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THE CHICAGO SCHOLARS FOUNDATION

CHICAGO, ILEIN: 36-4117530Website

Data sourced from IRS 990 public filings

THE CHICAGO SCHOLARS FOUNDATION WE UNIQUELY SELECT, TRAIN, & MENTOR ACADEMICALLY AMBITIOUS STUDENTS FROM UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES TO COMPLETE COLLEGE & BECOME THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS WHO WILL TRANSFORM THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS & OUR CITY.

Local (City/County Level)
Direct Service Delivery
Higher Education Access
Education & Awareness
Low-Income/Economically Disadvantaged
K-12 Education
Convening & Network Building
Youth/Teens (Ages 13-18)

Annual Revenue

$4,794,374

Known Funders

45

Grants Received

84

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesAssets
2022$6,857,221$7,844,062$10,424,336
2021$7,151,418$5,735,285$10,050,328
2020$6,079,355$5,260,299$9,876,556
2019$4,139,913$6,234,647$8,056,002
2018$4,119,937$5,333,808$9,623,893
2017$5,510,787$4,390,492$10,784,687
2016$4,794,374$4,037,945$9,693,017
2015$2,780,814$3,167,019$7,688,300

Top Funders

$671,000 (2023)
$632,000 (2021)
$539,663 (2024)
$523,548 (2023)
$500,000 (2023)
$500,000 (2024)
$407,500 (2022)
$265,000 (2021)
$254,870 (2021)
A Better Chicago

Chicago, IL

$250,000 (2023)

Showing top 10 of 45 funders.

Key Personnel

From 2022 IRS 990 filing

B

BROOKE MCKEAN

PRESIDENT

Officer
J

JEFFERY BECKHAM JR

CEO

Officer
P

PAULA DANILIUC

DIRECTOR

W

WENDY FRIEDMAN

DIRECTOR

L

LEE GORDON

FOUNDERS COUNCIL

R

REGINALD HILL

DIRECTOR

K

KRIS CAREY

VICE CHAIR

Officer
D

DAN HOFFENKAMP

DIRECTOR

D

DANIEL HOULIHAN

DIRECTOR

K

KOURTNEY GIBSON

CHAIR

Officer

Showing 10 of 41 key personnel.

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