The Albert Pick JR Fund
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-6071402. Reported 255 grants totalling $4,511,508 to 135 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. The Albert Pick JR Fund 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 $15,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $2,509 and the largest $105,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Community Foundation | Chicago, IL | $300,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chicago United for Equity | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Chicago Community Trust | Chicago, IL | $95,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kuumba Lynx | Chicago, IL | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Storycatchers Theatre | Chicago, IL | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mother and Child Alliance | Chicago, IL | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chicago Freedom School | Chicago, IL | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alliance of the Southeast | Chicago, IL | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Restore Justice Foundation | Chicago, IL | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southside Together Organizing for Power | Chicago, IL | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Territory Nfp | Chicago, IL | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Build Incorporated | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Juvenile Protective Association | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Living Works | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Target Hope | Matteson, IL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Changing Worlds | Chicago, IL | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Crossroads Fund | Chicago, IL | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Communities United | Chicago, IL | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Math Circles of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chicago Debate Commission | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Experimental Station | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Project Syncere | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Refugeeone | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tuesday's Child | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arise Chicago | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family Rescue | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Parks | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Girls 4 Science | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Girls Inc of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Indo-American Center | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Options for Youth | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Plant Chicago Nfp | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Snow City Arts Foundation | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Young Invincibles | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chicago Women's Health Center | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Children's Research Triangle | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Illinois Pirg Education Fund | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Latino Union of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Working in the Schools | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Poetry Center Dba the Chicago Poetrey Center | Chicago, IL | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arab American Action Network | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arts Work Fund for Organizational Development | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Coalition to Save Our Mental Health Center | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chicago Youth Programs Inc | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Connections for Abused Women and Their Children | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chicago Voyagers | Schaumburg, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Everthrive Illinois | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fathers Families Healthy Communities | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Logan Square Neighborhood Association | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Veterans Art Museum | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| People Matter | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Project Exploration | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Urban Autism Solutions | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Harmony Hope & Healing | Chicago, IL | $34,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Children - Chicago | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Healing to Action Nfp | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| La Rabida Childrens Hospital | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lugenia Burns Hope Center Inc | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| La Rabida Children's Hospital | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mobile C a R E Foundation | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality Northside | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Red Line Service Institute | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Church of Rogers Park | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| International Childrens Media Center | Northbrook, IL | $29,100 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Healing to Action | Chicago, IL | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gilloury Institute | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gilloury Institute Dba Silk Road Rising | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Science & Entrepreneurship Exchange | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Artreach Chicago | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brown House Experience | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Centro De Trabajadores Unidos United Workers Cente | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chicago Pre-College Science and Engineering Progra | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago Womens Health Center Inc | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Centro De Trabaladeros Unidos | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chicago Poetry Center | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Pre-College Science and Engineering Program Inc | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Pre-College and Engineering | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chicago Youth Program Inc | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Organizing and Family | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Con Textos Nfp | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connection for Abused Women & Their Children | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Disability Lead | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Disability LEADADE25 | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Children | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ladies of Virtue Nfp | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Latin Union Inc | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Latinos Progressando | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Musical Arts Institute | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mobile Care Foundation | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Plant Chicago | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reading in Motion | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southside Together Organizing | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Children's Media | Chicago, IL | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Access Living of Metropolitan | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arts & Business Council of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Alphabet Nfp | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chicago Chess Foundation | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Childrens Research Triangle | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Organizing and Family Issues | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago City Theatre Company Dba Joel Hall Dancers & Center | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coalition to Save Our Mental Health Centers | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Firebird Community Arts | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fathers Families and Healthy | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fifth House Ensemble | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Firebird Community Artsartreach Chicago | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| First Defense Legal Aid | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Forging Opportunities for Refugees in America | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heartland Alliance Internationalmarjorie Kovler Center | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kovler Center Child Trauma | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Julie and Michael Tracy Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lost Boyz | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lugenia Burns Hope Centerafrican American Community Trust | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Read in Motion | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saint Agatha Dream Builders Association Nfp | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tuesdays Child | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| True Star Foundation Inc | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Forging Opportunities Refugees | Chicago, IL | $13,390 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tfk Chicago Voyagers | Schaumburg, IL | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Black Alphabet | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bright Promises Foundation | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates of Cook County | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago Sinfonietta | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Disability Leadada 25 Advancing Leadership | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Freshlens Chicago | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gardeneers | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heartland Alliance International LLC | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ladies of Virtue | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Parents for Peace & Justice | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Spark Shop | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sparkshop | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Forefront | Chicago, IL | $5,018 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
74 of 135 (55%) 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 52%, 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.
- Chicago Community Foundation
Community Orgs & Civic Affairs - The Chicago Community Trust
Arts Work Fund - General operating support - Crossroads Fund
FY25 Chicago Racial Justice Pooled Fund - Restore Justice Foundation
Advocacy Training Program - Court Appointed Special Advocates
Health and Human Service Orgs - Plant Chicago Nfp
Educational Orgs & Schools
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 182 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 71 | $1,400,399 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 71 | $1,182,009 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 59 | $914,100 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 54 | $1,015,000 | $16,250 |
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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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 $15,000. 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 The Albert Pick JR Fund'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: 200 W Madison St Ste 300, 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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