Chicago Jesuit Academy
CHICAGO, IL
$1.7MTax year 2025
Grant purpose
To offer children with educational and economic needs access to a catholic, college preparattory middle school education in the jesuit tradition.
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The Gies Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 20-1685394 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: The Gies 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 year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | $2.1M |
| 2024 | 11 | $1.1M |
Where The Gies 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.
Chicago Jesuit Academy
CHICAGO, IL
$767.5KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
To offer children with educational and economic needs access to a catholic, college preparattory middle school education in the jesuit tradition.
Accelerate Institute
CHICAGO, IL
$102.5KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
To create transformational school leaders to ensure that children growing up in poverty have access to great schools.
Christ the King Academy
CHICAGO, IL
$98KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
To offer children with educational and economic needs access to a catholic, college preparattory school education in the jesuit tradition.
Accelerate Institute
CHICAGO, IL
$75KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
To create transformational school leaders to ensure that children growing up in poverty have access to great schools.
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Figures are aggregated from The Gies 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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