About Chicago Bulls Charities
Representing what the Chicago Bulls stand for off the court and in the community. At the Bulls, we are committed to community violence prevention through four focus areas – education, community investment, health and wellness and access to opportunities. We believe that making investments in these four areas through donations, grants, sponsored programs, staff resources, and player engagement will create a reverberation of change in our communities.
Focus Areas
educationcommunity investmenthealth and wellnessaccess to opportunitiesyouth developmentsports and recreationcommunity engagementviolence prevention
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizations (recipient of building/land)local community served by recipient nonprofit
Funding Style
About Chicago Bulls Charities
A $13.5 million donation of building and land to Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago marks the clearest signal in Chicago Bulls Charities’ recent grantmaking: this funder is willing to make large, asset-level investments when a community organization needs physical infrastructure. Alongside that one-time transfer, the foundation also continues to fund program support at a smaller scale, including multi-year accrual funding for Spectrios Institute for the Low Vision and recurring support for the McCormick Foundation. That mix points to a funder that combines major capital commitments with steady operating-style grants. Chicago Bulls Charities gives through the lens of the Bulls’ community priorities, with a focus on education, community investment, health and wellness, and access to opportunities. The recent record shows awards to youth-serving, education, and neighborhood organizations across Chicago and nearby Illinois communities, plus select grants to organizations outside Illinois. Leadership is listed under Michael Reinsdorf, and the foundation’s giving is local in scope. The pattern suggests a place-based funder that uses both high-dollar assets and more typical grant support to back community nonprofits across several program areas.
What Chicago Bulls Charities Funds
Education-related work appears throughout the recent record. Chicago Bulls Charities gave $100,000 in 2024 and another $100,000 in 2023 to PUSH Excel in Chicago for program support, and it awarded $10,000 in 2024 to Noble Network of Charter Schools for program support. Health and wellness also shows up in the grant list. The foundation gave $721,980 in 2023 to Spectrios Institute for the Low Vision for program support, followed by a $250,000 grant in 2023 to the same organization for program support. Community safety and neighborhood support are visible in grants to Bright Star Community Outreach Corporation, which received $132,000 in 2024 and $15,000 in 2025 for program support. Chicago Cares also received a $15,000 grant in 2024. The foundation’s recent grants indicate support for both established institutions and smaller community-based organizations.
How Chicago Bulls Charities Gives
Typical grants cluster in the mid-five-figure range, with a p25 of $10,000, a median of $15,000, and a p75 of $57,500. The record also includes a very large outlier: the $13,502,767 building-and-land donation to Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including McCormick Foundation, Spectrios Institute for the Low Vision, PUSH Excel, Bright Star Community Outreach Corporation, and Greater Chicago Food Depository, which suggests recurring support rather than one-off awards alone. Chicago Bulls Charities is classified as a regular funder, and the available grant records show program support alongside capital and infrastructure support.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.2M
Total Assets
$4.1M
Total Revenue
$1.2M
Total Expenses
$1.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $58K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$58K
Geographic Reach
Local4 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Michael Reinsdorf
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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