J Christopher and
West Palm Beach, FL · EIN 20-7532299. Reported 188 grants totalling $54.6M to 80 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". J Christopher and checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
3 of the organizations J Christopher and funded make grants themselves, and it reported 11 grants totalling $1,018,953 to them. That is 8% of the $12.5M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redf | grantmaking organization | California | $793,945 | 5 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Hobe Sound Community Chest Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $175,008 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc | federated giving programme | Illinois | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $83,936. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $200,897; the smallest was $345 and the largest $4,166,600.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $18.6M | 17 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lurie Children's Foundation | Chicago, IL | $10.0M | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation | Chicago, IL | $4,919,037 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $2,010,135 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Entitlements How | Alexandria, VA | $2,001,620 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Martin County | Hobe Sound, FL | $1,875,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Norton Museum of Art | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,696,931 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,673,988 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Redf | San Francisco, CA | $793,945 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cristo Rey St Martin College Prep | Waukegan, IL | $760,629 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House of Charities | Chicago, IL | $752,337 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Anderson Ranch Arts Center | Snowmass Village, CO | $525,003 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Clinic Martin Health Foundation | Stuart, FL | $514,337 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $500,452 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic Church Extension Society | Chicago, IL | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northwestern Kellogg School of Management | Chicago, IL | $408,372 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Musuem of Women in Arts | Washington, DC | $400,904 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Museum of Women in the Arts | Washington, DC | $400,003 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Maryland College Park | College Park, MD | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Museum of Science & Industry | Chicago, IL | $394,266 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $325,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Archdiocese of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $301,150 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shirley Ryan Abilitylab | Chicago, IL | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Everglades Foundation | Palmetto Bay, FL | $299,988 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities | Chicago, IL | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mayo Clinic | Scottsdale, AZ | $200,897 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Georgia Athletic Foundation | Athens, GA | $200,452 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Museum of Science and Industry | Chicago, IL | $200,003 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Margaret Hackett Family Center Nfp | Chicago, IL | $199,988 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Margaret Hackett Family Center | Chicago, IL | $197,146 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Aspen Music Festival and School | Aspen, CO | $194,263 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hobe Sound Community Chest | Hobe Sound, FL | $175,008 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Kennedy Center | Washington, DC | $130,343 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Accelerate Institute | Chicago, IL | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Inner City Scholarship Fund | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Society of the Four Arts | Palm Beach, FL | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Martin County | Hobe Sound, FL | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Navy Seal Foundation | Virginia Beach, VA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Abilitypath | Redwood City, CA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alzheimers Drug Discovery Fund | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Apbd Research Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brain Research Foundation | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cranbrook Educational Community | Bloomfield Hills, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Forest Bluff School | Lake Bluff, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Metro Chicago | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Chicago Medicine - Davidson Cardiology Nurse | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute | Louisville, KY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Chicago Medicine | Chicago, IL | $48,401 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Geneva Lake Conservancy | Williams Bay, WI | $45,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lake Geneva Country Club Foundation | Lake Geneva, WI | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Geneva Lake Water Safety Patrol | Williams Bay, WI | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jupiter Island Medical Clinic Inc | Hobe Sound, FL | $30,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chicago Historical Society | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Erikson Institute | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gateway for Cancer Research | Schaumburg, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Inspiration Ministries | Walworth, WI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Inspirational Ministries | Walworth, WI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Chicago Club Preservation Foundation | Chicago, IL | $20,117 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Jim Saunders Fund | Kailua Kona, HI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yerkes Observatory | Williams Bay, WI | $20,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Posse Foundation | New York, NY | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Notre Dame Cavanaugh Council | Notre Dame, IN | $12,278 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ajga Carolina Cup | Braselton, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kukio Community Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation | Kamuela, HI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The 1916 Redan Foundation | Lake Bluff, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Chicago Club Preservation Fdn | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Chicago Club Preservation Fund | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Third Option Foundation | Reston, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Treehouse Child and Family Center | Elkhorn, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vip Services | Elkhorn, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Walworth City Food and Diaper Bank | Elkhorn, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wwci | Bakersfield, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girl Scouts of Gcnwi | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girls Scouts of Gcnwi | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mccormick Theological Seminary | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Misericordia Heart Links Open | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nyu Langone Health | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catholic Extension | Chicago, IL | $811 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
39 of 80 (49%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 57%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- University of Notre Dame
CENTRAL CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT PLAN - Mayo Clinic
J. CHRISTOPHER AND ANNE N. REYES HIGH RISK BREAST CANCER REGISTRY AND BIOREPOSITORY FUND - Northwestern Memorial Foundation
REYES FUND OF EXCELLENCE IN ACADEMIC MEDICINE - Northwestern Kellogg School of Management
TRANSFORMING TOGETHER CAMPAIGN - Ronald Mcdonald House of Charities
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FUND - Museum of Science and Industry
BUILDING MODERNIZATION PLAN
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 97 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46 | $13.1M | $99,988 |
| 2022 | 44 | $12.4M | $87,500 |
| 2023 | 48 | $10.9M | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 50 | $18.2M | $83,936 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. J Christopher and has 73 of them, worth $232.0M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $20.8M |
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $17.2M |
| Lurie Children's Foundation | Chicago, IL | $17.0M |
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $16.3M |
| Entitlements How | Alexandria, VA | $15.0M |
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $12.4M |
| Lurie Children's Foundation | Chicago, IL | $12.0M |
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $10.2M |
| Mayo Clinic | Scottsdale, AZ | $10.0M |
| Margaret Hackett Family Center Nfp | Chicago, IL | $10.0M |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation | Chicago, IL | $9,000,012 |
| Lurie Children's Foundation | Scottsdale, AZ | $8,908,396 |
| Mayo Clinic | West Palm Beach, FL | $8,000,000 |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation | Chicago, IL | $7,750,000 |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation | Chicago, IL | $6,500,000 |
Where its money goes
42% of its giving went to organizations in Illinois.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from J Christopher and's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 777 S Flagler Dr 1500, West Palm Beach, FL, 33401. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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