Coleman Foundation

A Chicago family foundation that invests in community based organizations to strengthen the health and well-being of the greater Chicago region, with signature commitments to entrepreneurship, health, and intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Financial profile

Coleman Foundation · EIN 36-3025967 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$20,533,923$11,812,230$172,490,306Dec 2023
FY2022$-1,529,566$12,355,241$159,394,440Dec 2022
FY2021$53,822,018$10,737,869$205,543,263Dec 2021
FY2020$11,993,606$15,091,549$188,095,152Dec 2020
FY2019$14,430,280$13,763,880$184,550,203Dec 2019
FY2015$12,289,865$8,356,178$129,495,080Dec 2015

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Peer societies

Five societies Coleman Foundation is read alongside.

Who backs CF

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

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The outside view

A Chicago family foundation that invests in community based organizations to strengthen the health and well-being of the greater Chicago region, with signature commitments to entrepreneurship, health, and intellectual and developmental disabilities.

  • Authority
  • Build
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Legacy

Faithful to what was handed down.

The Legacy is devoted to continuity, carrying a tradition and an identity across generations. Its gift is stability and deep institutional memory, its challenge is making room for change.

Also reads toward The Village and The Movement.

Strengths

→Unmatched continuity and a trusted name.
→Decisions honor a long arc, not a news cycle.
→Members feel part of something lasting.

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