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: 9 grants · $8.7m
Who it funds most
21 of its 36 grantees were funded in more than one year.
The Barack Obama Foundation's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 36 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 990 Part VII, tax year 2024, filing 202532479349300228
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
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Form 990 | $1.1bn | — | $91.4m |
| 2023 | Form 990 | $986.6m | — | $87.5m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns6 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202532479349300228 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202432069349300303 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202322079349300402 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202242029349300304 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202222009349300232 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202102149349301140 | 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
The Barack Obama Foundation made 67 grants across 2020–2024, totalling $28.3m as filed.
- Grants
- 67
- Total, as filed
- $28.3m
- Years
- 2020–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| GOFUNDMEORG | 5 | $7.7m |
| CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT | 3 | $5.5m |
| NATIONAL ARCHIVES TRUST FUND | 2 | $2.2m |
| TIDES CENTER | 2 | $2.0m |
| URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC | 4 | $1.5m |
| EMERALD SOUTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATIVE | 2 | $1.2m |
| JOHN JAY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC | 2 | $1.2m |
| EDUCATIONAL RESULTS PARTNERSHIP | 1 | $1.1m |
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN EMPOWERMENT NETWORK | 3 | $901.0k |
| THRIVE CHICAGO | 2 | $891.9k |
| IMPACTTULSA INC | 1 | $800.0k |
| YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT YONKERS PUBLIC SCHOOLS | 1 | $800.0k |
| YOUTHBUILD NEWARK INC | 1 | $800.0k |
| YMCA OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO | 2 | $157.7k |
| NEW LIFE CENTERS FOR CHICAGOLAND | 2 | $101.0k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 22 | $2.3m |
| 2021 | 16 | $5.2m |
| 2022 | 8 | $4.4m |
| 2023 | 15 | $9.3m |
| 2024 | 6 | $7.1m |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-464950751. 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