Raised vegetable beds and benches in a community garden

Grant recipient EIN 20-1628958Community development

Who funds Great Lakes Cities Initiative?

1 private foundation gave Great Lakes Cities Initiative in New Lenox, IL $575,000 across 4 grants, in tax years 2021 to 2024.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2021 to 2024, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

4 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Charles Stewart Mott FoundationFlint, MI 2024

    To support an organization with a mission to advance the protection and restoration of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River ecosystem.

    $200,000
  2. Charles Stewart Mott FoundationFlint, MI 2023

    To support an organization with a mission to advance the protection and restoration of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River ecosystem.

    $50,000
  3. Charles Stewart Mott FoundationFlint, MI 2022

    To support an organization with a mission to advance the protection and restoration of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River ecosystem.

    $200,000
  4. Charles Stewart Mott FoundationFlint, MI 2021

    To support an organization whose mission is to advance the protection and restoration of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River ecosystem.

    $125,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other community development organizations in Illinois and are not among Great Lakes Cities Initiative’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 834 grants Preselected only $66,313 to similar organizations
  2. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 124 grants Preselected only $14,211,695 to similar organizations
  3. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 148 grants Accepts applications $4,678,319 to similar organizations
  4. John D and Catherine T MacArthur FoundationChicago, IL 159 grants Preselected only $28,959,156 to similar organizations
  5. Polk Bros Foundation IncChicago, IL 155 grants Accepts applications $6,595,000 to similar organizations
  6. Field Foundation of IllinoisChicago, IL 56 grants Accepts applications $1,542,500 to similar organizations
  7. The Allstate FoundationNorthbrook, IL 44 grants Accepts applications $377,368 to similar organizations
  8. Circle of Service FoundationChicago, IL 67 grants Accepts applications $3,421,916 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 20-1628958 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.