Open Foundations · Illinois

Booth Ferris Foundation

Chicago, Illinois · EIN 136170340. It paid $10.4M across 93 grants in 2024, a median of $100K each. Its Form 990-PF says it accepts unsolicited grant requests.

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$10.4M
paid in 2024
93
grants paid
$100K
median grant
49%
to first-time recipients
$203.2M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

These application terms come from Part XV of the foundation's Form 990-PF.

Send requests to
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK N A
Address
10 S DEARBORN IL1-0111, CHICAGO, IL, 60603
Phone
8004962583
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
www.jpmorgan.com/onlinegrants
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

From the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202513099349100421. Entries appear as filed.

What it funds, in its own words

The filing states only a general purpose, with nothing specific enough to pull out as recurring language.

Biggest grants in 2024

These are the 15 largest of the 93 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Anthos Home IncNY$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2Care for the HomelessNY$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
3Center for Educational InnovationNY$150,000GENERAL OPERATING
4City HarvestNY$150,000GENERAL
5Cooper Union for the Advancement ofNY$150,000GENERAL OPERATING
6Cuny Graduate School of Public HealthNY$150,000GENERAL
7Facing History and OurselvesMA$150,000GENERAL OPERATING
8Girls Incorporated of New York CityNY$150,000GENERAL
9Gods Love We Deliver IncNY$150,000GENERAL OPERATING
10Intl Networks for Public SchoolsNY$150,000GENERAL OPERATING
11Le Moyne CollegeNY$150,000GENERAL
12Lenox Hill Neighborhood House IncNY$150,000GENERAL
13New Visions for Public SchoolsNY$150,000GENERAL OPERATING
14New York UniversityNY$150,000GENERAL
15Parent Child Center IncCT$150,000GENERAL OPERATING

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020170$10.7M
202177$10.7M
202294$10.6M
202391$10.4M
202493$10.4M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
New York94%
Massachusetts1%
Connecticut1%
Pennsylvania1%
District of Columbia1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees are listed as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

No officers or trustees are listed on the filing we hold.

Each figure comes from the foundation's latest filed year, 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Grants and application terms come from each foundation's latest IRS 990-PF e-file return. The newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants count once and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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