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Peak6 Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 86-2586217 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$1.5M
Grants reported
17
Typical grant
$12.5K
Future commitments
Not reported

Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: PEAK6 FOUNDATION

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
202511$1.2M
20246$366K

Where Peak6 Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Greenwood Project

Chicago, IL

$350KTax year 2025

For internship sponsorship donation

Greenwood Project

Chicago, IL

$300KTax year 2024

internship sponsorship donation

The Growing Season

evanston, IL

$250KTax year 2025

For Aux Donation

Journey to Lead Inc

Annapolis, MD

$250KTax year 2025

For Journey Champion Match Challenge

Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center

chicago, IL

$200KTax year 2025

For general donation

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Peak6 Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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