Open Foundations · Illinois

Booth Ferris Foundation

Chicago, Illinois · EIN 136170340. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $10.4M across 91 grants in 2023, a median of $100K each.

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$10.4M
paid in 2023
91
grants paid
$100K
median grant
55%
to first-time recipients
$203.2M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

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

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2023, IRS filing object id 202423119349100642. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

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 2023

The 15 largest of the 91 grants paid in 2023, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Bank Street College of EducationNY$200,000GENERAL
2Gina Gibney DanceNY$200,000GENERAL
3Macaulay Honors CollegeNY$190,000GENERAL
4Benefits Data TrustPA$185,000GENERAL OPERATING
5Advocates for Children of Newyork IncNY$150,000GENERAL
6Bard CollegeNY$150,000GENERAL
7Bridges From School to WorkMD$150,000GENERAL
8Center for Alternative Sentencing andNY$150,000GENERAL
9Center for Educational InnovationNY$150,000GENERAL OPERATING
10Central Family Life CenterNY$150,000GENERAL OPERATING
11City HarvestNY$150,000GENERAL
12Cooper Union for the Advancement ofNY$150,000GENERAL OPERATING
13Cuny Graduate School of Public HealthNY$150,000GENERAL
14Dream (fka Harlem Rbi)NY$150,000GENERAL
15Fund for the City of NyNY$150,000GENERAL

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

Where the money went

Share of 2023 grant dollars by recipient state
New York93%
New Jersey2%
Pennsylvania1%
Maryland1%
Connecticut1%

Who decides

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

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

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; 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 collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

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

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