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Private foundation (trust)EIN 942988627Est. 1986-12

BOBOLINK FOUNDATION

CHICAGO, IL 60601

Total Assets

$320.2M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$14.3M

FY 2023

Grants Made

49

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$291K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$500–$3.1M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$3.7M

Total Expenses

$15.6M

Qualifying Distributions

$12.8M

Distributable Amount

$16.8M

Min. Investment Return

$16.9M

Payout rate 76%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.76%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

49 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $500 through median $30K to maximum $3.1M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

3 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $15.3M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

153 grants

The Nature Conservancy
$8.5M
8 grants
World Wildlife Fund
$3.4M
5 grants
reWild
$3M
1 grant
Rainforest Trust
$3M
1 grant
Re wild
$2.7M
2 grants
Rare
$2.1M
3 grants
Nature Conservancy of Canada
$2M
1 grant
Wellesley College
$2M
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

153 grants

<$10K
43
grants
$10–50K
51
grants
$50–250K
28
grants
$250K–1M
21
grants
$1–5M
10
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

21 states

Virginia
$12.1M
31% of total
District of Columbia
$5.4M
14% of total
Texas
$5.0M
13% of total
Georgia
$4.3M
11% of total
Illinois
$4.2M
11% of total
Massachusetts
$2.5M
6% of total
New York
$1.6M
4% of total
Colorado
$1.5M
4% of total
Arizona
$650K
2% of total
Wisconsin
$520K
1% of total

+11 more states

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