Magnetar Capital Foundation | Foundation Profile

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EIN: 46-0807550

Foundation Overview

Based in Evanston, IL, Magnetar Capital Foundation has awarded 189 grants totaling $5,014,456 to organizations in Illinois, New Jersey and 16 other states, plus international recipients. Individual grants range from $25 to $1,125,839, with a median award of $500.

Latest Tax Year
2024
Total Giving (all years)
$5,014,456
Total Assets
$21,734
Median Grant (all grants)
$500

Latest Form 990-PF Snapshot

Total Grants
0 (No grants in 2024)
Median Grant
$0
% Median Grant Decline
-100% (vs previous year)
Data extracted from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Last filing year: February 2026

Foundation Intelligence

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New Applicant Friendliness
Limited Sample: 0%

2 total grants. Insufficient data for reliable pattern analysis. Foundation may be highly selective or recently established.

Geographic Focus
Illinois

43% of grants are awarded in Illinois, with additional funding distributed across 19 other locations. The foundation balances regional focus with broader geographic diversity. Within Illinois, funding concentrates in Chicago (56%), Evanston (22%), Glencoe (4%).

Funding Trajectory
-100%

Declining funding trend with 100% decrease over 3 years may indicate reduced grant opportunities or shifting foundation priorities. This trajectory suggests more competitive application environment.

Program Areas
Community Projects + Education

Dual focus on community projects (79%) and education, indicating strategic concentration in complementary program areas.

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Grants & Funding

Analyzing past grantees provides valuable insights into Magnetar Capital Foundation's funding preferences, organizational priorities, and grant making patterns. This historical data helps potential applicants understand the foundation's strategic focus and identify successful funding approaches.

Name Amount Location Purpose Year
Youth & Opportunity United Inc $2,500 Evanston, IL, US General Operating Support 2023
Marwen Foundation $200 Chicago, IL, US General Operating Support 2023
A Safe Place $88 Zion, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Aspca $200 New York, NY, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
American Heart Association $500 Dallas, TX, US Charity Donation - General Support 2022
Anti-cruelty Society $100 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence $5,000 Washington, DC, US Donations - General Support 2022
British Red Cross $300 London, Essex, UK Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Catholic Charities Of Broome County $250 Binghamton, NY, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Chicago Botanic Garden $25 Glencoe, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Chicago Sky Cares $20,000 Chicago, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2022
Chicago Symphony Orchestra $100 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Coalition For The Homeless Inc $100 New York, NY, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Colorado Search And Rescue Association Inc $500 Denver, CO, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Connections For The Homeless $500 Evanston, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Evanston Chamber Of Commerce $3,000 Evanston, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2022
Evanston Scholars $2,500 Evanston, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2022
Financial Literacy And Education Foundation Inc $330,921 Winnetka, IL, US General Support 2022
Freedom Service Dogs $500 Englewood, CO, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Global Giving $530 Washington, DC, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Greater Chicago Food Depository $1,300 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Harding Academy $500 Nashville, TN, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Hudson County Court Appointed Special Advocates $300 Jersey City, NJ, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Humane Society Of Westchester At New Rochelle $500 New Rochelle, NY, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
International Committee Of The Red Cross $500 Geneva, Foreign, SZ Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
International Rescue Committee $500 New York, NY, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
International Rhino Foundation $500 Fort Worth, TX, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Jewuni Jewish United Fund $36 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
K9 For Warriors $100 Ponte Vedra, FL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Keen Chicago $100 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Kids Above All $500 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Lambda Legal $250 New York, NY, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Lucky Farm Animal Rescue $50 Bethpage, TN, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Marine Toys For Tots Foundation $250 Triangle, VA, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
The Michael J Fox Foundation For Parkinsons Research $37 New York, NY, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Northwestern University $1,000 Evanston, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Nova Ukraine $150 Stanford, CA, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Parents Club Of Boy Scout Troup 497 Inc $500 Timonium, MD, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Parents Of Ps334 $500 New York, NY, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Paws - Chicago $1,150 Chicago, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2022
Project Sunshine Inc $15,000 New York, NY, US Charity Donation - General Support 2022
Save The Children $1,100 Fairfield, CT, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
St Jude Children's Hospital $1,330 New York, NY, US Charity Donation - General Support 2022
Success Academy - Launch Fund $1,000 New York, NY, US Donations - General Support 2022
The Association Frontotemporal Degeneration $2,000 King Of Prussia, PA, US Charity Donation - General Support 2022
The National Federation Of The Blind $500 Baltimore, MD, US Charity Donation - General Support 2022
The Trevor Project $500 Beverly Hills, CA, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
United States Association For Unhcr $150 Washington, DC, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
United States Fund For Unicef $758 New York, NY, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
University Of Chicago $200 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
University Of Chicago $1,000,000 Chicago, IL, US Collaboration Grants - University Of Chicago 2022
Urban Initiatives Inc $1,000 Chicago, IL, US Donations - General Support 2022
World Central Kitchen $1,353 Washington, DC, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Youth & Opportunity United Inc $5,000 Evanston, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2022
A Safe Place $88 Zion, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Aspca $200 New York, NY, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
American Heart Association $500 Dallas, TX, US Charity Donation - General Support 2022
Anti-cruelty Society $100 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence $5,000 Washington, DC, US Donations - General Support 2022
British Red Cross $300 London, Essex, UK Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Catholic Charities Of Broome County $250 Binghamton, NY, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Chicago Botanic Garden $25 Glencoe, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Chicago Sky Cares $20,000 Chicago, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2022
Chicago Symphony Orchestra $100 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Coalition For The Homeless Inc $100 New York, NY, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Colorado Search And Rescue Association Inc $500 Denver, CO, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Connections For The Homeless $500 Evanston, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Evanston Chamber Of Commerce $3,000 Evanston, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2022
Evanston Scholars $2,500 Evanston, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2022
Financial Literacy And Education Foundation Inc $330,921 Winnetka, IL, US General Support 2022
Freedom Service Dogs $500 Englewood, CO, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Global Giving $530 Washington, DC, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Greater Chicago Food Depository $1,300 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Harding Academy $500 Nashville, TN, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Hudson County Court Appointed Special Advocates $300 Jersey City, NJ, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Humane Society Of Westchester At New Rochelle $500 New Rochelle, NY, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
International Committee Of The Red Cross $500 Geneva, Foreign, SZ Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
International Rescue Committee $500 New York, NY, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
International Rhino Foundation $500 Fort Worth, TX, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Jewuni Jewish United Fund $36 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
K9 For Warriors $100 Ponte Vedra, FL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Keen Chicago $100 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Kids Above All $500 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Lambda Legal $250 New York, NY, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Lucky Farm Animal Rescue $50 Bethpage, TN, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Marine Toys For Tots Foundation $250 Triangle, VA, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
The Michael J Fox Foundation For Parkinsons Research $37 New York, NY, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Northwestern University $1,000 Evanston, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Nova Ukraine $150 Stanford, CA, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Parents Club Of Boy Scout Troup 497 Inc $500 Timonium, MD, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Parents Of Ps334 $500 New York, NY, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Paws - Chicago $1,150 Chicago, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2022
Project Sunshine Inc $15,000 New York, NY, US Charity Donation - General Support 2022
Save The Children $1,100 Fairfield, CT, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
St Jude Children's Hospital $1,330 New York, NY, US Charity Donation - General Support 2022
Success Academy - Launch Fund $1,000 New York, NY, US Donations - General Support 2022
The Association Frontotemporal Degeneration $2,000 King Of Prussia, PA, US Charity Donation - General Support 2022
The National Federation Of The Blind $500 Baltimore, MD, US Charity Donation - General Support 2022
The Trevor Project $500 Beverly Hills, CA, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
United States Association For Unhcr $150 Washington, DC, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
United States Fund For Unicef $758 New York, NY, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
University Of Chicago $200 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
University Of Chicago $1,000,000 Chicago, IL, US Collaboration Grants - University Of Chicago 2022
Urban Initiatives Inc $1,000 Chicago, IL, US Donations - General Support 2022
World Central Kitchen $1,353 Washington, DC, US Matching Gifts - General Support 2022
Youth & Opportunity United Inc $5,000 Evanston, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2022
The Honeycomb Project Llc $2,500 Chicago, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2021
Hudson County Court Appointed Special Advocates $300 Jersey City, NJ, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Chicago Symphony Orchestra $100 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
University Of Chicago $200 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Urban Initiatives Inc $300 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Dana Hall School $300 Wellesley, MA, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
St Jude Children's Research Hospital $825 Chicago, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2021
Epilepsy Alliance Ohio $150 Cincinnati, OH, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Innocence Project $1,000 New York, NY, US Charity Donation- General Support 2021
Southwest Special Recreation Association $150 Alsip, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Hopeful Tails $1,000 Joliet, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2021
St Jude Children's Hospital $1,000 New York, NY, US Charity Donation - General Support 2021
University Of Chicago $300 S Ellis Avenue, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation $300 Oakland, CA, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation $2,500 Oakland, CA, US Charity Donation - General Support 2021
Evanston Scholars $2,500 Evanston, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2021
Earthdayorg $1,000 Washington, DC, US Charity Donation - General Support 2021
Heartland Alliance $1,000 Evanston, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2021
American Lung Association $60 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Riley Children's Foundation $1,000 Indiannapolis, IN, US Charity Donation - General Support 2021
Als Therapy Development Institute $500 Cambridge, MA, US Charity Donation - General Support 2021
The Association Frontotemporal Degeneration $2,000 King Of Prussia, PA, US Charity Donation - General Support 2021
Kind Inc $1,000 Washington, DC, US Charity Donation - General Support 2021
Cook County Health Foundation $10,000 Evanston, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2021
James B Moran Center For Youth Advocacy $500 Evanston, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2021
University Of Illinois Foundation $500 Urbana, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2021
Bahati Foundation $50 Los Angeles, CA, US Charity Donation - General Support 2021
Help Our Military Heros $300 Easton, CT, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Big Brothers Big Sisters $300 Tampa, FL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Northern Illinois Food Bank $52 Geneva, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Friends Of Lane $300 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Greater Chicago Food Depository $200 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
The Honeycomb Project Llc $100 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Jewish United Fund $36 New York, NY, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Anti-cruelty Society $100 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
The Food Bank Of The Southern Tier $100 Rochester, NY, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
The Michael J Fox Fdn For Parkinsons Research $37 New York, NY, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Chicago Botanic Garden $25 Glencoe, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Coalition For The Homeless Inc $100 Chicago, NY, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Greater Chicago Food Depository $300 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Mount Sanai $1,000 New York, NY, US Charity Donation - General Support 2021
American Heart Association $500 Dallas, TX, US Charity Donation - General Support 2021
National Federation Of The Blind $500 Baltimore, MD, US Charity Donation - General Support 2021
University Of Chicago $200 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
A Spca $100 New York, NY, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Chicago Symphony Orchestra $100 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Keen Chicago $100 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
Lambda Legal $100 New York, NY, US Matching Gift - General Support 2021
University Of Chicago $1,125,839 Chicago, IL, US Collaboration Grants - University Of Chicago 2021
Als Therapy Development Institute $1,000 Cambridge, MA, US Charity Donation - General Support 2020
Youth & Opportunity United Inc $5,000 Evanston, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2020
Evanston Scholars $2,500 Evanston, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2020
Fudan Fuzhong Overseas Foundation Inc $100 Metuchen, NJ, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
St Jude Children's Hospital $300 New York, NY, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
University Of Michigan $300 Ann Arbor, MI, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
Help Our Military Heros $300 Easton, CT, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
University Of Chicago $200 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
Youth Services Of Glenview-northbrook $150 Glenview, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
District 39 Educational Foundation $100 Wilmette, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
Peking University Alumni Association In Chicago $300 Long Grove, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
Children's Cancer Research Fund $150 Minneapolis, MN, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
Lollypop Farm The Human Soc Of Greater Rochester $500 Fairport, NY, US Charity Donation - General Support 2020
Xilin North Shore Chinese School $200 Skokie, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
The Public Theater $300 New York, NY, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
Make-a-wish Illinois $100 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
University Of Notre Dame $100 Notre Dame, IN, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
Dream Catchers $300 Williamsburg, VA, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
World Wildlife Fund $100 Washington, DC, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
Winnetka Public School Foundation $100 Winnetka, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
Greater Chicago Food Depository $250 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
Carver Center $300 Port Chester, NY, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
Northern Illinois Food Bank $250 Geneva, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
Evanston Community Foundation $15,000 Evanston, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2020
United Way Of Metro Chicago $300 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
Feed My Starving Children $51 Minneapolis, MN, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
St Ignatius $200 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
Transgender Law Center $200 Oakland, CA, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
Bedford Stuvvesant Restoration Corp $9,850 Brooklyn, NY, US Charity Donation - General Support 2020
Center On Halsted $350 Chicago, IL, US Matching Gift - General Support 2020
My Block My Hood My City $3,525 Chicago, IL, US Charity Donation - General Support 2020
Doctors Without Borders $200 New York, NY, US Charity Donation - General Support 2020
Legal Defense And Education Fund $300 New York, NY, US Charity Donation - General Support 2020
University Of Chicago $1,000,000 Chicago, IL, US Collaboration Grants - University Of Chicago 2020

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Contact Information

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EIN 46-0807550
Website N/A
Address 1603 ORRINGTON AVENUE Evanston, IL 60201-0000

Key People (5)

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Forms 990-PF

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Data Currency: Last updated February 2026 based on IRS Form 990-PF filings. Foundation information reflects most recent available tax year data.