Perkins Hunter Foundation
Private foundation · Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3486609 · reported 2023–2025
108grants reported
$10Kmedian award
$5,000lower quartile
$500smallest grant
$2.3Mtotal paid
10states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 3 of its 108 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $41K 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.
Where to write
20 N Clark St Ste 3000
Chicago, IL 60602-5094
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tipping Point Community GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $200,000 |
| Tipping Point Community GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $125,000 |
| San Francisco University High Schoo GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $125,000 |
| Tipping Point Community GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $125,000 |
| Freedom Forward GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $75,000 |
| Remake GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $75,000 |
| LA Luz Bilingual Center GENERAL USE | Sonoma, CA | $65,000 |
| San Francisco University High Schoo GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $65,000 |
| San Francisco Educational Fund GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 |
| San Francisco Educational Fund GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $50,100 |
| Voteorg GENERAL USE | Oakland, CA | $50,000 |
| Technoserve GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $40,000 |
| KQED Northern CA Public Radio GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 |
| Population Media Center GENERAL USE | Shelburne, VT | $35,000 |
| Teach for America-Bay Area GENERAL USE | Los Angeles, CA | $35,000 |
| Tides Foundation GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 |
| Ucsf Foundation GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 |
| San Francisco General Hospital GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 |
| Battery Foundation GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 |
| Believe in SF Action General Use | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 |
| Tides Foundation GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 |
| Care Message GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 |
| Turnout Activism GENERAL USE | Cambridge, MA | $25,000 |
| Remake GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 |
| Greenlight Fund General Use | Boston, MA | $25,000 |
| Accountability Counsel General Use | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 |
| Bay Educational Fund General Use | Oakland, CA | $25,000 |
| Media Matters for America General Use | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
| Muso General Use | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 |
| Cultivar Sausalito Restaurant General Use | Sausalito, CA | $25,000 |
| Emerge Global General Use | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 |
| National Council of Jewish Women General Use | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 |
| Greenlight Fund GENERAL USE | Boston, MA | $25,000 |
| Teach for America-Bay Area GENERAL USE | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 |
| Care Message GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 |
| Engenderhealth GENERAL USE | New York, NY | $20,000 |
| Philanthropy Workshop West GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 |
| Thacher School GENERAL USE | Ojai, CA | $20,000 |
| Greenbelt Alliance GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 |
| Battery Foundation GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 |
| LA Luz Bilingual Center GENERAL USE | Sonoma, CA | $20,000 |
| Vote Latino GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $20,000 |
| Feel Good Action GENERAL USE | Seattle, WA | $15,000 |
| San Francisco Symphony GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 |
| Hopewell Fund GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $15,000 |
| Forward Global General Use | Washington, DC | $12,000 |
| Ucsf Foundation GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 |
| World Monuments Fund GENERAL USE | NY, NY | $10,000 |
| Sonoma Valley Education Fdtn GENERAL USE | Sonoma, CA | $10,000 |
| Hopewell Fund GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| Safe and Sound GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 |
| Greenlight America GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| All May See Foundation General Use | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 |
| Basic Fund General Use | Oakland, CA | $10,000 |
| Compassion Choices General Use | Portland, OR | $10,000 |
| Connected SF General Use | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 |
| Democracy Forward Foundation General Use | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 |
| Lawyers Defending American Homjeown General Use | Boston, MA | $10,000 |
| Wilkes Bashford Helping Hands Emerg General Use | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 |
| Meto General Use | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 108 reported grants.
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