia, PA | $522,122 |
| National Public Housing Museum CAPITAL SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC HOUSING MUSEUM | Chicago, IL | $500,000 |
| Trustees OF the University OF Pennsylvania SUPPORT OF SCHOLAR AT RISK PROGRAM, JAMES D. MCDONOUGH FELLOWSHIP IN QUEER ART HISTORY | Philadelphia, PA | $431,517 |
| Nijc Nfp | Chicago, IL | $400,000 |
| Trustees OF the University OF Pennsylvania SUPPORT FOR JAMES D. MCDONOUGH FELLOWSHIP IN QUEER ART HISTORY | Philadelphia, PA | $366,953 |
| Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund - Midwest Region GENERAL OPERATIONS FOR MIDWEST REGIONAL OFFICE, SUPPORT FOR SENIOR ATTORNEY POSITION AT MIDWEST REGI | Chicago, IL | $325,000 |
| Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund - Midwest Region GENERAL OPERATIONS FOR MIDWEST REGIONAL OFFICE, SUPPORT FOR SENIOR ATTORNEY POSITION, MIDWEST REGION | Chicago, IL | $325,000 |
| University OF Chicago Institute OF Politics SUPPORT FOR STUDENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM | Chicago, IL | $300,000 |
| University OF Chicago Institute OF Politics INSTITUTE OF POLITICS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM | Chicago, IL | $300,000 |
| University OF Chicago Institute OF Politics INTERN PROGRAM SUPPORT | Chicago, IL | $300,000 |
| Nijc Nfp | Chicago, IL | $275,200 |
| AIDS Foundation OF Chicago | Chicago, IL | $275,000 |
| AIDS Foundation OF Chicago | Chicago, IL | $250,000 |
| Joffrey Ballet | Chicago, IL | $250,000 |
| AIDS Foundation OF Chicago | Chicago, IL | $250,000 |
| Joffrey Ballet | Chicago, IL | $250,000 |
| Grow Greater Englewood SUPPORT FOR GROW PARK CAMPUS | Chicago, IL | $250,000 |
| Joffrey Ballet | Chicago, IL | $250,000 |
| Auditorium Theatre OF Roosevelt University INC SUPPORT FOR CLOUD GATE DANCE THEATRE OF TAIWAN PERFORMANCE | Chicago, IL | $246,778 |
| Legal Aid Chicago | Chicago, IL | $200,000 |
| Legal Aid Chicago | Chicago, IL | $200,000 |
| Planned Parenthood OF Illinois | Chicago, IL | $175,000 |
| Four Freedoms Park Conservancy INC PUBLICATION SUPPORT FOR LOUIS KAHN MEMORIAL TO FDR, GRANT IN HONOR OF JAMES MCDONOUGH, GENERAL OPERA | New York, NY | $155,000 |
| Unity Temple Restoration Foundation SUPPORT FOR ORGANZIATIONAL ACTIVITIES | Oak Park, IL | $153,795 |
| Legal Aid Chicago | Chicago, IL | $150,000 |
| Planned Parenthood OF Illinois GENERAL OPERATING FOR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES | Detroit, MI | $150,000 |
| Planned Parenthood OF Illinois | Chicago, IL | $150,000 |
| Rainbow Railroad LGBTQ+ AFGHAN REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT | New York, NY | $150,000 |
| Landmarks Illinois | Chicago, IL | $140,000 |
| Landmarks Illinois | Chicago, IL | $140,000 |
| Preservation Chicago GENERAL OPERATIONS, THE REUSE AND REVISIONING OF ADLER & SULLIVAN'S KAM TEMPLE/PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURC | Chicago, IL | $135,000 |
| Friends OF the Parks | Chicago, IL | $130,000 |
| Invisible Institute GENERAL OPERATING FOR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES | Chicago, IL | $125,000 |
| Invisible Institute | Chicago, IL | $125,000 |
| Center ON Halsted | Chicago, IL | $125,000 |
| Invisible Institute | Chicago, IL | $125,000 |
| National Immigrant Justice Center GENERAL OPERATING FOR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES | Chicago, IL | $120,000 |
| Administrators OF the Tulane Education Fund SUPPORT FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND FIELDWORK OF DR. MARCELLO CANUTO AND DR. FRANCISCO ESTRADA-B | New Orleans, LA | $112,160 |
| Spaces EVERLASTING PLASTICS EXHBITION AT THE U.S. PAVILION AT VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE | Cleveland, OH | $100,000 |
| The Gerald Arpino Foundation CHICAGO CENTENNIAL | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| National Redistricting Foundation | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| Puerto Rican Arts Alliance | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Landmarks Illinois | Chicago, IL | $90,000 |
| Intuit the Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art GENERAL OPERATIONS, SUPPORT FOR RENOVATION; IN HONOR OF CLEO WILSON | Chicago, IL | $85,000 |
| Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights | Chicago, IL | $80,000 |
| Sinai Health System SUPPORT FOR SINAI INFECTIOUS DISEASE CENTER (SIDC) | Chicago, IL | $80,000 |
| Albany Park Theater Project SUPPORT FOR PORT OF ENTRY PROJECT | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
| Center ON Halsted | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
| Center ON Halsted | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
| Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
| Howard Brown Health Center | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
| Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund - Midwest Region GENERAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT FOR MIDWEST REGIONAL OFFICE | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
| Texas Tech University RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR CHAN CHICH ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT, BELIZE (CCAP), DR. BRETT HOUK | Lubbock, TX | $75,000 |
| United Way OF Northwest Indiana | Valparaiso, IN | $75,000 |
| Unity Temple Restoration Foundation | Oak Park, IL | $75,000 |
| University OF New Mexico Foundation RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR BLADEN PALEOINDIAN AND ARCHAIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT/BPAAP, BLADEN NATURE RESE | Albuquerque, NM | $75,000 |
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