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The Gies Foundation: 7 grants to organizations, $2 million (tax year ended December 2025)
The Gies Foundation, a private foundation in Chicago, IL, paid 7 grants to organizations totaling $2,030,950 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 8, 2026. The largest was $1,685,000 to Chicago Jesuit Academy in Chicago, IL for to offer children with educational and economic needs access to a catholic, college preparattory middle school education in the jesuit tradition..
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- EIN
- 201685394
- Based in
- Chicago, IL
- Assets
- $975,703
- Grants paid
- $2,055,950
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed May 8, 2026, IRS object ID 202631289349100828. It reported $2,055,950 in grants paid; 7 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Jesuit Academy | Chicago, IL | To offer children with educational and economic needs access to a catholic, college preparattory middle school education in the jesuit tradition. | $1,685,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Accelerate Institute | Chicago, IL | To create transformational school leaders to ensure that children growing up in poverty have access to great schools. | Education | $102,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Christ the King Academy | Chicago, IL | To offer children with educational and economic needs access to a catholic, college preparattory school education in the jesuit tradition. | $98,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| By the Hand Club for Kids | Chicago, IL | To help children who live in under-resourced neighborhoods have abundant lives. | $51,600 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Holy Trinity High School | Chicago, IL | To help students with educational and economic needs have access to a catholic school. | $50,850 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Glenwood School for Boys | Glenwood, IL | To help children and families who live in cycles of poverty, injustice, and inequity. | $38,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chicago Area Track and Field | St Joseph, IL | The Chicago area offers a vibrant track and field community with various clubs, events, and facilities for athletes of all ages. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed May 14, 2025, IRS object ID 202501349349103335. It reported $1,076,675 in grants paid; 11 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Jesuit Academy | Chicago, IL | To offer children with educational and economic needs access to a catholic, college preparattory middle school education in the jesuit tradition. | $767,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Accelerate Institute | Chicago, IL | To create transformational school leaders to ensure that children growing up in poverty have access to great schools. | Education | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| By the Hand Club for Kids | Chicago, IL | To help children who live in under-resourced neighborhoods have abundant lives. | $51,600 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Christ the King Academy | Chicago, IL | To offer children with educational and economic needs access to a catholic, college preparattory school education in the jesuit tradition. | $49,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Glenwood School for Boys | Glenwood, IL | To help children and families who live in cycles of poverty, injustice, and inequity. | $38,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Holy Trinity High School | Chicago, IL | To help students with educational and economic needs have access to a catholic school. | $25,425 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Culver Academies | Culver, IN | To develop and nurture the whole individual through integrated programs that emphasize the cultivation of character. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Royal Family Kids Camp | Santa Ana, CA | To support camps and clubs for children in the foster care system. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Geneva Community Unit School District | Geneva, IL | To help students become self-directed lifelong learners, effective communicators, complex, creative, and adaptive thinkers and collaborative and productive citizens. | $10,150 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Link Scholars Unlimited | Chicago, IL | To support low-income, academically struggling young learners by providing rigorous literacy instruction and enrichment programs to help students achieve measurable success - and to inspire life-long | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Misericordia Women's League | Western Springs, IL | To raise funds for and provide service to misericordia heart of mercy center. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $177,500 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Illinois | $3,067,625 |
| Indiana | $25,000 |
| California | $15,000 |
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Updated May 8, 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.