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Private foundation (trust)EIN 651164639Est. 2003-02

The Polsky Foundation

Chicago, IL 60606

Total Assets

$89.5M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$7.8M

FY 2024

Grants Made

39

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$199K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$2.3M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$3.3M

Total Expenses

$8.2M

Qualifying Distributions

$8.1M

Distributable Amount

$3.4M

Min. Investment Return

$3.5M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

39 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $10K to maximum $2.3M, 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

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $9.1M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

129 grants

UChicago Polsky Center
$6.4M
2 grants
Northwestern Memorial Foundation
$6.0M
3 grants
BRCA Research and Cure Alliance
$2.3M
1 grant
University of Chicago
$2M
1 grant
University of Chicago 2016
$1.7M
1 grant
Our Home Ukraine
$968K
1 grant
White Stork
$790K
3 grants
World Resources Institute
$750K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

129 grants

<$10K
57
grants
$10–50K
41
grants
$50–250K
16
grants
$250K–1M
7
grants
$1–5M
8
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

16 states

Illinois
$24.3M
92% of total
District of Columbia
$761K
3% of total
Massachusetts
$605K
2% of total
Florida
$203K
1% of total
Ohio
$150K
1% of total
Pennsylvania
$112K
0% of total
Connecticut
$100K
0% of total
New York
$54K
0% of total
Oregon
$45K
0% of total
California
$32K
0% of total

+6 more states

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