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Abbie Norman Prince Trust

Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2411865. Reported 142 grants totalling $3,308,500 to 60 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$25,000median grant
$3,308,500granted, 2021-2024
60organizations funded
72%of grantees funded again the next year
$23.3Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Abbie Norman Prince Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $20,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $70,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
2 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
12 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
47 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
77 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
4 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Anacostia Business Improvement District CorporationWashington, DC$175,000442024
Little Village Environmental Justice OrganizationChicago, IL$135,000442024
Southern Environmental Law CenterCharlottesville, VA$130,000442024
Marwen FoundationChicago, IL$127,500442024
Music and Dance Theater Chicago IncChicago, IL$127,500442024
The Joffrey BalletChicago, IL$127,500442024
Bread for the City IncWashington, DC$100,000442024
Girls in the Game NfpChicago, IL$100,000442024
Metropolitan Family ServicesChicago, IL$100,000442024
University of ChicagoChicago, IL$100,000442024
Hubbard Street Dance ChicagoChicago, IL$97,500332023
OpenlandsChicago, IL$95,000442024
DC Fiscal Policy Institute IncWashington, DC$90,000442024
Clean Water FundWashington, DC$85,000222023
Future HarvestCockeysville, MD$85,000332024
NeighborspaceChicago, IL$85,000442024
Outreach With Lacrosse & SchoolsChicago, IL$80,000442024
Unity ParentingChicago, IL$75,000332023
National Park FoundationWashington, DC$70,000112021
Smithsonian InstituteFront Royal, VA$70,000332023
The Phillips ColllectionWashington, DC$70,000222022
Sweetwater Foundation IncChicago, IL$65,000332024
Virginia League of Conservation Voters Education FundRichmond, VA$65,000222024
All Chicago Making Homelessness HistoryChicago, IL$60,000442024
Metro Squash NfpChicago, IL$60,000222022
Virginia Interfaith Power & LightRichmond, VA$60,000222024
Friends of Kenilworth Aquatic GardensWashington, DC$50,000222024
Mamatoto Village IncWashington, DC$50,000222023
Environmental Law and Policy Ceter of the MidwestChicago, IL$45,000222022
Alliance for the Great LakesChicago, IL$40,000222023
Healthy Schools CampaignChicago, IL$40,000222024
Lyric Opera of ChicagoChicago, IL$40,000442024
Friends of the Chicago RiverChicago, IL$37,500222022
Foodshed CapitalCharlottesville, VA$35,000112024
The Phillips CollectionWashington, DC$35,000222024
Local Initiatives Support CoporationWashington, DC$30,000112022
Washington Square Park Conservancy IncNew York, NY$30,000222024
Community of HopeWashington, DC$25,000112022
DC Greens IncWashington, DC$25,000112021
Friend of Kenilworth Aquatic GardendsWashington, DC$25,000112022
Minority & Veteran Farmers of the PiedmontRuckersville, VA$25,000112024
National Links TrustWashington, DC$25,000112024
Smithsonian InstituteWashington, DC$25,000112024
Bull Run Mountain Conservancy IncBroad Run, VA$20,000332023
Institute for Local InnovationsNew Orleans, LA$20,000112024
Local Food HubCharlottesville, VA$20,000112022
Opera LafayetteWashington, DC$20,000442024
Parkinsons Foundation of the Nations Capital Area IncSilver Spring, MD$20,000222022
People for Community RecoveryChicago, IL$20,000112021
Southeast Environmental Task ForceChicago, IL$20,000112021
The BlocChicago, IL$20,000112023
The Baseball IncRoxbury, MA$20,000112024
The Baseball IncChicago, IL$20,000112022
Windy Hill Foundation IncMiddleburg, VA$20,000222024
Peabody Essex Museum IncSalem, MA$17,500442024
Journey Through Hallowed Ground PartnershipLeesburg, VA$15,000112023
Parkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area IncOlney, MD$15,000222024
St Georges SchoolNewport, RI$12,500112021
Student Conservation Association IncArlington, VA$10,000112022
Brooks SchoolNorth Andover, MA$1,000112022

40 of 60 (67%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 72%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 107 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
34 grants
Community Improvement
15 grants
Recreation & Sports
14 grants
Food & Nutrition
12 grants
Environment
9 grants
Human Services
7 grants
Education
6 grants
Housing & Shelter
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202134$852,500$25,000
202242$926,000$25,000
202332$745,000$25,000
202434$785,000$25,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 52% of this one's giving went to organizations in Illinois. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Illinois
$1.7M
District of Columbia
$900K
Virginia
$470K
Maryland
$120K
Massachusetts
$38K
New York
$30K
Louisiana
$20K
Rhode Island
$12K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund37 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc36 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc30 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program28 shared recipientsThe Chicago Community Trust26 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust25 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Illinois.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Abbie Norman Prince Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 140 South Dearborn Street 1410, Chicago, IL, 60603. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 36-2411865 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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