Public Charity

Chicago Foundlings Home

Chicago Foundlings Home, of Chicago, IL, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $717K in revenue, $529K in expenses, $6.6M in total assets. IRS filings disclose 42 grants awarded by this foundation, totaling roughly $3.7M.

EIN: 362167002 Chicago, IL Fund Raising & Fund Distribution NTEE: P12 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$717K
Total Expenses$529K
Total Assets$6.6M
Grants Given42
Grant Total$3.7M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

The Home currently provides support to charitable organizations that provide care, education and other services in community-based settings to expectant mothers, mothers, infants and children. Additionally, the Home provides required information on any adoption processed by the Home to respective adoptees, mothers who gave up their children for adoption and, if for medical reasons, to parents of the adoptees.

Where $100 goes at Chicago Foundlings Home

How Chicago Foundlings Home divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$87 Programs the work itself
$13 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $87 for programs

$56
Programs that provide prenatal care and family planning services to teens and young adults.Rush Adolescent Family Center is one of the oldest, most respected prenatal and family planning…
64% of program spending
$16
Programs to guide children in group housing situation to make healthy choices.The Mercy Home Friends First Mentoring Program provided one-on-one and group mentoring in grades 5-8 through three…
18% of program spending
$15
The Home provides required information on any adoption processed by the Home to respective adoptees, mothers who gave up their children for adoption and, if for medical reasons…
About 18% (cost not reported)
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Before you apply to Chicago Foundlings Home

Rarely funds new orgs 8% of recent recipients were first-time grantees (2021–2024).

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Sample Grants Given

Chicago, IL · 2024
Adolescent Family Program
$350,000
Mercy Home
Chicago, IL · 2024
Mercy Works Program
$64,788
SOS Children's Village Illinois
Chicago, IL · 2024
Childrens programs
$10,000
Heather Home
Chicago, IL · 2024
School of Social Work Interns
$10,000
Chicago, IL · 2023
Adolescent Family Program
$350,000

Showing up to 5 of 42 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Director Christopher Merrill
Secretary/Asst. Treasurer Craig Bazzani
Program Director Katie Livingston Brock
President Kenneth D Schmidt Md
Vice-President Neal Langdon
Treasurer/Asst. Secretary Rick Kramer

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Top Grant Purposes

Youth Development
$2,800,000 8 grants
General Support
$662,120 22 grants
Education
$227,900 7 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $717K $529K $6.6M
2024 $546K $533K $5.9M
2023 $474K $556K $5.6M
2022 $763K $583K $5.2M
2021 $741K $575K $6.2M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $741K to $717K (-3%), with total assets most recently reported at $6.6M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in IL.

IL

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