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Finnegan Family Foundation: 100 grants to organizations, $4.3 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Finnegan Family Foundation, a private foundation in Chicago, IL, paid 100 grants to organizations totaling $4,259,995 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 11, 2025. The largest was $200,000 to A Better Chicago in Chicago, IL for $100k to general operations and $100k to catalyst fund.
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- EIN
- 364221334
- Based in
- Chicago, IL
- Assets
- $84,405,100
- Grants paid
- $4,259,995
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 11, 2025, IRS object ID 202523159349101742. It reported $4,259,995 in grants paid; 100 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Better Chicago | Chicago, IL | $100k to general operations and $100k to catalyst fund | Human services | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northshore University Healthsystem | Evanston, IL | Aspire community healthcare workforce development program, in partnership with the city of evanston | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Noble Network of Charter Schools | Chicago, IL | Noble charter schools $100,000; summer of a lifetime: $5,000 | Education | $105,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Academy for Urban School Leadership | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bottom Line | Chicago, IL | Chicago program | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chicago Public Education Fund | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| City Year | Chicago, IL | Chicago program | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| College Possible | Saint Paul, MN | Chicago program | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hope Chicago | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Imentor Chicago | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kipp Chicago Schools | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Leap Innovations | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | Human services | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Metropolitan Family Services | Chicago, IL | General operating support for evanston/skokie valley | Human services | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Start Early | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Teach for All | New York, NY | Unrestricted | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Teach for America | Chicago, IL | Chicago program | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Modern Classrooms Project | Washington, DC | Chicago program | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Year Up | Chicago, IL | Chicago program | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Learn Charter School Network | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Onegoal | Chicago, IL | Chicago program | Youth development | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Youth Job Center | Evanston, IL | Unrestricted | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| One Million Degrees | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | Education | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Leaders | New York, NY | Chicago program | Education | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Leading Educators | New Orleans, LA | Chicago program | $55,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Better Future Forward | Lakeville, MN | Chicago program | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Braven | Chicago, IL | Chicago program | Youth development | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Communities in Schools | Chicago, IL | Chicago program | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Education Pioneers | Boston, MA | Chicago program | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Embarc Chicago | Chicago, IL | 50k to general operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New Classrooms | New York, NY | Teach to one/chicago program | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Thrive Scholars | Chicago, IL | Chicago program | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $50k to to & through initiative - network for college success | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Vocel | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kids First Chicago | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of the Children - Chicago | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | Human services | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peer Health Exchange | Oakland, CA | Chicago program | Youth development | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Youth & Opportunity United | Evanston, IL | Summer learning program | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cradles To Crayons | Chicago, IL | Chicago program | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Evanston Scholars | Evanston, IL | Unrestricted | Education | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lift | Chicago, IL | Chicago program | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Louis University | Chicago, IL | Accelerate u program | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Uic College of Education | Chicago, IL | Center for urban education leadership | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Books & Breakfast | Evanston, IL | Unrestricted | Education | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Connections for the Homeless | Evanston, IL | Unrestricted | Housing and shelter | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse | Evanston, IL | Unrestricted | Environment | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| International Neighborhood Collaborative | Chicago, IL | The dovetail project | Youth development | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| McGaw YMCA | Evanston, IL | Unrestricted | Human services | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Teacher Center | Santa Cruz, CA | Chicago program | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Partnership for College Completion | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | Education | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Teachers Supporting Teachers | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | Community improvement and capacity building | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chicago Scholars | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Childcare Network of Evanston | Evanston, IL | Unrestricted | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Curt's Cafe | Evanston, IL | Unrestricted | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Evanston Community Foundation | Evanston, IL | Unrestricted | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Foundation 65 | Evanston, IL | Unrestricted | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Golden Apple Foundation | Chicago, IL | Golden apple scholars program | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Greenlight Fund | Boston, MA | Chicago program | Community improvement and capacity building | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Intrinsic Schools | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Link Unlimited | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Council On Teacher Quality | Washington, DC | Illinois component of teacher prep review | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Skills for Chicagoland's Future | Chicago, IL | Beyond the diploma program | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Moran Center for Youth Advocacy | Evanston, IL | Unrestricted | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Chicago Education Lab | Chicago, IL | Chicago student success initiative | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Police for Inc | Flemington, NJ | New blue project; evanston officers | Education | $24,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alliance Chicago | Chicago, IL | Juno4me | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Carole Robertson Center | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Erie Family Health Foundation | Chicago, IL | $20k for general operating support | Health care | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Genesys Works | Chicago, IL | Chicago program | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ingenuity | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Springboard Collaborative | Philadelphia, PA | Chicago program | Human services | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Surge Institute | Chicago, IL | Chicago program | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Teach Plus | Chicago, IL | Instructional leadership work in chicago | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Work Ethic (we) Program | Evanston, IL | Unrestricted | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| America Needs You | New York, NY | Chicago program | Education | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Independent Futures | Evanston, IL | Unrestricted | Human services | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Eths Foundation | Evanston, IL | Health science center | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Healthy Schools Campaign | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | Environment | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Infant Welfare Society of Evanston | Evanston, IL | Unrestricted | Human services | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jumpstart | Boston, MA | Chicago program | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lawrence Hall Youth Services | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Metrosquash | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Salvation Army | Evanston, IL | Evanston corps | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tutoring Chicago | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $15k to to & through initiative - middle grades network | Education | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Advance Illinois | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chicago Community Foundation | Chicago, IL | $10k to chicagoland workforce funder alliance; progressive post-secondary pathways fund | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Civic Consulting Alliance | Chicago, IL | Education projects | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Evanston Grows | Evanston, IL | Unrestricted | Community improvement and capacity building | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Helix Illinois | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Safer Foundation | Chicago, IL | Chicago program | Crime and legal-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Saga Education | Philadelphia, PA | Chicago program | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| YWCA | Evanston, IL | Evanston/north shore operation | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Forefront | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $9,495 | apps.irs.gov |
| Aspiritech | Evanston, IL | Unrestricted | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Illinois Network of Charter Schools | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Harbour | Park Ridge, IL | For services to evanston youth | Human services | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chicago Lights | Chicago, IL | Tutoring program | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bright Promises | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hemenway Soup Kitchen | Evanston, IL | Unrestricted | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $1,089,000 |
| Human services | $522,500 |
| Youth development | $195,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $146,495 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $65,000 |
| Environment | $45,000 |
| Housing and shelter | $30,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $25,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Illinois | $3,490,995 |
| New York | $225,000 |
| Minnesota | $150,000 |
| District of Columbia | $125,000 |
| Massachusetts | $90,000 |
| California | $70,000 |
| Louisiana | $55,000 |
| Pennsylvania | $30,000 |
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Updated November 11, 2025. 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.