Act Of Hope Foundation
EIN 20-1275778 · files IRS 990-PF
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 10 grants · $328.5k
Who it funds most
4 of its 8 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Act Of Hope Foundation's own IRS 990-PF returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 8 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990PF Part VIII, tax year 2024, filing 202520679349100407
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
Its returns6 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | IRS 990-PF | 202630749349100058 | IRS batch file |
| 2024 | IRS 990-PF | 202520679349100407 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS 990-PF | 202440849349100004 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS 990-PF | 202320699349100612 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS 990-PF | 202240869349100054 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS 990-PF | 202120919349100807 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Act Of Hope Foundation made 27 grants across 2020–2025, totalling $790.5k as filed.
- Grants
- 27
- Total, as filed
- $790.5k
- Years
- 2020–2025
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Growing Home Inc | 5 | $190.0k |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | 5 | $160.0k |
| Inspiration Corporation | 4 | $145.0k |
| Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse | 2 | $80.0k |
| ReBuilding Exchange | 2 | $70.5k |
| Cara Program | 2 | $65.0k |
| Cara Collective | 1 | $35.0k |
| Cara Chicago | 1 | $30.0k |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago | 1 | $3.0k |
| Erikas Lighthouse | 1 | $3.0k |
| Openlands | 1 | $3.0k |
| PAWS Chicago | 1 | $3.0k |
| Start Early | 1 | $3.0k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | $130.5k |
| 2021 | 8 | $140.0k |
| 2022 | 5 | $185.0k |
| 2023 | 3 | $120.0k |
| 2024 | 3 | $105.0k |
| 2025 | 4 | $110.0k |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-201275778. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified