About Vivo Foundation
The Vivo Foundation appears to be focused on supporting educational improvement and research, demonstrated by a single large grant to the University of Chicago Education Lab. Their giving signals an interest in university-linked education initiatives that aim to advance K–12 outcomes or education policy, likely with a local Illinois/Chicago orientation. With only one recorded grant, the foundation currently operates as a concentrated funder rather than a diversified grantmaker.
Focus Areas
University-affiliated education research and labs (Chicago-area)K–12 education improvement and innovationEducation policy and evidence-based program development
Who They Fund
not specified
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated giving: a single, large grant rather than many smaller awards. Appears to favor sizable, targeted support to a university-based education initiative (possible one-off or flagship commitment).
Funding Style
unrestricted supportgeneral operating supportnon-project-specific funding
About Vivo Foundation
Vivo Foundation’s largest recorded grants show a clear pattern: six-figure support for education and health-oriented organizations in Chicago and nearby communities. The foundation gave $650,000 to University of Chicago Education Lab in 2023, then backed a mix of colleges, charter networks, health systems, and youth-serving organizations with similarly substantial awards. In 2025, grants included $525,000 to City Colleges of Chicago Foundation, $500,000 to Sinai Health System, and $410,000 to University of Chicago, indicating that the foundation funds both research-linked institutions and service providers working across the education continuum. Its grantmaking also reaches organizations that sit between education and student support, such as national college-access and youth-development groups with a Chicago presence. The recent record suggests a family foundation that concentrates its resources in a local Illinois setting, with most awards flowing to Chicago-based recipients. Across the grants on file, Vivo Foundation’s approach is anchored in education equity and related health and wellness supports, rather than a broad, multi-sector portfolio. The pattern points to sustained interest in institutions that can influence early learning, academic progress, college access, and the systems around them.
What Vivo Foundation Funds
Education equity is the clearest thread in Vivo Foundation’s grantmaking. The foundation gave $600,000 to Illinois Action for Children in 2023 and $250,000 to the same organization in 2025, showing repeated support for early-childhood infrastructure. It also funded Carole Robertson Center for Learning with $200,000 in 2025, tying early learning to community-based services. In higher education and college access, the foundation awarded $350,000 to National Louis University in 2025 and $250,000 to Braven in both 2023 and 2025. School-based supports also appear in the record: Noble Network of Charter Schools received $260,000 in 2025, while Communities in Schools was awarded $200,000 in both 2023 and 2025. The portfolio also includes research and policy-adjacent work through the University of Chicago Education Lab, which received $650,000 in 2023.
How Vivo Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster at a mid-six-figure level: the 25th percentile is $20,000, the median is $40,000, and the 75th percentile is $100,000, while the recorded recent grants include several awards far above those thresholds. The grant list shows repeat funding across years for multiple recipients, including Illinois Action for Children, Braven, Communities in Schools, Youth Guidance, Rush University Medical Center, Kids First Chicago, and Chicago Public Education Fund. Vivo Foundation is a family foundation and a regular funder, and it does not accept unsolicited applications in the grant program descriptions provided. Its giving is not individualized or program-related-investment based, and the public grant record indicates a concentrated local strategy rather than a broadly distributed national one.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$10.5M
Total Assets
$183.4M
Total Revenue
$10.8M
Total Expenses
$12.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $20K and $100K, with a median of $40K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$40K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
Local18 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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