Funders › IL › Wayfarer Foundation › 2023
Grants paid by Wayfarer Foundation, tax year 2023
EIN 86-2088032 · Highland Park, IL · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T12
In tax year 2023, Wayfarer Foundation (EIN 86-2088032) reported 153 grants paid totaling $19,164,170. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2023
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Friends of the Highwood Library Highwood, IL | C | $1,150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Cheyenne River Youth Project Eagle Butte, SD | C | $1,000,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Mona Foundation Bellevue, WA | B | $800,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Center On Modernity in Transition Durham, NC | U | $750,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States Evanston, IL | U | $650,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Inc Cincinnati, OH | C | $500,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding New York, NY | C | $489,800 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Embarc Sandestin, FL | U | $450,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | New Era Creative Space Peekskill, NY | B | $365,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Parent University Savannah, GA | B | $357,200 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Equiticity Chicago, IL | C | $325,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | The Center for Mind Body Medicine Washington, DC | B | $300,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Books and Breakfast Evanston, IL | B | $300,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Manidoo Ogitigaan Bemidji, MN | B | $292,730 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | The John E Fetzer Institute Inc Kalamazoo, MI | B | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | American Society of the University of Haifa New York, NY | C | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Tahirih Justice Center Falls Church, VA | B | $230,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | On Being Project Minneapolis, MN | C | $225,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Abdorrahman Boroumand Center Washington, DC | U | $210,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Inner City Muslim Action Network Chicago, IL | B | $205,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | First Nations Development Institute Longmont, CO | B | $200,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Raheem Oakland, CA | U | $200,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Wozu Cannon Ball, ND | B | $200,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Claremont Graduate University Claremont, CA | B | $200,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Sojourners Washington, DC | B | $180,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Embracerace New York, NY | U | $175,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | New Movement to Redress Racial Segregation Oakland, CA | U | $160,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | The Dinner Party Labs Swampscott, MA | C | $160,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | The Intonation Music Workshop Chicago, IL | C | $158,993 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Albany Park Theater Project Chicago, IL | B | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Chicago Cares Chicago, IL | C | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | New England Center for Arts and Technology Boston, MA | B | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Hopa Mountain Bozeman, MT | C | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | George Floyd Global Memorial Minneapolis, MN | U | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Mni Wiconi Nakicinze Wounspe Mclaughlin, SD | U | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Fearless Dialogues Atlanta, GA | B | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Latinos for Education Belmont, MA | B | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Dara Inc Washington, DC | B | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Organic Oneness Chicago, IL | B | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Urban Arts New York, NY | U | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Family Matters Network Memphis, TN | U | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland Chicago, IL | B | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | White Pony Express Pleasant Hill, CA | C | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Maia Chicago, IL | U | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | The Aspen Institute Inc Washington, DC | B | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Guitars Over Guns Organization Inc Miami, FL | D | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Givat Haviva Education Foundation New York, NY | U | $145,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | National Center for Race Amity Acton, MA | B | $139,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | You Matter 2 Glenwood, IL | C | $139,025 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Institute for Freedoms Inc Altadena, CA | B | $135,600 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Hebrew University of Jerusalem New York, NY | D | $131,777 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Writercoach Connection Berkeley, CA | U | $130,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Miracle Messages San Francisco, CA | B | $125,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Possibility Labs San Francisco, CA | B | $125,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | The Current Project New York, NY | B | $105,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | A Call to Men Rockville Centre, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Testimonies of Hope Inc Davenport, IA | C | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Unity in Motion Milwaukee, WI | U | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Lawndale Children's Discovery Center Chicago, IL | U | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Wabanaki Cultural Preservation Coalition Nibezun Old Town, ME | D | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Job Path New York, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Birth Detroit Detroit, MI | C | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Palenke Arts Seaside, CA | B | $95,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | The Oikos Institute for Social Impact Chicago, IL | C | $94,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | The Hopi Foundation Kykotsmovi Village, AZ | D | $92,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Abrahamic House Dallas, TX | B | $80,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Third Sector New England Inc Boston, MA | B | $77,868 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Children's Theatre Center Brooklyn, NY | U | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Mni Wichoni Health Circle Mandan, SD | U | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Chinle Planting Hope Chinle, AZ | B | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Solhealth Austin, TX | U | $70,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Rainbows for All Children Evanston, IL | B | $60,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Mitchell Museum of the American Indian Evanston, IL | U | $60,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Epic Theatre Center Inc New York, NY | C | $60,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | The American Ireland Fund Boston, MA | B | $57,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc Mckinleyville, CA | C | $52,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Esprit Des Concerts DBA the Juliani Ensemble Evanstion, IL | U | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Lide Foundation Agoura Hills, CA | U | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Piegan Institute Browning, MT | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | True Star Foundation Chicago, IL | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Fast Blackfeet Browning, MT | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy Richmond, VA | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Parliament of the World's Religions Chicago, IL | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Love Unity and Values Institute Chicago, IL | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Deeply Rooted Productions Chicago, IL | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Freedom Community Center St Louis, MO | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Faith in Place Chicago, IL | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Canticle Farm Alleghany, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Roots Connected Inc Tucson, AZ | U | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Oaye Luta Okolakiciye Rapid City, SD | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | South Dakota Education Equity Coalition Sioux Falls, SD | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Argrow's House Davenport, IA | U | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Palenque Lsna Chicago, IL | U | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Public Narrative Chicago, IL | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Cambridge Heart Tewksbury, MA | U | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Euchee Yuchi Language Project Glenpool, OK | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | First Alaskans Institute Anchorage, AK | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | The Policy Academies Washington, DC | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Rural America Initiatives Rapid City, SD | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Union Theological Seminary New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Be the Healing Portland, OR | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | City Hope San Francisco San Francisco, CA | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Sharing Sacred Spaces Greenwich, CT | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Concord Mb Church Wilmington, DE | D | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Guild of Future Architects New York New York, NY | U | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | World Federalist Movement Institute for Global Policy Washington, DC | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Blue Lapis Light Austin, TX | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | John Kania Norwich, VT | U | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | The Workers Lab Oakland, CA | U | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Sogorea Te Land Trust Oakland, CA | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Chicago Defender Charities Chicago, IL | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | The Tides Center Depository San Francisco, CA | U | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Nehemiah Group Chicago, IL | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'i of Highland Park Highland Park, IL | U | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Black Hills Area Community Foundation Rapid City, SD | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Service Learning Microschool Organization Inc Clearwater, FL | C | $46,316 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Shorefront Nfp Evanstion, IL | C | $45,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Law and Civics Reading and Writing Institute Chicago, IL | U | $45,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | New Community Outreach Chicago, IL | B | $41,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | One Earth Collective Oak Park, IL | C | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Center for Neighborhood Technology Chicago, IL | B | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Coffee Hip Hop and Mental Health Chicago, IL | U | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Players Philanthropy Fund Towson, MD | U | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Alliance for Felix Cove Oakland, CA | D | $35,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Eequal Denver, CO | U | $35,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Coherent Development Research Institute San Diego, CA | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit Detroit, MI | C | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | The 100 Horses Womens Society Dupree, SD | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | La Casa Norte Chicago, IL | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Chicago Los Angeles, CA | U | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Period Inc Portland, OR | B | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | City Bureau Nfp Chicago, IL | B | $26,200 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Jazz Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Chessman of the Northshore Evanstion, IL | U | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Coup Council Rapid City, SD | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Native Action Cincinnati, OH | U | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Claire's Place Foundation Redondo Beach, CA | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Listen First Project Durham, NC | C | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Indigenous Life Ways Gallup, NM | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Project I Am Chicago, IL | C | $24,588 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Mahchiwminahnahtik Chippewa and Cree Language Revitalization Elder, MT | B | $23,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Bancroft Neighborhood Association Minneapolis, MN | B | $22,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | New Community Project Inc New York, NY | C | $22,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Public Democracy America Great Falls, VA | B | $21,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Wicahpi Koyaka Tiyospaye Venice, CA | U | $21,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Women's Voices Now Rolling Hills Estates, CA | C | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Yes2jobs Los Angeles, CA | C | $19,873 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Chocolate Milk Cafe National Inc North Plainfield, NJ | B | $17,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Saltfire Suquamish, WA | B | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Pomona Inland Valley Martin Luther King Jr Project Pomona, CA | C | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Oceti Wakan Pine Ridge, SD | U | $10,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | Center for Mind Body Medicine Washington, DC | B | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
| 2023 | National Baha'i Fund Evanstion, IL | U | $1,700 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202413209349106171 |
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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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