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Grantmakers by stateIllinois foundation grants
and application profiles.
Browse 73 Illinois foundation profiles built from public IRS filings. 73 have a filing-backed application signal. Compare real grant ranges, recent grantees, restrictions, and filing-year application instructions.
Largest Illinois foundations by recent giving
Polk Bros Foundation Inc
Chicago · median $25,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
THE VIRGINIA A GROOT FOUNDATION
LAKE FOREST · median $30,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
FIELD FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS
CHICAGO · median $25,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
THE IRA DECAMP FOUNDATION XXXXX2009
CHICAGO · median $70,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
DORA ROBERTS FOUNDATION - FI XXXXX4008
CHICAGO · median $100,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
DILLON FOUNDATION
STERLING · median $6,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
JULIUS W HEGELER II FOUNDATION
DANVILLE · median $30,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO
CHICAGO · median $50,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
WALTER AND KARLA GOLDSCHMIDT FOUNDATION
GLENCOE · median $3,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
ERNEST WENTCHER EDUCATIONAL FUND
CHICAGO · median $10,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
CHILDREN'S CARE FOUNDATION
CHICAGO · median $125,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
Pattee Foundation Inc
Monmouth · median $150,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
MAZZA FOUNDATION
CHICAGO · median $13,500
Application path in filing · FY2025
Eisenbrandt Family Foundation
JOLIET · median $50,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
RUSSELL AND JOSEPHINE KOTT MEMORIAL
OAK PARK · median $20,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
ADELINE & GEORGE MCQUEEN FOUNDATION XXXXX1007
CHICAGO · median $50,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation
Chicago · median $15,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
DEERING FOUNDATION
CHICAGO · median $115,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
Arthur J Schmitt Foundation
Northbrook · median $70,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
SCHULTZ FAMILY PRIVATE FOUNDATION
LAKE BLUFF · median $10,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
Esper A Petersen Foundation
Grayslake · median $5,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
Washington Square Health Foundation
Chicago · median $4,125
Application path in filing · FY2025
GEORGE R KENDALL FOUNDATION XXXXX3004
CHICAGO · median $40,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
VERMILION HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION
DANVILLE · median $25,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
THE HICKEY FAMILY FOUNDATION
CHICAGO · median $5,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
HOFFER FOUNDATION
SOUTH ELGIN · median $15,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
LANDAU FAMILY FOUNDATION
CHICAGO · median $20,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
THE GRIFFITH FOODS FOUNDATION
ALSIP · median $5,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
BARTSCH MEMORIAL TRUST XXXXX9004
CHICAGO · median $37,500
Application path in filing · FY2025
MYRTLE E & WM G HESS CHARITABLE TRUST
CHICAGO · median $43,473
Application path in filing · FY2025
Omron Foundation Inc
HOFFMAN ESTATES · median $468
Application path in filing · FY2025
JOSEPH & FLORENCE MANASTER FOUNDATION
CHICAGO · median $2,175
Application path in filing · FY2025
DANIELSON FOUNDATION
CHICAGO · median $5,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
INGREDION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
WESTCHESTER · median $5,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
IROQUOIS FEDERAL FOUNDATION INC
WATSEKA · median $1,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
SIDNEY AND LISA GLENNER FOUNDATION
LINCOLNWOOD · median $4,150
Application path in filing · FY2025
ANNE M BAKER CHARITIES INC
PERU · median $5,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
TONY AND MARY ANN PASQUINELLI
WILLOWBROOK · median $10,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
KOOI EDUCATION FUND
CHICAGO · median $3,400
Application path in filing · FY2025
JAMES B TAFEL FOUNDATION
CARY · median $1,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
Gloyd Family Foundation
Peoria · median $5,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
MARY HELEN ROBERTS TRUST
WATSEKA · median $3,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
THE FREZADOS MASIUS RIEGER
WINNETKA · median $2,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
MCINTYREB D & J E MCINTYRE FDN - EQ
CHICAGO · median $8,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
SUSAN C HOUSE - EDUCATIONAL XXXXX7008
CHICAGO · median $16,350
Application path in filing · FY2025
The Etnyre Foundation
Oregon · median $4,786
Application path in filing · FY2025
MCINTYREC S & M F MCINTYRE FDN - EQ
CHICAGO · median $10,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
FLOWERS FOR DREAMS FOUNDATION
CHICAGO · median $5,906
Application path in filing · FY2025
E L AND R F HALLBERG FOUNDATION XXXXX5006
CHICAGO · median $5,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
JONATHAN & ELKE GLENNER FOUNDATION
LINCOLNWOOD · median $4,075
Application path in filing · FY2025
HAROLD C & JACQUELINE F BLADEL
CHICAGO · median $6,500
Application path in filing · FY2025
FLORENCE F LEIFHEIT FOUNDATION
PEORIA · median $20,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
JAMES J & MILDRED M POSTMA SCHOLARSHIP FUND
CHICAGO · median $2,400
Application path in filing · FY2025
JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
AURORA · median $5,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
METZNER LEE W TUW MEMORIAL FUND
CHICAGO · median $1,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
The Birginal Foundation
Lake Zurich · median $7,500
Application path in filing · FY2025
DANIEL & CHAYALA GLENNER FOUNDATION
LINCOLNWOOD · median $1,350
Application path in filing · FY2025
TRUST UW M ZALLES 7-8219 WELLS COLLEGE
CHICAGO · median $5,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
JOHN A CABLE FOUNDATION
EVANSTON · median $3,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
SMAIL FAMILY FOUNDATION
Glenview · median $5,000
Application path in filing · FY2025
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