Enchanted Backpack

How to apply, from its 2024 IRS return

How to ask

Contact the foundation office for application requirements.

Deadlines

None stated

Limits on who can apply

Eligibility requirements are a minimum of 50% of the children need to be part of a free or reduced lunch program or an equivalent "in need" federal or state program and the school or organization must be focused on serving children in one or more grades from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade in the Chicagoland area. Priority is given to schools. Additional criteria may be published from time to time.

Grants paid in 2024

$1.1 million, to organizations

This is what the foundation told the IRS on Form 990-PF. It isn’t a confirmed open grant round, and details may have changed, so contact the foundation before applying. Its mailing address is on the full return: see it on ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer.