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The Jay Pritzker Foundation: 15 grants to organizations, $10.4 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Jay Pritzker Foundation, a private foundation in Houston, TX, paid 15 grants to organizations totaling $10,360,000 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 10, 2025. The largest was $5,000,000 to Foundation for California Community Colleges in Sacramento, CA for financial support to students at participating community colleges in low-income, under-serviced regions of california to increase student success and help eliminate regional achievement gaps.
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- EIN
- 020550210
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- Assets
- $22,082,657
- Grants paid
- $10,360,000
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 10, 2025, IRS object ID 202523149349102062. It reported $10,360,000 in grants paid; 15 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation for California Community Colleges | Sacramento, CA | Financial support to students at participating community colleges in low-income, under-serviced regions of california to increase student success and help eliminate regional achievement gaps | Education | $5,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St Johns College | Santa Fe, NM | For general fund; for infrastructure improvements | $3,500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Portland Art Museum | Portland, OR | To support exhibition of art | Arts, culture and humanities | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| College of Marin Foundation | Kentfield, CA | To leverage the financial support of community members to ensure funds are available to build the college of marin's bolinas field station | Education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Empower - the Emerging Markets Foundation | New York, NY | To establish an endowment in support of its ongoing mission | International, foreign affairs and national security | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Francisco Conservatory of Music | San Francisco, CA | To support the establishment of an endowed scholarship fund for the benefit of black students | Education | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | For foia practicum fund for pritzker school of law | Recreation and sports | $187,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Alaska Foundation | Fairbanks, AK | To support the department of mammalogy at the university of alaska | $182,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Providence St Mel School | Chicago, IL | For general fund | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Harpswell Foundation | Concord, MA | Support of the asean program in women's leadership | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Side By Side | San Anselmo, CA | To support its irene m. hunt school capital campaign | Mental health and crisis intervention | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Clyfford Still Museum | Denver, CO | Support of its forward to 15 fund | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | Support of the symposium and scholars' study day at the de young museum | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Francisco & Marin Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | For general fund | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Salvation Army Golden State Division | San Francisco, CA | For general fund | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $5,450,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $525,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $250,000 |
| Recreation and sports | $187,500 |
| Mental health and crisis intervention | $50,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $5,565,000 |
| New Mexico | $3,500,000 |
| Oregon | $500,000 |
| Illinois | $262,500 |
| New York | $250,000 |
| Alaska | $182,500 |
| Massachusetts | $75,000 |
| Colorado | $25,000 |
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Updated November 10, 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.