About Caerus Foundation
Caerus Foundation concentrates its giving into a very small number of sizable grants that prioritize international humanitarian relief (notably mine action) and community development/capacity-building in Chicago. The foundation makes multi-hundred-thousand to multi-million dollar gifts, including repeat support for global demining work and a major local Latino-led community organization, signaling an interest in both high-impact international interventions and strengthening nonprofit leadership and programs at the neighborhood level.
Focus Areas
Humanitarian mine action and global explosive-ordnance clearance (HALO Trust–style demining operations)Latinx community development and neighborhood revitalization in Chicago (community programs, staff leadership, marketing/communications)Organizational capacity-building and leadership support for nonprofit service providers
Who They Fund
South and West Side urban neighborhood residents (Chicago/Englewood)K-12 students and teens (including program-specific scholars)women and girls (including survivors of sexual violence)communities in Cambodia and other conflict-affected areas
About Caerus Foundation
A defining feature of Caerus Foundation Inc is its repeated seven-figure support for humanitarian mine action, including multiple grants to The HALO Trust USA Inc and MAG America for landmine and cluster munition clearance. That international work sits alongside a second, distinct thread: large local investments in Chicago neighborhood organizations and school-based programming. The foundation’s recent record shows a small number of substantial grants rather than a broad spray of awards, with support that can fund leadership staff, communications, program delivery, and crosscutting organizational work. In Chicago, The Resurrection Project received $1,500,000 for key leadership staff, enhanced marketing and communications, and ongoing community programs. City Year also appears with repeated support for program implementation at Austin-based schools and CPS Englewood schools. Outside Chicago, the foundation has backed emergency medical response through Doctors Without Borders USA Inc, environmental work through national conservation and climate intermediaries, and global health through Partners In Health. The pattern suggests a funder that concentrates capital on a limited set of partners working at the program, organizational, and systems levels.
What Caerus Foundation Funds
Humanitarian mine action is one of the clearest themes in the recent grants. Caerus Foundation Inc gave $1,295,000 in 2024 and $1,205,000 in 2025 to The HALO Trust USA Inc for “Transforming HALO's Global Impact through Crosscutting Investment,” and also gave $1,000,000 in 2023 to the same organization for “Saving Lives by Investing in Conservation, Women's Empowerment, and Innovation.” In Cambodia-focused clearance work, MAG America received $825,000 in 2023 for technology and innovation activities and landmine and cluster munition clearance, followed by $500,000 in 2024 for improving lives and livelihoods through landmine clearance and life-saving lessons. The foundation also supports health and humanitarian services. Doctors Without Borders USA Inc received $600,000 in 2025, after $500,000 grants in both 2023 and 2024, all for emergency response. Partners In Health received $400,000 in both 2023 and 2024 for maternal and child health in Haiti and Sierra Leone.
How Caerus Foundation Gives
Caerus Foundation Inc gives at a large scale: the typical grant size is $30,000 at the 25th percentile, $50,000 at the median, and $100,000 at the 75th percentile, while recent awards include several six- and seven-figure grants. The record shows repeated support to the same organizations across multiple years, especially in mine action, health, and Chicago programming. It is a regular funder rather than a donor-advised fund, and the data identifies it as funding individuals. The grant pattern leans toward program support, operating support, and capacity-building rather than short, one-off microgrants.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$17.1M
Total Assets
$251.6M
Total Revenue
$58.9M
Total Expenses
$19.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $30K and $100K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$30K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
Regional12 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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