Funders › IL › Alphawood Foundation › 2023
Grants paid by Alphawood Foundation, tax year 2023
EIN 36-3805338 · Chicago, IL · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T20
In tax year 2023, Alphawood Foundation (EIN 36-3805338) reported 123 grants paid totaling $6,228,131. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2023
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | National Public Housing Museum Chicago, IL | C | $500,000 | paid | CAPITAL SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC HOUSING MUSEUM | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | B | $366,953 | paid | SUPPORT FOR JAMES D. MCDONOUGH FELLOWSHIP IN QUEER ART HISTORY | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | University of Chicago Institute of Politics Chicago, IL | U | $300,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR STUDENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | AIDS Foundation of Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Joffrey Ballet Chicago, IL | B | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Inc Chicago, IL | B | $246,778 | paid | SUPPORT FOR CLOUD GATE DANCE THEATRE OF TAIWAN PERFORMANCE | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Legal Aid Chicago Chicago, IL | C | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Planned Parenthood of Illinois Detroit, MI | D | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING FOR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Invisible Institute Chicago, IL | B | $125,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING FOR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | National Immigrant Justice Center Chicago, IL | U | $120,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING FOR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Landmarks Illinois Chicago, IL | U | $90,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Unity Temple Restoration Foundation Oak Park, IL | B | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Chicago, IL | C | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | University of New Mexico Foundation Albuquerque, NM | B | $75,000 | paid | RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR BLADEN PALEOINDIAN AND ARCHAIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT/BPAAP, BLADEN NATURE RESERVE, BELIZE; DR. KEITH PRUFER | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Center On Halsted Chicago, IL | B | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | United Way of Northwest Indiana Valparaiso, IN | B | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Albany Park Theater Project Chicago, IL | B | $75,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR PORT OF ENTRY PROJECT | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Center On Halsted Chicago, IL | B | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX | U | $75,000 | paid | RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR CHAN CHICH ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT, BELIZE (CCAP), DR. BRETT HOUK | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Howard Brown Health Center Chicago, IL | C | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC | U | $75,000 | paid | RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR DR. BRENT WOODFILL IN THE SALINAS DE LOS NUEVE CERROS REGION (GUATEMALA AND MEXICO) | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund - Midwest Region Chicago, IL | U | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT FOR MIDWEST REGIONAL OFFICE | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Beyond Legal Aid Chicago, IL | B | $70,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Washington University in St Louis St Louis, MO | U | $63,797 | paid | RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR DR. MARY JANE ACUA, EL TINTAL, GUATEMALA | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Immigration Equality Brooklyn, NY | C | $60,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Four Freedoms Park Conservancy Inc New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center Chesterton, IN | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | University of Texas Foundation Inc Austin, TX | B | $50,000 | paid | RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR DR. M. KATHRYN BROWN / MOPAN VALLEY OF BELIZE | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Visceral Dance Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Preservation Chicago Chicago, IL | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Center for Tax and Budget Accountability Chicago, IL | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Administrators of the Tulane Education Fund New Orleans, LA | D | $50,000 | paid | RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR DR. FRANCISCO ESTRADA-BELLI IN HOLMUL, GUATEMALA | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | AIDS Foundation of Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $50,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR GETTING TO ZERO ILLINOIS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Legal Council for Health Justice Chicago, IL | B | $50,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL-LEGAL PARTNERSHIP WITH HOWARD BROWN HEALTH | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Glessner House Museum Chicago, IL | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Test Positive Aware Network Chicago, IL | U | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT FOR BUDGET DEFICIT | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Benton Institute for Broadband & Society Wilmette, IL | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Chicago, IL | B | $45,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING FOR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Society for American Archaeology Washington, DC | C | $43,378 | paid | RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR BARBARA ARROYO'S PROJECT IN KAMINALJUYU | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation Kennesaw, GA | D | $42,000 | paid | RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR PACBITUN PROJECT/BELIZE | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Intuit the Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art Chicago, IL | C | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | South Side Community Art Center Chicago, IL | B | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Women Employed Chicago, IL | C | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS FOR ADVOCACY WORK | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | National Cambodian Heritage Museum & Killing Fields Memorial Chicago, IL | D | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Services & Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual & Transgender Elders Inc New York, NY | B | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Brandeis University Waltham, MA | B | $40,000 | paid | RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR DR. CHARLES GOLDEN IN CHIAPAS, MEXICO AND PETEN, GUATEMALA | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Chicago Women in Trades Chicago, IL | B | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Youth Outlook Naperville, IL | B | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Pomona College Claremont, CA | B | $37,756 | approved, future | DRS. ARLEN AND DIANE CHASE, CARACOL, BELIZE | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | The College of Wooster Wooster, OH | U | $37,500 | paid | RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR PROYECTO ARQUEOLGICO WAKA, EL PER-WAKA, GUATEMALA; DR. OLIVIA NAVARRO-FARR | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | The College of Wooster Wooster, OH | U | $37,500 | approved, future | SACRED SPACE, TIME, AND COMMEMORATION: WAKA'S CITY TEMPLE AS A COMPENDIUM OF POLITICAL HISTORY (PROYECTO ARQUEOLGICO WAKA', EL PER-WAKA', GUATEMALA); DR. OLIVIA NAVARRO-FARR | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Pomona College Claremont, CA | B | $37,225 | paid | RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR DRS. ARLEN AND DIANE CHASE IN CARACOL, BELIZE | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Gerber Hart Library and Archives Chicago, IL | B | $35,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago, IL | C | $35,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS FOR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Equality Illinois Chicago, IL | C | $35,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING FOR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Inner-City Muslim Action Network Chicago, IL | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Friends of the Parks Chicago, IL | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS FOR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Cabrini Green Legal Aid Chicago, IL | C | $30,000 | paid | CLAIM PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Sinai Health System Chicago, IL | B | $30,000 | paid | HIV/AIDS PROGRAM (SIDC) | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization (koco) Chicago, IL | C | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation Chicago, IL | C | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Chicago Sinfonietta Chicago, IL | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Affinity Community Services Chicago, IL | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (snap) Chicago, IL | U | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Chicago Workers Collaborative Chicago, IL | C | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS FOR ADVOCACY WORK | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Affinity Community Services Chicago, IL | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | National Museum of Mexican Art Chicago, IL | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Administrators of the Tulane Education Fund New Orleans, LA | D | $26,850 | paid | RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR DR. MARCELLO A. CANUTO/ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT LA CORONA, GUATEMALA | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | University of New Hampshire Durham, NH | U | $26,765 | paid | RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR DR. ELEANOR HARRISON-BUCK/BELIZE RIVER EAST PROJECT | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | United African Organization Chicago, IL | C | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING FOR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Maywood Fine Arts Association Maywood, IL | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Docomomo US New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | People's Music School Chicago, IL | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Albany Park Theater Project Chicago, IL | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | B | $25,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR AT-RISK SCHOLARS PROGRAM | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Chicago Public Art Group Chicago, IL | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Japanese American Service Committee Chicago, IL | C | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Little Village Environmental Justice Organization Chicago, IL | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Puerto Rican Arts Alliance Chicago, IL | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | First Defense Legal Aid Chicago, IL | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Sweet Water Foundation Chicago, IL | U | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Latinos Progresando Chicago, IL | C | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING FOR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Enrich Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Equality Illinois Chicago, IL | C | $25,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR SAFE WORK COALITION | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance New York, NY | C | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | University of New Hampshire Durham, NH | U | $23,235 | paid | RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR DR. ELEANOR HARRISON-BUCK/BELIZE RIVER EAST PROJECT | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Administrators of the Tulane Education Fund New Orleans, LA | D | $23,150 | paid | RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR DR. MARCELLO A. CANUTO FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT LA CORONA, GUATEMALA | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | The Regents of the University of California Merced Merced, CA | U | $21,000 | paid | RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR DR. HOLLEY MOYES, BELIZE CAVE RESEARCH PROJECT | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | The Regents of the University of California Merced Merced, CA | U | $21,000 | approved, future | DR. HOLLEY MOYES, BELIZE CAVE RESEARCH PROJECT | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Gilloury Institute DBA Silk Road Rising Chicago, IL | U | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Deeply Rooted Dance Theater Chicago, IL | C | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $20,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR THE ILLINOIS SAFE SCHOOLS ALLIANCE PROGRAM | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Skyart Chicago, IL | D | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Congo Square Theatre Company Chicago, IL | C | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Mariachi Heritage Foundation Chicago, IL | U | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL | B | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS FOR MCA STAGE | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Eta Creative Arts Foundation Chicago, IL | B | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, IL | U | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | About Face Theatre Chicago, IL | D | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Forward Momentum Chicago Chicago, IL | C | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Near South Planning Board Chicago, IL | B | $20,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR PRINTERS ROW LIT FEST | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | A Red Orchid Theatre Chicago, IL | B | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Chicago Dance Crash Chicago, IL | U | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Jazz Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Open Center for the Arts Chicago, IL | B | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus Chicago, IL | C | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Steep Theatre Chicago, IL | D | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Asian Improv Arts Midwest Chicago, IL | C | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Gus Giordano's Jazz Dance Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Cook County Health Foundation Evanston, IL | C | $15,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR COUNTY HEALTH RESPONSE TO RECENTLY ARRIVED MIGRANTS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Live Free Chicago Chicago, IL | C | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Chicago West Community Music Center Chicago, IL | B | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Blair Thomas & Company Chicago, IL | U | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Lawyers for the Creative Arts Chicago, IL | B | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Red Clay Dance Company Chicago, IL | B | $12,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Four Freedoms Park Conservancy Inc New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | ONE-TIME GRANT IN HONOR OF JAMES MCDONOUGH | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Pride Films and Plays Chicago, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Brandeis University Waltham, MA | B | $10,000 | paid | RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR DR. CHARLES GOLDEN IN CHIAPAS, MEXICO AND PETEN, GUATEMALA | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Inc Chicago, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR NATGEO PROGRAM WITH ALICIA ODEWALE | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Facets Multi-Media Inc Chicago, IL | U | $10,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMMING | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Gift Theatre Chicago, IL | D | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles Chicago, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Teatro Vista Chicago, IL | U | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Arts & Business Council of Chicago Chicago, IL | U | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Rivendell Theatre Ensemble Chicago, IL | B | $7,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
| 2023 | Friends of the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202410169349100241 |
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