The Joyce Foundation
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-6079185. Reported 1,811 grants totalling $213.5M to 771 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$90,000median grant
$213.5Mgranted, 2021-2024
771organizations funded
66%of grantees funded again the next year
$1.3Bassets, latest filing
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 Joyce 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.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $90,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $40,000 and $150,000; the smallest was $685 and the largest $1,250,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 771 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Public Media - Chicago Sun-Times | Chicago, IL | $3,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $2,660,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Education First Consulting LLC | Seattle, WA | $2,513,630 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Iff | Chicago, IL | $2,500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chicago Public Media Inc | Chicago, IL | $2,275,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Advance Illinois | Chicago, IL | $2,225,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Elevate Energy | Chicago, IL | $2,000,000 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Crain's Chicago Business | Chicago, IL | $1,775,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Ann Arbor, MI | $1,700,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | New York, NY | $1,655,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,557,367 | 13 | 1 | 2022 |
| Civic News Company | New York, NY | $1,510,000 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Parks Conservation Association | Washington, DC | $1,476,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Education Trust | Washington, DC | $1,475,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ohio Environmental Council | Columbus, OH | $1,460,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Chicago Public Education Fund | Chicago, IL | $1,450,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Faith in Place | Chicago, IL | $1,350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fresh Energy | St Paul, MN | $1,340,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Institute for College Access and Success Inc | Oakland, CA | $1,335,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Teach Plus Incorporated | Boston, MA | $1,300,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Clean Wisconsin Inc | Madison, WI | $1,260,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $1,255,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| William J Brennan JR Center for Justice Inc | New York, NY | $1,207,705 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund - Project Unloaded | Washington, DC | $1,205,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| New York University - the Policing Project | New York, NY | $1,200,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban Institute | Washington, DC | $1,200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Planning Council | Chicago, IL | $1,170,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| New America Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,150,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Profit Inc | Boston, MA | $1,150,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Latino Policy Forum | Chicago, IL | $1,117,500 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Unidosus | Washington, DC | $1,100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chicago Votes | Chicago, IL | $1,050,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Washington, DC | $1,050,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Michigan Environmental Council | Lansing, MI | $1,040,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence | San Francisco, CA | $1,030,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Minneapolis Foundation - Midwest Environmental Justice Network | Minneapolis, MN | $1,030,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wave Educational Fund Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $1,020,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fair Elections Center | Washington, DC | $1,010,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc - Families and Workers Fund | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ed Allies | Minneapolis, MN | $1,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance | Chicago, IL | $983,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $951,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northern Illinois University - Education Systems Center | Dekalb, IL | $950,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chicago Community Foundation | Chicago, IL | $935,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Civic Consulting Alliance | Chicago, IL | $909,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Illinois - Discovery Partners Institute | Chicago, IL | $901,844 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Educationcounsel LLC | Washington, DC | $900,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Johns Hopkins University - Center for Gun Violence Solutions | Baltimore, MD | $900,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Public Radio Inc | Washington, DC | $900,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| State Voices | Washington, DC | $900,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Council on Teacher Quality | Washington, DC | $885,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alliance for the Great Lakes | Chicago, IL | $882,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Freshwater Society | St Paul, MN | $850,635 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Excellent Education | Washington, DC | $850,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Change Illinois | Chicago, IL | $850,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wcij Inc | Madison, WI | $850,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Chicago - Consortium on Chicago School Research | Chicago, IL | $843,449 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Vera Institute of Justice Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $820,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights | Chicago, IL | $815,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Little Village Environmental Justice Organization | Chicago, IL | $811,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ceasefire Pennsylvania Education Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $805,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Center for Michigan | Ypsilanti, MI | $800,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservancy - Virginia | Arlington, VA | $800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy | St Paul, MN | $790,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $775,000 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Violence Policy Center | Washington, DC | $775,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 3ARTS Inc | Chicago, IL | $770,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Illinois Foundation | Chicago, IL | $760,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc | Chicago, IL | $755,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for American Progress | Washington, DC | $750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Educators for Excellence | New York, NY | $750,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Environmental Defense Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $750,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Protect Democracy Project | Washington, DC | $750,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cub Consumer Education and Research Fund | Chicago, IL | $740,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $737,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Inc | Washington, DC | $721,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Block Club Chicago | Chicago, IL | $715,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trace Media Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $714,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Promote the Vote Fund | West Bloomfield, MI | $700,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Protect Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $700,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Advertising Council Inc | New York, NY | $675,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ohio Voice | Columbus, OH | $675,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Count Mi Vote Education Fund | Lansing, MI | $655,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Wildlife Federation | Reston, VA | $650,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| One Aim Illinois | Chicago, IL | $650,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Technology and Civic Life | Chicago, IL | $625,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Initiatives - Live Free USA | Oakland, CA | $625,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | Washington, DC | $625,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fines and Fees Justice Center Inc | New York, NY | $623,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jobs for the Future | Boston, MA | $618,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Minnesota Council on Foundations | Minneapolis, MN | $608,600 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Academy of Pediatrics | Itasca, IL | $605,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Great Lakes Commission | Ann Arbor, MI | $605,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Knowledgeworks Foundation - College in High School Alliance | Cincinnati, OH | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Minnesota Department of Commerce - Energy & Utilities | St Paul, MN | $600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc - Students Learn Students Vote | New York, NY | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Career Technical Education Foundation Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Prison Fellowship Ministries | Lansdowne, VA | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Safe States Alliance | Atlanta, GA | $600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Princeton University - Bridging Divides Initiative | Princeton, NJ | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| US Water Alliance | Oakland, CA | $600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | Cambridge, MA | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sand County Foundation - Environmental Policy Innovation Center | Madison, WI | $595,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences - Virginia | Arlington, VA | $592,500 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $590,736 | 5 | 2 | 2023 |
| Groundtruth Project Inc | Boston, MA | $578,954 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $575,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Stand for Children Leadership Center - Indiana | Indianapolis, IN | $575,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund - Census Equity Initiative | Washington, DC | $570,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| League of Women Voters of Ohio Education Fund | Columbus, OH | $555,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Michigan Municipal League Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | $550,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $550,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Deans for Impact | Austin, TX | $550,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Minnesota Environmental Partnership | St Paul, MN | $550,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| State Higher Education Executive Officers Association | Boulder, CO | $550,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | Urbana, IL | $547,597 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Northeastern University - Bouv College of Health Sciences | Boston, MA | $540,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National College Attainment Network | Washington, DC | $531,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute for Nonprofit News - Open Campus Media Inc | Washington, DC | $530,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform | Oakland, CA | $525,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National League of Cities Institute | Washington, DC | $525,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc - State Infrastructure Fund | New York, NY | $520,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kids First Chicago for Education | Chicago, IL | $514,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Public Agenda | Brooklyn, NY | $510,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arizona State University Foundation | Tempe, AZ | $500,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Freshwater Future | Petoskey, MI | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Great Lakes and St Lawrence Cities Initiative | Chicago, IL | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gunsdown Inc | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mdrc | New York, NY | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Center for Teacher Residencies Inc | Chicago, IL | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Panorama Global - Hyphen | Seattle, WA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Milken Institute | Santa Monica, CA | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Project Unloaded Inc | Chicago, IL | $497,440 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York University - Marron Institute of Urban Management | New York, NY | $490,036 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $490,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Impact for Equity Inc | Chicago, IL | $480,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Minnesota Education Equity Partnership | St Paul, MN | $475,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Teachers College Columbia University - Community College Research Center | New York, NY | $475,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The 74 Media Inc | New York, NY | $475,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation Inc | Chicago, IL | $467,500 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Veterans Education Success | Chevy Chase, MD | $465,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Partnership for College Completion | Chicago, IL | $462,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund | Springfield, IL | $460,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Michigan State University - School of Criminal Justice | East Lansing, MI | $450,061 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Capital B News Inc | New York, NY | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Minneapolis Foundation - Re-Amp | Minneapolis, MN | $450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Conference on Citizenship | Washington, DC | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| P33 | Chicago, IL | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Museum of Mexican Art | Chicago, IL | $441,250 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Neighborhood Technology | Chicago, IL | $440,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Inc | Madison, WI | $438,672 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc - Funders' Committee of Civic Participation | New York, NY | $435,000 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Education Writers Association | Washington, DC | $430,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Inside Climate News | Brooklyn, NY | $430,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Century Foundation | Washington, DC | $430,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chicago Urban League | Chicago, IL | $420,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congo Square Theatre Company | Chicago, IL | $415,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Forefront | Chicago, IL | $407,750 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| South Side Community Art Center | Chicago, IL | $405,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| 365 Media Foundation Inc | Madison, WI | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Access | Dearborn, MI | $400,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago | Chicago, IL | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching | Stanford, CA | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Health Resources in Action Inc - Health Alliance for Violence Intervention | Boston, MA | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Latino Theater Company | Los Angeles, CA | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Leadership Conference Education Fund | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Michigan Department of Health and Human Services | Lansing, MI | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Minneapolis - St Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership | St Paul, MN | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships Inc | Chapel Hill, NC | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Student Legal Defense Network | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ohio Excels | Columbus, OH | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Policy Matters Ohio | Cleveland, OH | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Propublica Inc | New York, NY | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Temple University - the Hope Center for College Community and Justice | Philadelphia, PA | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Education Trust - Midwest | Detroit, MI | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Institute for College Access and Success Inc | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Faith in Action Network | Washington, DC | $395,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Equity Legal Services Inc | Belleville, IL | $392,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 21CP Solutions LLC | Chicago, IL | $386,750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bellwether Education Partners Inc | Sudbury, MA | $385,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Young Invincibles | Washington, DC | $385,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation | Chicago, IL | $378,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Miami Foundation - Newsmatch | Miami, FL | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Surge Institute | Chicago, IL | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chicago Sinfonietta Inc | Chicago, IL | $370,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Chicago - Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts | Chicago, IL | $370,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Minnesota | St Paul, MN | $360,281 | 5 | 2 | 2023 |
| Court Theatre Fund | Chicago, IL | $360,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Stand for Children Leadership Center - Illinois | Chicago, IL | $360,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Inc | Madison, WI | $360,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hyde Park Art Center | Chicago, IL | $355,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Puerto Rican Arts Alliance | Chicago, IL | $355,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sustain Equity Group | Newport News, VA | $355,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan | Detroit, MI | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Institute for Higher Education Policy | Washington, DC | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Michigan State University - Institute for Public Policy and Social Research | East Lansing, MI | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Venture Fund - Education Strategy Group | Washington, DC | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rodel Charitable Foundation De | Wilmington, DE | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Education Strategy Group | Chevy Chase, MD | $345,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Minnesota - Sponsored Projects Administration | Minneapolis, MN | $344,521 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| State Higher Education Executive | Boulder, CO | $340,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tides Foundation - Community Justice Reform Coalition | San Francisco, CA | $340,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Women Employed | Chicago, IL | $337,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Benchmark Analytics LLC | Chicago, IL | $330,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| E4THEFUTURE | Franklin, MA | $325,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Michigan State University - College of Education | East Lansing, MI | $325,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northeast-Midwest Institute | Washington, DC | $320,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Indiana Latino Institute Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $317,359 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $315,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights | Chicago, IL | $314,987 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Minnpost | Minneapolis, MN | $310,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| All Voting Is Local | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chisholm Legacy Project Inc | Burtsonville, MD | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community College Baccalaureate Association Inc | Lake Mary, FL | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Initiatives - Black and Brown Researchers Collective Association | Oakland, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Council of Chief State School Officers | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Council of State Governments | Lombard, IL | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Editorial Projects in Education | Bethesda, MD | $300,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Excellence in Education | Tallahassee, FL | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greater Twin Cities United Way - Generation Next | Minneapolis, MN | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources | Missoula, MT | $300,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins - Bloomberg School of Public Health | Baltimore, MD | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Law Enforcement Action Partnership Inc | Beverly, MA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Milwaukee Water Commons Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund - Common Group | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU Inc | Chicago, IL | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law | Chicago, IL | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tntp Inc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Pivot Fund | Atlanta, GA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tides Center - Zealous | San Francisco, CA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Chicago - Urban Labs | Chicago, IL | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| We the People of Detroit | Detroit, MI | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Texas at Austin - Mccombs School of Business | Austin, TX | $298,425 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chicago Latino Theater Alliance | Chicago, IL | $295,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania - Crime and Justice Policy Lab | Philadelphia, PA | $295,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Illinois Community College Trustees Association | Springfield, IL | $290,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ohio Mayors Alliance Foundation | Columbus, OH | $290,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Black Environmental Leaders Association | Solon, OH | $285,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ohio Voice - Honesty for Ohio Education | Hudson, OH | $285,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Black Ensemble Theater Corporation | Chicago, IL | $280,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Independent Curators International | New York, NY | $280,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shared Ascent Fund - Student Borrower Protection Center | Sacramento, CA | $280,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Washington, DC | $275,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence | Washington, DC | $275,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope Chicago Inc | Chicago, IL | $275,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Illinois Pirg Education Fund | Chicago, IL | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Partnership Project - the Equitable & Just National Climate Forum | Washington, DC | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Southeast Chicago Commission | Chicago, IL | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
409 of 771 (53%) 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 66%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Education First Consulting LLC
EDUCATION & ECONOMIC MOBILITY - New Venture Fund - Project Unloaded
Gun Violence Prevention & Justice Reform - 21CP Foundation Nfp
President's Discretionary Fund
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 1,204 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 376 | $49.1M | $99,907 |
| 2022 | 457 | $56.3M | $100,000 |
| 2023 | 508 | $56.0M | $82,054 |
| 2024 | 470 | $52.2M | $80,000 |
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. The Joyce Foundation has 525 of them, worth $77.3M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Public Media Inc | Chicago, IL | $4,000,000 |
| Iff | Chicago, IL | $1,875,000 |
| Iff | Chicago, IL | $1,250,000 |
| Chicago Public Media - Chicago Sun-Times | Chicago, IL | $1,000,000 |
| Iff | Chicago, IL | $625,000 |
| New Profit Inc | Boston, MA | $600,000 |
| Advance Illinois | Chicago, IL | $550,000 |
| Alliance for the Great Lakes | Chicago, IL | $540,000 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc - Families and Workers Fund | Washington, DC | $500,000 |
| Michigan State University - School of Criminal Justice | East Lansing, MI | $479,414 |
| Little Village Environmental Justice Organization | Chicago, IL | $450,000 |
| New York University - the Policing Project | New York, NY | $450,000 |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $400,000 |
| University of Chicago - Consortium on Chicago School Research | Chicago, IL | $394,617 |
| Clean Wisconsin Inc | Madison, WI | $385,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 32% 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
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How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $90,000. 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 Joyce 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: 321 N Clark Street 1500, Chicago, IL, 60654. 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.
EIN 36-6079185 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.
Is something here wrong about your foundation? Email [email protected] and we will correct it.