Chauncey and Marion D Mccormick
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-6054815. Reported 270 grants totalling $17.2M to 137 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Chauncey and Marion D Mccormick 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 $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,500 and $75,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $537,500. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charities Aid Foundation of America | Alexandria, VA | $1,507,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Donors Trust | Alexandria, VA | $772,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation | Chicago, IL | $625,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Independent Institute | Oakland, CA | $540,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tanzanian Children's Fund | Cambridge, MA | $510,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bravehearts Therapeutic Riding & Education Center | Harvard, IL | $505,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foundation for African Medicine & Education | Redding, CA | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust Inc | Miami, FL | $440,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Music and Dance Theater Chicago - Capital Campaign | Chicago, IL | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Special Operations | Los Altos, CA | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| International Crane Foundation | Baraboo, WI | $380,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles Art | Los Angeles, CA | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Music and Dance Theater Chicago - Annual Fund Support | Chicago, IL | $375,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund | Atlanta, GA | $350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | Harbor Springs, MI | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Opportunity International | Chicago, IL | $350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $315,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ballet Theater Foundation | New York, NY | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Field Museum | Chicago, IL | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northwestern University - Deering Library Fund | Evanston, IL | $280,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Bhutan Foundation | Washington, DC | $262,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nourishing Hope | Chicago, IL | $257,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Safe Refuge for Children & Families | Pleasant Hill, CA | $240,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Recipe for Change | Winnetka, IL | $232,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Leonard's Ministries | Chicago, IL | $231,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hope for Paws | Beverly Hills, CA | $230,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lincoln Park Zoological Society | Chicago, IL | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Deering Estate Foundation | Palmetto Bay, FL | $205,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| All Chicago | Chicago, IL | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ransom Everglades | Miami, FL | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Reading Between the Lines | Chicago, IL | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Chrysostom's Church and Day School | Chicago, IL | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ganna Walska Lotusland | Santa Barbara, CA | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Montecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Day for Children | Alamo, CA | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Hospital of Paris Foundation | New York, NY | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Altus Academy | Chicago, IL | $170,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Audubon Society | Miami, FL | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chicago City Day School | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Columbia College Chicago | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Open Eye Pictures Inc | San Rafael, CA | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Floating Museum Nfp | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Homeward Bound of Marin | Novato, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jackson Chance Foundation | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jackson Hole Classical Academy | Jackson, WY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Woni Kenya International | Chicago, IL | $87,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Chrysostom's Church | Chicago, IL | $85,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Art Institute of Chicago - Luminary | Chicago, IL | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Art Institute of Chicago - Roger and Peter Mccormick Purchase Fund | Chicago, IL | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Arts Club of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rwandan El Shaddai Orphans Project | San Diego, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salvation Army - Gillette | Gillette, WY | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Maintenance Fund | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northwestern University - Kellogg Graduate School of Management | Evanston, IL | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women's Board of Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Myriad USA Inc | New York, NY | $57,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Troops Direct | San Ramon, CA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arts Alliance Illinois | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Contemporary Art Group | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mount Tamalpais School | Mill Valley, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| N1 Foundation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sabrae (formerly the Younique Foundation) | Lehi, UT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Paws of War | Nesconset, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dupage Community Foundation | Downers Grove, IL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Better Government Association Inc | Chicago, IL | $38,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chikaming Open Lands | Sawyer, MI | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| International Beethoven Project | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Chicago - Smart Museum of Art | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lakeview Pantry | Chicago, IL | $31,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fractured Atlas | Hartsdale, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Worldview Education and Care Inc | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Museum of Vernacular Arts Inc | Chicago, IL | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cps Lives Nfp | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Special Operations - Finding Kids | Los Altos, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Triple Aught Foundation | Alamo, NV | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forefront | Chicago, IL | $20,108 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Art Institute of Chicago - Asian Art Council | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| At the World Edge Music Foundation | Albany, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baffler Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Extrafood Org | Kentfield, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Food Runners | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Imani Milele Children Inc | Sebastian, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marin Agricultural Land Trust | Point Reyes Station, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Audubon Society - Richardson Bay Center | Tiburon, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management | Evanston, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ritter Center | San Rafael, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Vincent De Paul Society of Marin County | San Rafael, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wild Wonder Foundation | Auburn, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wildcare | San Rafael, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Global Christian Relief | Santa Ana, CA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arts & Business Council of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Womens Health Center Inc | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| November Magazine | Woodside, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Policy Circle | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Turquoise Mountain Foundation | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alliance Francaise of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Artist's Space | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chicago Dancemakers Forum | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coalition Against Pediatric Pain | Marshfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Global Christian Relief | Merrifield, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grant Park Music Festival | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lang School | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Make Believe | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Metrodora Foundation | West Valley City, UT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Paws Chicago | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rivers Institute for Contemporary Art & Thought | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Stephens Episcopal Day School | Miami, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Gow School | South Wales, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Triple Canopy | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Friends of the Ocean | Pasadena, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Transparency Texas | Midland, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Art Into Acres | Fairfax, CA | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Music and Dance Theater Chicago | Chicago, IL | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carrolton School of the Sacred Heart | Miami, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Compass Womens Care | Jackson, WY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Crescent Moon Center | Lafayette, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Marin County Free Library | San Rafael, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Give Back for Special Equestrians | Miami, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gray Area Foundation for the Arts | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hessel School House Corporation | Hessel, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marin Link Inc | San Rafael, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wyoming State 4-H Foundation | Pinedale, WY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young Americas Foundation | Reston, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago West Community Music | Chicago, IL | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Point Magazine | Chicago, IL | $3,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Artists and Mothers | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
58 of 137 (42%) 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 70%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Northwestern Memorial Foundation
HOSPITALS, HEALTH, AND MEDICAL
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 146 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60 | $3,955,000 | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 57 | $3,985,054 | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 85 | $5,067,554 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 68 | $4,225,000 | $50,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Chauncey and Marion D Mccormick has 66 of them, worth $4,032,500. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Charities Aid Foundation of America | Alexandria, VA | $340,000 |
| Opportunity International | Chicago, IL | $300,000 |
| Charities Aid Foundation of America | Alexandria, VA | $295,000 |
| Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $250,000 |
| Music and Dance Theater Chicago - Annual Fund Support | Chicago, IL | $225,000 |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation | Chicago, IL | $200,000 |
| Arts Alliance Illinois | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Chicago Dancemakers Forum | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| The Bhutan Foundation | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| Los Angeles Art | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 |
| Reading Between the Lines | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust Inc | Miami, FL | $95,000 |
| Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust Inc | Miami, FL | $75,000 |
| Ballet Theater Foundation | New York, NY | $75,000 |
| Los Angeles Art | Los Angeles, CA | $65,000 |
Where its money goes
41% of its giving went to organizations in Illinois. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $50,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 Chauncey and Marion D Mccormick's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 410 North Michigan 590, Chicago, IL, 60611. 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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