Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation
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About Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation
The IMC Chicago Charitable Foundation primarily channels its support through a corporate/employee-directed giving vehicle and directs a smaller but substantial portion to international education. The vast majority of its dollars are funneled to the American Online Giving Foundation (Benevity) for distribution to public charities, while a significant programmatic gift pattern supports Room to Read’s literacy and girls’ education work globally.
Focus Areas
Corporate/employee-directed philanthropy via Benevity (platform grants and donor-advised/disbursed funds)International literacy and girls’ education (Room to Read)Indirect support of a broad range of public charities through grantmaking platforms
Who They Fund
public charities
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated giving: a small number of very large grants, dominated by repeat disbursements to a single giving-platform intermediary (American Online Giving Foundation) and multi-year/multi-grant support for a single international education NGO (Room to Read).
Funding Style
platform-mediated grants distribution
About Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation
A single platform grant dominates the recent record: Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation gave more than $12.8 million to American Online Giving Foundation in 2024 and another $11.5 million in 2025, both marked for distribution to public charities via the Benevity grants platform. That pass-through structure sits alongside a smaller but still significant education portfolio, led by multi-year support for Room to Read’s literacy work. The foundation’s giving also reaches Chicago-based community organizations, including The Chicago Community Trust and University of Chicago, showing that the portfolio mixes indirect employee-directed philanthropy with direct grants to public charities. Its recent pattern is not limited to one channel. The foundation appears in a broad set of education, youth development, violence prevention, and community-support grants, with awards ranging from five-figure gifts to multi-million-dollar platform allocations. Room to Read received $4.3 million in 2024 and $3.4 million in 2025, while other grants supported scholarship, school, and community initiatives. The result is a funder profile shaped by both large-scale distribution infrastructure and direct programmatic grantmaking.
What Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation Funds
Education is the clearest programmatic theme. Room to Read received $965,666 in 2023, $4,346,667 in 2024, and $3,383,122 in 2025 for education, showing repeated support over multiple years. The foundation also funded Year Up Inc with $138,075 in 2025 and $29,700 in 2024 for education. Chicago-focused community work is another visible area. The University of Chicago received $200,000 in 2023 for general support and another $200,000 in 2024 for violence prevention. The Chicago Community Trust received $500,000 in 2023 for general support, and Project Vision Inc received $20,538 in 2025. Sports-based youth development appears in smaller grants as well. Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA received $100,000 in 2025, and Northwestern University received $25,000 in 2024 for education. These awards fit the foundation’s mix of school, youth, and community-oriented giving.
How Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation Gives
The typical grant is modest: the p25 is $500, the median is $2,044, and the p75 is $5,512. That distribution sits next to very large pass-through awards, which makes the portfolio look bimodal. The foundation is a regular funder, not an individual funder, and it also makes program-related investments. Recent records show repeated support to the same organizations across multiple years, especially Room to Read and Year Up Inc, which suggests ongoing relationships rather than one-off gifts. The grant list also includes direct awards to public charities alongside platform-mediated distribution.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$21.5M
Total Assets
$56M
Total Revenue
$35.3M
Total Expenses
$22.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $500 and $6K, with a median of $2K.
25th Percentile
$500
Median
$2K
75th Percentile
$6K
Geographic Reach
National29 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation Funds
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 302 | $65.2M | 99.3% |
| 2 | Mexico |
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