Origami Works Foundation
Private foundation · Chicago, IL · EIN 83-2251188 · reported 2023–2025
69grants reported
$10Kmedian award
$5,000lower quartile
$50smallest grant
$647Ktotal paid
6states reached
3years giving
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.
Where to write
Co Impact House 200 W Madison 3RD
Chicago, IL 60606-0000
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Skills for Chicagoland's Future Support for (2)First Gen Interns | Chicago, IL | $17,500 |
| Chicago Cares Support for (2)First Gen Interns | Chicago, IL | $17,500 |
| Girls in the Game Support for (2)First Gen Interns | Chicago, IL | $17,500 |
| Vocel First Generation College Student Summer Internship | Chicago, IL | $16,600 |
| Audubon Great Lakes First Generation College Student Summer Internship | Chicago, IL | $16,600 |
| Jobs for the Future First Generation College Student Summer Internship | Boston, MA | $16,600 |
| Current First Generation College Student Summer Internship | Chicago, IL | $16,600 |
| Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy First Generation College Student Summer Internship | Chicago, IL | $16,600 |
| Kids First Chicago for Education Intern Expenses | Chicago, IL | $16,600 |
| Alternatives Inc Intern Expenses | Chicago, IL | $16,600 |
| Claretian Associates Intern Expenses | Chicago, IL | $16,600 |
| Utmostu Intern Expenses | Chicago, IL | $16,600 |
| Vocel Intern Expenses | Chicago, IL | $16,600 |
| Center for Changing Lives Intern Expenses | Chicago, IL | $16,600 |
| Vocel Support for (2) First Gen Interns | Chicago, IL | $15,950 |
| Braven Incorporated | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Bottom Line | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Cara Collective | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| New Moms | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Chicago Jobs Council | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Genesys Works | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Embarc | Carol Stream, IL | $15,000 |
| Music Box Foundation Support for (2)First Gen Interns | Chicago, IL | $12,625 |
| Link Unlimited Scholars First Generation College Student Summer Internship | Chicago, IL | $12,600 |
| Cara Collective | Chicago, IL | $12,500 |
| Utmostu Support for (2) First Gen Interns | Chicago, IL | $11,375 |
| New Moms | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Genesys Works | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Propath Fund ProPath Fund | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Manufacturing Renaissance | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Build Chicago | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| North Lawndale Employment Network | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Women in Trucking Foundation | Middleton, WI | $10,000 |
| Chicago Commons | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Skills for Chicagoland's Future Intern Expenses | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Scalelit | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Propath Fund ProPath Fund | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Allies for Community Business | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Chicago Jobs Council | Chicago, IL | $8,250 |
| Skills for Chicagoland's Future | Chicago, IL | $6,000 |
| Chicago Jobs Council Support 44th Annual Meeting | Chicago, IL | $6,000 |
| Braven Incorporated | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Bottom Line | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Cwfa Workforce Symposium | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Scalelit | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Allies for Community Business | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Code Platoon | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Christopher House Chicago | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Chicago Community Trust To Support ProPath | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Braven Incorporated | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Bottom Line | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Alternatives Inc | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Cara Collective | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Women Employed | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| New Moms | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Safer Foundation | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Safer Foundation | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Cwfa Workforce Symposium | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Polished Pebbles | Chicago, IL | $2,500 |
| Urban Farm Education Growing Hope | Ypsilanti, MI | $2,000 |
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