Grants paid by Giving Is Better
EIN 84-2173428 · Chicago, IL · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T20
Giving Is Better of Chicago, IL (EIN 84-2173428) reported 9 grants paid totaling $291,910 to 7 recipients in tax years 2020–2024, on Form 990-PF, Part XV. Derived from IRS e-file data, dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Grants paid
$291,910
9 grants
Recipients
7
distinct organizations
Tax years
2020–2024
5 filings in the corpus
By tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount paid | Approved for future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | $68,722 | — |
| 2021 | 1 | $10,500 | — |
| 2022 | 3 | $76,000 | — |
| 2023 | 2 | $10,880 | — |
| 2024 | 2 | $125,808 | — |
Top recipients
The 7 recipients receiving the most from Giving Is Better, by grants paid, out of 7 distinct recipients.
| Recipient | Match | Location | Grants | Total paid | Latest year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tread Lighty Inc 87-0481456 | C | North Salt Lake, UT | 3 | $171,688 | 2024 |
| Lake Forest Country Day School 36-2415685 | B | Lake Forest, IL | 1 | $68,722 | 2020 |
| Team Truck Melanoma 92-2741437 | B | Gresham, OR | 1 | $30,000 | 2024 |
| Freedom Winch LLC | U | Kingston, TN | 1 | $10,500 | 2021 |
| Independent Film Alliance Chicago 47-3579236 | C | Chicago, IL | 1 | $5,000 | 2022 |
| Sanpete County | U | Manti, UT | 1 | $5,000 | 2023 |
| Hurricane Rotary Club | U | Hurricane, UT | 1 | $1,000 | 2022 |
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.
Every grant
All 9 grant rows this organization reported, most recent first.
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Treadlightly Inc North Sat Lake, UT | C | $95,808 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSES | 202543219349107564 |
| 2024 | Team Truck Melanoma Gresham, OR | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSES | 202543219349107564 |
| 2023 | Tread Lighty Inc North Salt Lake, UT | C | $5,880 | paid | nonrestricted | 202433209349104803 |
| 2023 | Sanpete County Manti, UT | U | $5,000 | paid | COUNTY FAIR DONATION | 202433209349104803 |
| 2022 | Tread Lighty Inc North Salt Lake, UT | C | $70,000 | paid | nonrestricted | 202311359349103011 |
| 2022 | Independent Film Alliance Chicago Chicago, IL | C | $5,000 | paid | nonrestricted | 202311359349103011 |
| 2022 | Hurricane Rotary Club Hurricane, UT | U | $1,000 | paid | All Abilities Park | 202311359349103011 |
| 2021 | Freedom Winch LLC Kingston, TN | U | $10,500 | paid | Grant was erroneously paid. Once it was determined that the grant should have not been paid, then the grant was returned by the organization in 2022 | 202211339349104621 |
| 2020 | Lake Forest Country Day School Lake Forest, IL | B | $68,722 | paid | nonrestricted | 202111379349100626 |
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.
Source filings
Every figure above is traceable to one of these IRS e-file returns by its OBJECT_ID.
| Form | Tax year | Period end | Filed | Schema | IRS OBJECT_ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990PF | 2024 | 2024-12-31 | not stated | 2024v5.2 | 202543219349107564 |
| 990PF | 2023 | 2023-12-31 | not stated | 2023v5.1 | 202433209349104803 |
| 990PF | 2022 | 2022-12-31 | not stated | 2022v5.0 | 202311359349103011 |
| 990PF | 2021 | 2021-12-31 | not stated | 2021v4.0 | 202211339349104621 |
| 990PF | 2020 | 2020-12-31 | not stated | 2020v4.0 | 202111379349100626 |
Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML; recipient identities from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. The same rows as Parquet: manifest; as JSON: /api/funders/842173428.json.
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