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Hunter Family Foundation: 138 grants to organizations, $11.2 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Hunter Family Foundation, a private foundation in Chicago, IL, paid 138 grants to organizations totaling $11,200,500 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $3,035,000 to Ravinia Festival Association in Highland Park, IL for cso program sponsorship for maxine hunter/the hunter pavilion.
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- EIN
- 371887329
- Based in
- Chicago, IL
- Assets
- $427,744,481
- Grants paid
- $11,199,500
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202533219349100723. It reported $11,199,500 in grants paid; 138 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravinia Festival Association | Highland Park, IL | Cso program sponsorship for maxine hunter/the hunter pavilion | Arts, culture and humanities | $3,035,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation | Chicago, IL | Hunter simulation and education center | $635,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Erie Family Health Center | Chicago, IL | Healthreach waukegan | Health care | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Metrosquash | Chicago, IL | General support | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | General support | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $175,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | Geneva, IL | General support | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $175,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| College of Lake County Foundation | Grayslake, IL | Apprenticeships program | Education | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Environmental Law & Policy Center Midwest | Chicago, IL | Wetlands public education campaign | Environment | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kids First Health Care | Commerce City, CO | General support/westminster new clinic project | Health care | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lake County Community Foundation | Waukegan, IL | General support | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mano A Mano Family Resource Center | Round Lake Park, IL | General support | Human services | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Fish and Wildlife Foundation | Bloomington, MN | Chi-cal rivers fund | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Start Early | Chicago, IL | General support | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Keeping Families Covered | Waukegan, IL | Dollars for a van | Human services | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois | Chicago, IL | General support | Health care | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | Daybreak fund | Environment | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boca Grande Disaster Fund | Boca Grande, FL | General support | $115,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Alliance for the Great Lakes | Chicago, IL | General support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bay Area Discovery Museum | Sausalito, CA | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bernie's Books - Book Bank Donations | Lake Bluff, IL | General support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chicago Botanic Garden | Glencoe, IL | General support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance | Chicago, IL | General support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Forefront | Chicago, IL | Fresh taste: chicago region food system fund | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Garfield Park Rite To Wellness Collab | Chicago, IL | General support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Illinois Environmental Council Education | Springfield, IL | Clean power lake county/general support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Imentor | New York, NY | Chicago program | Youth development | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Latino Policy Forum | Chicago, IL | General support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lurie Children's Hosptial of Chicago FND | Chicago, IL | Center for childhood resilience | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| North Lawndale College Prep HS | Chicago, IL | General support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Partnership for College Completion | Chicago, IL | General support | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rare | Arlington, VA | Fish forever programs in honduras and guatemala/center for behavior and the environment | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Room To Read | San Francisco, CA | Cambodia programs | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chicago Foundation for Women | Chicago, IL | Illinois reproductive justice early childhood funders collaborative | $85,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Reading Power | Lake Forest, IL | General support | Youth development | $85,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Waukegan To College | Waukegan, IL | General support | $85,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | Illinois programs | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Parents As Teachers | St Louis, MO | Wisconsin programs | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Advance Illinois | Chicago, IL | General support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods | Deerfield, IL | General support | Environment | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Children's Advocacy and Family Resources | Greenwood Village, CO | General support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lake County Regional Office of Education | Vernon Hills, IL | Schuler scholars program | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Meals On Wheels Northeastern Illinois | Evanston, IL | General support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| North Chicago Community Partners | Lake Bluff, IL | General support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| North Lawndale Employment Network | Chicago, IL | General support | Employment | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northern Illinois University Foundation | Geneva, IL | Educational systems center | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pads Lake County | Waukegan, IL | General support | Mental health and crisis intervention | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Roger Baldwin FDN of the Aclu of Illinois | Chicago, IL | General support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Friends of Highwood Public Library | Highwood, IL | General support | Environment | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tipping Point | San Francisco, CA | General support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Trust for Public Land | Chicago, IL | For ca, co, il programs | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | Lake county early childhood programs | Human services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Youth Build Lake County | North Chicago, IL | General support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Conserving Carolina | Hendersonville, NC | Learning grant | Environment | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Washington National Cathedral Protestant Episocopal Cathedral Foundation | Washington, DC | Organ rebuild project | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Share Our Spare | Chicago, IL | General support | Human services | $51,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Beloved Asheville | Asheville, NC | General support | Housing and shelter | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bridges To Prosperity | Denver, CO | General support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Build-On | Chicago, IL | Chicago program | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Carole Robertson Center for Learning | Chicago, IL | General support | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chicago Public Library Foundation | Chicago, IL | General support | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of the Chicago River | Chicago, IL | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Homeless Prenatal Program | San Francisco, CA | General support | Health care | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hotchkiss School | Lakeville, CT | Hunter-tonelli scholarship | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hunger Task Force | Milwaukee, IL | General support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Illinois Action for Children | Chicago, IL | General support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ingenuity | Chicago, IL | General support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lake County Partnership for Economic Dev | Lincolnshire, IL | General support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lake Forest Open Lands Association | Lake Forest, IL | General support | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society | Lake Forest, IL | 6020 matching | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| McDowell Local Food Advisory Council | Marion, NC | Foothills food hub | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| One Million Degrees | Chicago, IL | General support | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Openlands | Chicago, IL | General support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Project Hope | Washington, DC | General support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Francisco Parks Alliance | San Francisco, CA | General support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Bike Federation of Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI | General support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| West Side United Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | General support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Working in the Schools | Chicago, IL | General support | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | General support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Access Reproductive Justice | Oakland, CA | General support | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cobalt Foundation | Denver, CO | General support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Midwest Access Coalition | Chicago, IL | General support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI | General support | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Connectlakecounty | Deerfield, IL | General support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Westminster School | Simsbury, CT | Williams will society scholarship fund | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity | Evergreen, CO | General support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chicago Voyagers | Schaumburg, IL | Learning grant | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chicago Women in Trades | Chicago, IL | Learning grant | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Colby-Sawyer College | New London, NH | School of nursing & health sciences | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cool Learning Experience | Waukegan, IL | Learning grant | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Earth Island Institute | Berkeley, CA | Nature in the city | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Environmental Learning for Kids | Denver, CO | Learning grant | Youth development | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Illinois Network of Child Care Resource | Bloomington, IL | Civic leaders for illinois' children | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lake Forest Academy | Lake Forest, IL | Scholarship programs&teacher prof. development | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lake Forest College | Lake Forest, IL | Health professions program | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Revolution Workshop | Chicago, IL | Learning grant | Employment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ten Strands | San Francisco, CA | Learning grant | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Chicago Food Policy Action Council | Chicago, IL | Learning grant | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Conservation Fund | Arlington, VA | Learning grant | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Funders Network | Coral Gables, FL | Learning grant | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado | Denver, CO | General support | Recreation and sports | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fox Chase Cancer Center | Philadelphia, PA | General support in honor of dr. david loren | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tabor Academy | Marion, MA | General support | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gicia Gasparilla Island Cons & Impr Assoc | Boca Grande, FL | Mercabo cove project | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| A Thousand Summers (john Austin Cheley) | Denver, CO | General support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation Inc | Boca Grande, FL | General support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Colorado Coalition for the Homeless | Denver, CO | General operating | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest | Lake Forest, IL | General support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Gorton Community Center | Lake Forest, IL | General support | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Illinois Community of Displaced Immigrant | Chicago, IL | General support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Island Charter School | Boca Grande, FL | General suppoer | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lake County Tech Campus | Grayslake, IL | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mote Marine Laboratory | Sarasota, FL | General support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Shedd Aquarium Society | Chicago, IL | General support | Animal-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Garden Conservancy | Garrison, NY | General support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | General support | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Berkshire School | Sheffield, ME | General support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boca Grande Woman's Club Inc | Boca Grande, FL | General support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Chicago, IL | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chief and Calla Bell Scholarship Fund | Flat Rock, NC | Camp mondamin support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Delta Institute | Chicago, IL | General support | Community improvement and capacity building | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Boca Grande Community Center | Boca Grande, FL | Annual fund | Human services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Dupont Forest | Hendersonville, NC | General support | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges | Geneva, NY | General support | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Johann Fust Community Library | Boca Grande, FL | General support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lake Forest Country Day School | Lake Forest, IL | General support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pisgah Area Sorba | Weaverville, NC | General support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Play Group | San Francisco, CA | General support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Project Als | New York, NY | General support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Basic Fund | Oakland, CA | General support | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Way Forward Foundation | Coral Gables, FL | General support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Winman Trails | Winchester, WI | General support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Anera | Washington, DC | General support | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chicago Refugee Coaliton | Chicago, IL | General support | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Refugee One | Chicago, IL | General support | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Safer Foundation | Chicago, IL | Women's justice institute | Crime and legal-related | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Peoples Fundraiser | Washington, DC | General support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | Civic leadership academy | Education | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Occidental College | Los Angeles, CA | General support | Education | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $3,190,000 |
| Environment | $715,000 |
| Education | $686,500 |
| Health care | $525,000 |
| Human services | $466,500 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $350,000 |
| Youth development | $210,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $111,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Illinois | $8,846,500 |
| California | $475,500 |
| Colorado | $410,000 |
| District of Columbia | $288,500 |
| Florida | $205,000 |
| Virginia | $205,000 |
| North Carolina | $175,000 |
| Minnesota | $150,000 |
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Updated November 17, 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.