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Private foundation (trust)EIN 363991208Est. 1995-05

THE ACORN FOUNDATION

CHICAGO, IL 60605

Total Assets

$730K

FY 2023

Annual Giving

FY 2023

Grants Made

0

FY 2023

Avg Grant

FY 2023

Grant Range

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

PhilanthropyVoluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Expenses

$18K

Qualifying Distributions

$9K

Distributable Amount

$35K

Min. Investment Return

$35K

Payout rate 25%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.25%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Giving Over Time

3 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2022. Peak $48K in 2020. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

61 grants

CHICAGO COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL
$45K
2 grants
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
$11K
2 grants
THE CATHERINE COOK SCHOOL
$9K
2 grants
LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO
$7K
2 grants
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION
$6K
2 grants
FRIENDS OF PAYTON SCHOOL
$5K
2 grants
THE FUND FOR SARAH LAWRENCE - SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE
$5K
2 grants
THE JARRETT MEEKER FOUNDATION
$3K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

61 grants

<$10K
60
grants
$10–50K
1
grants
$50–250K
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

11 states

Illinois
$86K
65% of total
New York
$13K
10% of total
California
$11K
8% of total
Iowa
$6K
5% of total
Massachusetts
$5K
3% of total
District of Columbia
$4K
3% of total
Maine
$3K
2% of total
Washington
$2K
2% of total
Georgia
$2K
2% of total
Wisconsin
$1K
1% of total

+1 more states

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