RFP Focus: Emerging Strategies to Advance Shared Ownership Grant
Funding Amount
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Deadline
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Grant Type
Foundation
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Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Other requirements
- Internal Revenue CodeContinues doing work in Chicago.
Overview
Polk Bros. Foundation Goal:
- Building Community Wealth, Across Generations
- Overview:
This RFP represents a focused, time-bound investment in Chicago's community wealth-building ecosystem to advance shared ownership models, consistent with 501(c)(3) requirements, that create opportunities for low-income Chicagoans to collectively own their own labor and housing in ways that contribute to their individual, family and community resilience.
Eligibility
Organization continues to be a recognized tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue CodeContinues doing work in Chicago.
What Polk Bros Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 568
- Total given
- $19.25M
- Median grant
- $25K
- Range
- $100–$250K
- By dollars: Illinois 96%, New York 2%, District of Columbia <1%. Top recipient cities: Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Washington, DC.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
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Fields of Work
- Housing
- Economic services
- Nonprofits
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