Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation
Rosemont, IL · EIN 20-3216854. Reported 220 grants totalling $8,579,052 to 139 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. 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. Fifth Third Chicagoland 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 $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $12,000 and $35,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $522,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Claretian Associates | Chicago, IL | $821,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Investment Corporation | Chicago, IL | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children First Fund | Chicago, IL | $305,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Allies for Community Business | Chicago, IL | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Window to the World | Chicago, IL | $215,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unity Way of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $201,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chicago Urban League | Chicago, IL | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $175,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dominican University | River Forest, IL | $170,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Youth Job Center of Evanston Inc | Evanston, IL | $145,094 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Umoja Student Development Corporation | Chicago, IL | $144,375 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Thresholds | Chicago, IL | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago Inc | Chicago, IL | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Adler University | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| World Business Chicago | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women's Business Development Ctr | Chicago, IL | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chicago Commons | Chicago, IL | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chicago Sunshine Enterprises | Chicago, IL | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Resurrection Project | Chicago, IL | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Woodstock Institute | Chicago, IL | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Junior Achievement of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Local Initiatives Support Corp | Chicago, IL | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Big Shoulders Fund | Chicago, IL | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Link Unlimited Scholars | Chicago, IL | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Quad Communites Development | Chicago, IL | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago | Chicago, IL | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Academy Group | Chicago, IL | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Neighbor Project | Aurora, IL | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Enlace Chicago | Chicago, IL | $52,254 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Blessings in a Backpak | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chicago Public Education Fund | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Envision Unlimited | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Forefront Co Fbrk Impact House | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Girls Inc of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Englewood Cdc | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Loyola University Chicago | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mercy Housing Lakefront | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Working Credit Nfp | Chicago, IL | $47,254 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chicago Debate Commission | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City Year Inc | Dorchester, MA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Safer Foundation | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aspire | Hillside, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bickerdike Redevelopment Corp | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago Shakespeare Theatre | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Depaul University | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Focus | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Heartland Alliance | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Metropolitan Planning Council | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Moose Charities | Mooseheart, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Providence St Mel School | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| South Suburban Pads | Chicago Heights, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Black Star Project | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Howard Brown Health Center | Chicago, IL | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chicago Children's Musuem | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Far Southside Cdc | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Habitat for Humanity Chicago | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Housing Opportunities for Women | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northwest Side Housing Center | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oak Park Regional Housing Ctr | Oak Park, IL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Spanish Coalition for Housing | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| YWCA Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Build Incorporated | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Action Partnership | Waukegan, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Partners for Affordable Housing | Libertyville, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hacia School Scholarship & Education Fund | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Helping Hand Center | Countrysid, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Housing Action Illinois | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Instituto Del Progresso Latino | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Latin United Community Housing | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Metropolitan Family Services of Dupage | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Joffrey Ballet | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chicago Community Foundation | Chicago, IL | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Blessings in a Backpak | Lousiville, KY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catalyst Schools | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chicago Lawyers Committee | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Scholars Foundation | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago United Inc | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christ the King Jesuit College | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City Year Chicago | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Cancer Research | Munster, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Devcorp North | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Auburn Gresham | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greenwood Archer Capital | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois | Skokie, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Little City Foundation | Palatine, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Lawndale Employment Network | Hammond, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Lawndale Employment Network | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oak Park Regional Housing Center | Oak Park, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Swedish Hospital Foundation | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Juncture Foundation | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Association House of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Austin Coming Together | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Community Loan Fund | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chicago Foundation for Women | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Food Bank of Northwest Indiana | Merrillvile, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hammond Development Corp | Hammond, IN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| KIPP Chicago | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kohl Childrens Museum of Greater Chicago | Glenview, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Libenu | Skokie, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mcdermott Center-Haymarket Center | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Music and Dance Theater Chicago | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Norwegian American Hospital (now Humboldt & Park Health Foundation) | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| P33 | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Resurrection University Dba Oak Point | Oak Brook, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The African American Arts | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Gray Matter Experience | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christ the King Jesuit School | Chicago Heights, IL | $18,475 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Sinfonietta | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City Wide Tax Assistance Program (ladder Up) | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northwest Indiana Reinvestment | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| One Million Degrees | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Neighborhood Project | Aurora, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Simple Good | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bottom Line - Chicago | Chicago, IL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Patrick High School | Chicago, IL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center on Halsted | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Historical Society | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Growing Home | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holy Trinity High School | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kids First Chicago for Education | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ladder Up | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leadership Greater Chicago | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lift Inc | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Namaste Charter School | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Near North Montessori School | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Golden Apple Foundation | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jane Addams Resource Corp | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Partners in Community Building | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Plymouth Place | La Grange, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
68 of 139 (49%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 44%, across 2 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 143 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 82 | $3,405,069 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 100 | $3,707,475 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 38 | $1,466,508 | $20,000 |
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. 98% 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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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- 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 Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 6111 North River Road Suite 1100, Rosemont, IL, 60018. 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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