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Bayless Family Foundation: 14 grants to organizations, $883,886 (tax year ended December 2025)
Bayless Family Foundation, a private foundation in Chicago, IL, paid 14 grants to organizations totaling $883,886 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on September 11, 2026. The largest was $255,000 to National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, IL for to promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts,.
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- EIN
- 814588609
- Based in
- Chicago, IL
- Assets
- $4,523,893
- Grants paid
- $883,886
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed September 11, 2026, IRS object ID 202642549349100124. It reported $883,886 in grants paid; 14 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Museum of Mexican Art | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | Arts, culture and humanities | $255,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lookingglass Theatre Company | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | Arts, culture and humanities | $135,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chicago Community Trust | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $98,334 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Blues Theater | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | Arts, culture and humanities | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Definition Theatre Company | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Neo-Futurists Theater | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Timeline Theatre Company | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | Arts, culture and humanities | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Urban Theater Chicago | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Filament Theatre | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rivendell Theatre Ensemble | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chicago Danztheater Ensemble | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | $15,750 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chicago Public Media | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Porchlight Music Theatre | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chicago Community Trust | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $9,802 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 11, 2025, IRS object ID 202503159349101765. It reported $666,814 in grants paid; 11 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago (icnc) | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | $131,814 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Definition Theatre Company | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | $120,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Timeline Theatre Company | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | Arts, culture and humanities | $120,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chicago Children's Theatre | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Remy Bumppo Theatre Company | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Shattered Globe Theatre | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Theatre Wit | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Filament Theatre | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lookingglass Theatre Company | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chicago Public Media | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Porchlight Music Theatre | Chicago, IL | To promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visual arts, media arts, | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $780,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $108,136 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Illinois | $1,550,700 |
Also on SpecStream
- Who funds arts, culture and humanities in Illinois
- Who funds philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations in Illinois
Updated September 11, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.