Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2488355. Reported 311 grants totalling $4,226,850 to 161 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $2,150 and the largest $20,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Suburban Pads | Chicago Heights, IL | $92,500 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Franciscan Outreach Association | Chicago, IL | $81,250 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Deborah's Place | Chicago, IL | $67,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| CASA Central | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center on Halsted (formerly Horizons Community Services) | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dupage Pads | Wheaton, IL | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Old Irving Park Community Clinic | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Connections for the Homeless | Evanston, IL | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Refugee One (formerly Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries) | Chicago, IL | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Heartland Alliance | Chicago, IL | $46,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Margaret's Village (formerly Institute of Women Today) | Chicago, IL | $45,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Harbour | Park Ridge, IL | $45,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alexian Brothers Housing & Health Alliance | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Beds Plus Care | La Grange, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Bridge Communities | Glen Ellyn, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chicago Children's Advocacy Center | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Chicago Coalition for the Homeless | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chinese American Service League | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Enlace Chicago | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Health & Medicine Policy Research Group | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Home of the Sparrow | Woodstock, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ignite (formerly Teen Living Programs) | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lake County Haven | Libertyville, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| New Moms | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nourishing Hope (formerly Lakeview Pantry) | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Ark | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Night Ministry | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Turning Point | Woodstock, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wings Program | Palatine, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Well Child Center | Elgin, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Joliet | Crest Hill, IL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Health | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kan-Win (korean American Women in Need) | Park Ridge, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mutual Ground | Aurora, IL | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sister House | Oak Park, IL | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mobile Care Chicago | Chicago, IL | $39,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alternatives Inc | Chicago, IL | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mercy Housing Lakefront | Chicago, IL | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Center of Concern | Des Plaines, IL | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Boulevard of Chicago (formerly Interfaith House) | Chicago, IL | $37,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Law Center for Better Housing (formerly Lawyers Committee for Better Housin | Chicago, IL | $36,250 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Matthew House | Chicago, IL | $36,250 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Journeys-the Road Home | Palatine, IL | $36,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Infant Welfare Society of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Resilience (formerly Rape Victim Advocates) | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dupage Health Coalition | Carol Stream, IL | $34,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Crisis Center for South Suburbia | Tinley Park, IL | $32,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Association House of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Between Friends | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chicago Workers Collaborative | Waukegan, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Christian Outreach of Lutherans | Waukegan, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Family Rescue | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Home | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Howard Brown Health Center | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Iws Children's Clinic | Oak Park, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Impact Behavioral Health Partners (formerly Housing Options for the Mentall | Evanston, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Inspiration Corporation | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Juvenile Protective Association | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| La CASA Norte | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lincoln Park Community Shelter | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped | Denver, CO | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pads Lake County | Waukegan, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| People's Resource Center | Wheaton, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Primo Center for Women and Children | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Renaissance Social Services | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Respond Now | Chicago Heights, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sarah's Circle | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sarah's Inn | Forest Park, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Suburban Primary Health Care Council Dba Access to Care | Westchester, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| YWCA Evanstonnorth Shore | Evanston, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Youth Crossroads | Berwyn, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Youth Outreach Services | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center (formerly Lacasa) | Gurnee, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gads Hill Center | Chicago, IL | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Lazarus House | Saint Charles, IL | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| NAMI of Dupage County | Wheaton, IL | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| All Chicago Making Homelessness History (formerly Emergency Fund) | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Anew Building Beyond Violence & Abuse (formerly South Suburban Family Shelt | Homewood, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Antioch Area Health Accessibility Alliance (aahaa) | Antioch, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Build Inc | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center on Halsted | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Children's Research Triangle | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Connections for Abused Women and Their Children (cawc) | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Heartland Health Centers | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Healthcare Alternative Systems | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Healthy Schools Campaign | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kan-Win | Park Ridge, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kids Above All (formerly Childserv) | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Northwest Compass (formerly Ceda Northwest Self-Help) | Mount Prospect, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Public Action to Deliver Shelter Dba Hesed House | Aurora, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Transitional Living Services Dba Tls Veterans | Crystal Lake, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ucp Seguin Services | Cicero, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Youth & Opportunity United (formerly Youth Organizations Umbrella) | Evanston, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Apna Ghar Inc | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women's Network | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chicago Funders to End Homelessness | Elgin, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Crossroads Fund | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Facing Forward | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Facing Forward (formerly Interfaith Council for the Homeless) | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Health Partnership Clinic | Crystal Lake, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Service and Mental Health Center of Cicero | Cicero, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Housing Forward | Maywood, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Housing Opportunities for Women | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Housing Forward (formerly West Suburban Pads) | Maywood, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Il Immigrant Funders Collaborative | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Impact Behavioral Health Partners | Evanston, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Latin United Community Housing Association | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lawyers Committee for Better Housing | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| North Side Housing & Supporting Services | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| North Side Housing & Supportive Services (formerly Lakeview Shelter) | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Of Color Inc | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Proactive Community Services | Flossmoor, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Refugee One | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Renaissance Collaborative | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southside Center of Hope | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Southside Center of Hope (formerly St Martin De Porres House of Hope) | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Leonard's Ministries | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Boulevard of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tri City Health Partnership | St Charles, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence (formerly Chicago Metropol | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Will-Grundy Medical Clinic | Joliet, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| AIDS Legal Council of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Antioch Area Health Accessibility Alliance | Antioch, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bridges to a New Day | Romeoville, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Become Inc | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bridge Youth & Family Services | Palatine, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago Lights | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Crisis Center for South Suburbs | Tinley Park, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chicago Coalition to Save Our Mental Health Centers | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Shelter Service of Metropolitan Family Services Dupage | Wheaton, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Family Shelter Service of Metropolitan Family Services Dupage (aka Family S | Wheaton, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Healthy Schoools Campaign | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Illinois Association of Free & Charitable Clinics | Lemont, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Independence Center Inc | Waukegan, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Indian American Medical Association Illinois Charitable Foundation Incorpor | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Loaves and Fishes Community Services | Naperville, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mchenry County Padspioneer Center for Human Services | Mchenry, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Metropolitan Family Services | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped | Peoria, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality Northside Aka One Northside | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pads of Elgin | Elgin, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Vision | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Port Ministries | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Revive Center for Housing and Healing (formerly Cathedral Shelter of Chicag | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Syrian Community Network Inc | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Community House | Hinsdale, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Test Positive Aware Network | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Community House Aka Charlie's Gift | Hinsdale, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Cerebral Palsy Seguin of Greater Chicago | Cicero, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Youth & Opportunity United | Evanston, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| YWCA of Lake County | Gurnee, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Young Invincibles | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center | Gurnee, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Zion Benton Children's Service | Zion, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| House of the Good Shepherd Chicago | Chicago, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kids Above All | Chicago, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Grantmakers in Health | Washington, DC | $3,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Forefront | Chicago, IL | $2,150 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Forefront (formerly Donors Forum of Chicago) | Chicago, IL | $2,150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
90 of 161 (56%) 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 50%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- Center on Halsted (formerly Horizons Community Services)
For the Behavioral Health Services, which provides LGBTQ+ community in Chicago with comprehensive bilingual (English/Spanish) therapeutic short-term and long-term individual, group family and relationship therapies, and crisis support in Chicago. - Community Health
For General Operating Support of this free health care center which provides uninsured and low-income individuals in Chicago with primary, dental, specialty care, medication, mental health, and lab services, as well as health education, Telehealth, etc. - Connections for the Homeless
For General Operating Support. Programs and services include eviction prevention, daytime drop-in centers, shelter, housing, advocacy, and expanded services for homeless individuals and families in Evanston and surrounding north suburban Cook County. - Franciscan Outreach Association
For General Operating Support. They provide emergency shelter, transitional housing, rapid rehousing, case management, meals, financial assistance, access to health care, and more, for individuals who are homeless. - Heartland Alliance
For General Operating Support of the Kovler Center, which provide critical trauma-informed services to individuals, unaccompanied children, and families affected by forced migration, now residing in Chicago and surrounding Cook County suburbs. - Kan-Win (korean American Women in Need)
For General Operating Support. Programs include multi-lingual crisis hotline, legal clinic, advocacy, transitional housing, emergency hotel stay, counseling, art therapy, support groups, childrens program, transportation, community education/outreach.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 159 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 80 | $1,048,200 | $15,000 |
| 2021 | 79 | $1,049,150 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 72 | $1,045,000 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 80 | $1,084,500 | $15,000 |
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. 99% 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.
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How to approach this foundation
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- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Illinois.
- 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.
- 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 Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 200 W Madison Street Suite 300 3, Chicago, IL, 60606. 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.
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