Francis Beidler Foundation
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-4260449. Reported 382 grants totalling $3,552,500 to 116 organizations 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. Francis Beidler 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 $3,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $6,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $266,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voter Participation Center | Washington, DC | $929,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chicago Youth Centers | Chicago, IL | $299,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood | Chicago, IL | $165,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chicago Childrens Museum | Chicago, IL | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Giant Steps Il | Burr Ridge, IL | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Public Interest Law Initiative | Chicago, IL | $111,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Audubon Society | Harleyville, SC | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Better Government Assoc | Chicago, IL | $93,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project on Government Oversight | Washington, DC | $91,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wbez Chicago Public Radio | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Girls Play Sports | Evanston, IL | $56,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Evanston Township High School Health Center | Evanston, IL | $55,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Erie Family Health Center | Evanston, IL | $54,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Start Early | Chicago, IL | $51,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chapin Hall Center for Children | Chicago, IL | $47,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chicago Public Schools - J Beidler Elementary School | Chicago, IL | $39,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Evanston YWCA | Evanston, IL | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| All Our Childrens Advocacy Center | Justice, IL | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nwestern Univ Law School | Chicago, IL | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chicago Volunteer Legal Serv | Chicago, IL | $35,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support | New York, NY | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rush Presbytst Lukes Hospital | Chicago, IL | $27,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shriver National Center of Poverty Law | Chicago, IL | $27,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Moran Cntr for Youth Advocacy | Evanston, IL | $26,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Howard Brown Health Broadway Center | Chicago, IL | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Alliancementally Ill | Arlington, VA | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban Education Initiative | Chicago, IL | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wttw Channel 11 Chicago Educational Tv Assoc | Chicago, IL | $23,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Institute | Evanston, IL | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gateway Foundation | Chicago, IL | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lake Forest College | Lake Forest, IL | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholics for a Free Choice | Washington, DC | $19,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Family Focus | Chicago, IL | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Global Giving - Juconi | Washington, DC | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Immigrant Justice Center | Chicago, IL | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Thresholds | Chicago, IL | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kuumba Evanston | Evanston, IL | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Legal Aid Chicago | Chicago, IL | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| ACLU-Roger Baldwin Foundation | Chicago, IL | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Domestic Peace | Chicago, IL | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Learning Bridge | Evanston, IL | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Namiflorida | Tallahassee, FL | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Namipalm Beach County | Lake Worth, FL | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nwestern Univ Law-Entrepreneurship Program | Chicago, IL | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Evanston | Evanston, IL | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ploughshares Fund | San Francisco, CA | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Hill Fund | Pottstown, PA | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jacob Beidler Elementary School | Chicago, IL | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cabrini Green Legal Aid Fund | Chicago, IL | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International African American Museum | Charleston, SC | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chicago Botanic Garden | Glencoe, IL | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chicago Foundation for Women | Chicago, IL | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Curt's Cafe | Evanston, IL | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lgbt Fund of Chicago Comm Trust | Chicago, IL | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bens Education Fund | Washington, DC | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Evanston School Childrns Clothing Assn | Evanston, IL | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hanover Charities | St Helena Island, SC | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| ACLU Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CASA Central | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chicago Advocates for Change | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chicago Legal Clinic | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Children Advocates for Change | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Deerfield Academy Scholarship Fund | Deerfield, IL | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lincoln Park Zoological Society | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shorefront | Evanston, IL | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Organizations Umbrella | Evanston, IL | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Glessner House Museum | Chicago, IL | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Association House of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center on Halsted | Chicago, IL | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Childcare Network-Evanston | Evanston, IL | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cradle the | Evanston, IL | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foundation 65 | Evanston, IL | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Night Ministry | Chicago, IL | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Guidance | Chicago, IL | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Job Center of Evanston | Evanston, IL | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Eths District Foundation | Evanston, IL | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre-Evanston | Evanston, IL | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Landmarks Illinois | Chicago, IL | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Evanston Hospital | Evanston, IL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Metro Squash | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Musc Foundation Childrens Hospital | Charleston, SC | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Northshore Foundation -Evanston Hospital | Evanston, IL | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chicago Architecture Center | Chicago, IL | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congaree Land Trust | Columbia, SC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Evanston History Center | Evanston, IL | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hadley School for the Blind | Winnetka, IL | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Impact Behavioral Health Partners | Evanston, IL | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lake Forest Hospital | Lake Forest, IL | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Partners for Sacred Places | Chicago, IL | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| South Carolina Nature Conservancy | Columbia, SC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Evanston School Childrens Clothing Assn | Evanston, IL | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Books and Breakfast | Evanston, IL | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Evanston Park Foundation | Evanston, IL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Chicago Legal Clinic | Chicago, IL | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Eths Booster Club | Evanston, IL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Evanston Grows | Evanston, IL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Evanston Scholars | Evanston, IL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Franciscan Health Found - Dr John Lanman Clinic | Crown Point, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hammond Education Fund | Hammond, IN | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hines Fisher House-Va Hospital | Hines, IL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Insight Center-Commeducdevel | Oakland, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Landmarks Preservation Council | Chicago, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Legacy Foundation - Lake County in Veterans Treatment | Merrillville, IN | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Literature for All of US | Evanston, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Operation Gratitude | Encino, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ptrsp for Public Service | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Results Education Fund | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Margaret Mercy - Mcauley Clinic | Hammond, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Trade Collective | Evanston, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girl Forward | Chicago, IL | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels Ne Il | Evanston, IL | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chicago Metro Battered Women's Network | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Justin Wynn Foundation | Evanston, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
104 of 116 (90%) 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 92%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
- Voter Participation Center
GENERAL, RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC - Books and Breakfast
GENERAL. RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 134 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 101 | $781,500 | $4,000 |
| 2022 | 96 | $983,000 | $4,000 |
| 2023 | 93 | $892,000 | $3,500 |
| 2024 | 92 | $896,000 | $3,000 |
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. 62% 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 $3,500. 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 Francis Beidler Foundation'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: 53 W Jackson 530, Chicago, IL, 60604. 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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