Funders › IL › Alphawood Foundation › 2025
Grants paid by Alphawood Foundation, tax year 2025
EIN 36-3805338 · Chicago, IL · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T20
In tax year 2025, Alphawood Foundation (EIN 36-3805338) reported 126 grants paid totaling $8,090,605. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2025
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Soas (school of Oriental and African Studies) LONDON | U | $732,580 | paid | POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ASIAN ART AND SCHOLARSHIPS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | B | $522,122 | paid | JAMES D. MCDONOUGH FELLOWSHIP IN QUEER ART HISTORY | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund - Midwest Region Chicago, IL | U | $325,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS FOR MIDWEST REGIONAL OFFICE, SUPPORT FOR SENIOR ATTORNEY POSITION, MIDWEST REGIONAL OFFICE | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | University of Chicago Institute of Politics Chicago, IL | U | $300,000 | paid | INTERN PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Nijc Nfp Chicago, IL | B | $275,200 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | AIDS Foundation of Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $275,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Joffrey Ballet Chicago, IL | B | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Grow Greater Englewood Chicago, IL | B | $250,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR GROW PARK CAMPUS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Legal Aid Chicago Chicago, IL | C | $200,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Planned Parenthood of Illinois Chicago, IL | C | $175,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Landmarks Illinois Chicago, IL | U | $140,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Preservation Chicago Chicago, IL | C | $135,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS, THE REUSE AND REVISIONING OF ADLER & SULLIVAN'S KAM TEMPLE/PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH PROJECT | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Friends of the Parks Chicago, IL | B | $130,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Invisible Institute Chicago, IL | B | $125,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Center On Halsted Chicago, IL | B | $125,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | National Redistricting Foundation Washington, DC | B | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Puerto Rican Arts Alliance Chicago, IL | B | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Beyond Legal Aid Chicago, IL | B | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC | U | $75,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND FIELDWORD OF DR. BRENT WOODFILL | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Visceral Dance Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS AND BOARD DEVELOPMENT | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Chicago Abortion Fund Chicago, IL | C | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Northwestern University Chicago, IL | C | $75,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR PREP4TEENS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Resurrection Project Chicago, IL | B | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRATION JUSTICE DEPARTMENT | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Howard Brown Health Center Chicago, IL | B | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Chicago Public Art Group Chicago, IL | B | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX | U | $75,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND FIELDWORD OF DR. BRETT HOUK | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Chicago, IL | C | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Immigration Equality Brooklyn, NY | C | $60,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Equality Illinois Institute Chicago, IL | B | $60,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture Chicago, IL | D | $60,000 | paid | PUBLICATION SUPPORT FOR THE LIFE & WORK OF A CITY BUILDER | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Four Freedoms Park Conservancy Inc New York, NY | B | $60,000 | paid | GRANT IN HONOR OF JAMES MCDONOUGH, PUBLICATION SUPPORT FOR LOUIS KAHN MEMORIAL TO FDR | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Chicago, IL | B | $55,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Unity Temple Restoration Foundation Oak Park, IL | B | $52,030 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | U | $52,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND FIELDWORD OF DR. SARAH NEWMAN | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Chicago Women in Trades Chicago, IL | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Chicago Debate Commission Chicago, IL | C | $50,000 | approved, future | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Chicago Historical Society Chicago, IL | B | $50,000 | paid | ARCHITECTURE COLLECTION AT THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Benton Institute for Broadband & Society Wilmette, IL | C | $50,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR BROADBAND ACCESS IN ILLINOIS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Free Speech for People Inc Austin, TX | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Chicago Debate Commission Chicago, IL | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | States United Democracy Center Inc Washington, DC | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Glessner House Museum Chicago, IL | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Rainbow Railroad New York, NY | C | $50,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR WELCOME CORPS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Center for Tax and Budget Accountability Chicago, IL | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Taskforce Prevention & Community Services Chicago, IL | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Legal Council for Health Justice Chicago, IL | B | $50,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL-LEGAL PARTNERSHIP | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Chicago Community Foundation Chicago, IL | B | $50,000 | paid | ILLINOIS IMMIGRANT FUNDERS COLLABORATIVE | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Vivent Health Tpan Chicago, IL | U | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | University of New Hampshire Durham, NH | U | $43,360 | paid | SUPPORT FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND FIELDWORK OF DR. ELEANOR HARRISON-BUCK | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | South Side Community Art Center Chicago, IL | B | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Services & Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual & Transgender Elders Inc New York, NY | B | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Gerber Hart Library and Archives Chicago, IL | B | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Preservation Chicago Chicago, IL | C | $40,000 | approved, future | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art New York, NY | B | $40,000 | paid | PUBLICATION SUPPORT | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | National Cambodian Heritage Museum & Killing Fields Memorial Chicago, IL | D | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Chicago Workers Collaborative Berwyn, IL | C | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Chicago, IL | C | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | National Public Housing Museum Chicago, IL | C | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Impact for Equity Chicago, IL | C | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Youth Outlook Naperville, IL | B | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | University of Houston Houston, TX | U | $37,770 | approved, future | SUPPORT FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND FIELDWORK | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | The College of Wooster Wooster, OH | U | $37,500 | paid | SUPPORT FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND FIELDWORK OF DR. OLIVIA NAVARRO-FARR | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | University of New Mexico Foundation Albuquerque, NM | B | $37,500 | paid | SUPPORT FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND FIELDWORD OF DR. KEITH PRUFER | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | University of New Mexico Foundation Albuquerque, NM | B | $37,500 | approved, future | SUPPORT FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND FIELDWORK | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | The College of Wooster Wooster, OH | U | $37,500 | approved, future | SUPPORT FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND FIELDWORK | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Brandeis University Waltham, MA | B | $37,500 | paid | SUPPORT FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND FIELDWORK OF DR. CHARLES GOLDEN | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | University of Houston Houston, TX | U | $37,230 | paid | SUPPORT FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND FIELDWORK OF DRS. ARLEN AND DIANE CHASE | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Administrators of the Tulane Education Fund New Orleans, LA | D | $37,160 | paid | SUPPORT FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND FIELDWORK OF DR. MARCELLO CANUTO | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Intuit the Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art Chicago, IL | C | $35,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | One Roof Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $35,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago, IL | C | $35,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Inner-City Muslim Action Network Chicago, IL | B | $35,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Latinos Progresando Chicago, IL | B | $35,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Affinity Community Services Chicago, IL | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization (koco) Chicago, IL | C | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Sinai Health System Chicago, IL | C | $30,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR SINAI INFECTIOUS DISEASE CENTER (SIDC) | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | National Museum of Mexican Art Chicago, IL | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | People's Lobby Education Institute Chicago, IL | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | University of Minnesota Foundation Minneapolis, MN | C | $30,000 | paid | PUBLICATION SUPPORT | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (snap) Chicago, IL | U | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Cabrini Green Legal Aid Chicago, IL | C | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | United African Organization Chicago, IL | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Lawyers for the Creative Arts Chicago, IL | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Southside Together Organizing for Power Chicago, IL | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation Chicago, IL | C | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Legacy Project Chicago, IL | C | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Docomomo US New York, NY | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Center for Native Futures Chicago, IL | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | University of Illinois Foundation Chicago, IL | C | $30,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR SYMPOSIUM CHICAGOS CONCRETE LEGACY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Chicago Sinfonietta Chicago, IL | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Maywood Fine Arts Association Maywood, IL | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | People's Music School Chicago, IL | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Albany Park Theater Project Chicago, IL | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | South Chicago Dance Theatre Chicago, IL | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Near South Planning Board Chicago, IL | B | $25,000 | paid | PRINTERS ROW LIT FEST | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Congo Square Theatre Company Chicago, IL | C | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Japanese American Service Committee Chicago, IL | C | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Little Village Environmental Justice Organization Chicago, IL | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Sweet Water Foundation Chicago, IL | U | $25,000 | paid | EXHIBITION SUPPORT FOR VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Preservation Maryland Baltimore, MD | U | $25,000 | paid | 2025 HISTORIC TRADES SUMMIT CHICAGO | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative Chicago, IL | U | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Forward Momentum Chicago Chicago, IL | C | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Deeply Rooted Dance Theater Chicago, IL | C | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church Chicago, IL | U | $25,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR FAITH COMMUNITY INITIATIVE | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Token Theatre Chicago, IL | C | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, IL | U | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | The Regents of the University of California Merced Merced, CA | U | $23,923 | paid | SUPPORT FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND FIELDWORK OF DR. HOLLEY MOYES | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | U | $23,000 | approved, future | SUPPORT FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND FIELDWORK | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | About Face Theatre Chicago, IL | D | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Open Center for the Arts Chicago, IL | B | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Live Free Chicago Chicago, IL | C | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Gilloury Institute DBA Silk Road Cultural Center Chicago, IL | U | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Brave Space Alliance Chicago, IL | B | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Enrich Chicago Chicago, IL | C | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Chicago Dance Crash Chicago, IL | C | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Teatro Vista Chicago, IL | U | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Red Clay Dance Company Chicago, IL | B | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $20,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR ILLINOIS SAFE SCHOOLS ALLIANCE | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Skyart Chicago, IL | D | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Chicago West Community Music Center Chicago, IL | B | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Asian Improv Arts Midwest Chicago, IL | B | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Jazz Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Eta Creative Arts Foundation Chicago, IL | B | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Gus Giordano's Jazz Dance Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus Chicago, IL | B | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Danceusa Washington, DC | U | $15,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR 2025 NATIONAL CONFERENCE | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles Chicago, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Pride Films and Plays Chicago, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Spaces Cleveland, OH | B | $10,000 | paid | EVERLASTING PLASTICS EXHBITION AT VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Pride Action Tankaids Foundation of Chicago Chicago, IL | U | $10,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR TINY HOMES SUMMIT | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Friends of the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202543529349100314 |
| 2025 | Crossroads Fund Chicago, IL | B | $2,500 | paid | GIVING PROJECT | 202543529349100314 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. All years for this funder.
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