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CHICAGO, IL · 2024 filing

THE SPENCER FOUNDATION

Accepts applications

THE SPENCER FOUNDATION accepts grant applications.

Its most recent filing reports $24M given across 214 grants.

A typical grant is around $75K.

It funds education, arts, culture & humanities, youth development.

What they give

$24M
Total giving
214
Grants made
$75K
Typical grant
$2.5M
Largest grant

From their 2024 Form 990-PF. Foundations file annually, so these figures describe a year that has already closed.

What their grants run

The 214 grants itemized on their 2024 filing, by size. Half of them landed between $50K and $118K, which is the range to judge your own ask against.

0
1
15
139
57
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Under $1K$1K–5K$5K–25K$25K–100K$100K–1MOver $1M
Itemized grants on the 2024 filing, bucketed by grant size.

Where the money went

Grants on the 2024 filing reached 38 states. The largest destinations, with each state’s wider funding picture linked:

District of Columbia$5.1M
New York$3.2M
California$2.3M
Illinois$1.3M
Michigan$1.2M
Itemized grant dollars by recipient state, 2024 filing.

What they fund

Derived from where the money actually went rather than from a stated mission, which is the more useful of the two and frequently the different one.

  • Education
  • Arts, Culture & Humanities
  • Youth Development

Recent giving reached Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky.

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