Private foundations · 990-PF data

Foundations accepting grant applications in Illinois

837
foundations
$576.6M
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
$5,000
median grant

Grantlas lists 837 private foundations based in Illinois whose latest 990-PF says they accept unsolicited requests, from filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $576.6 million in grants in their latest filing year. The most common cities are Chicago (345), Peoria (11) and Canton (9).

“Accepts unsolicited requests” is a box the foundation ticked on its 990-PF — not a promise to read your letter. Check the foundation’s own site before you write.

See all 4,337 foundations in Illinois, including the ones that give by invitation only.

Top 25 of 837 foundations

Ranked by how many grants they made last year, most first. Another 812 are not shown.

Foundations accepting grant applications in Illinois
Ea Mellinger EducationalMonmouth, IL582$2,100$1.2M$183–$15,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Polk Bros Foundation IncChicago, IL568$25,000$19.3M$100–$250,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Lloyd A Fry FoundationChicago, IL394$5,000$9.3M$125–$250,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Ploughshares FoundationHighland Park, IL368$6,000$3.6M$999–$85,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Field Foundation of IllinoisChicago, IL284$25,000$10.8M$300–$1.2MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
William G McGowan Charitable FundChicago, IL279$5,000$7.8M$100–$1.3MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Helen V Brach FoundationChicago, IL278$10,000$6.8M$150–$6.8MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Usg Foundation IncChicago, IL277$500$785,944$19–$91,940FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Terra Foundation for American ArtChicago, IL236$50,000$15.4M$5,000–$550,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Motorola Solutions FoundationChicago, IL226$35,000$12.6M$200–$1.8MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Spencer FoundationChicago, IL214$74,960$24.3M$4,500–$2.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary TrustChicago, IL203$20,000$4.2M$100–$200,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Omron Foundation IncHoffman Estates, IL195$468$366,639$25–$45,152FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Alliant Credit Union FoundationChicago, IL192$500$1.1M$10–$359,750FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Kovler Family FoundationChicago, IL191$3,000$5.6M$200–$2MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Gene Roman Family FoundationMokena, IL177$200$42,688$63–$500FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
George M Eisenberg FoundationArlington Heights, IL150$5,000$4M$1,000–$1.3MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
WP & HB White FoundationNorthfield, IL141$25,000$4.3M$10,000–$140,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Dillon FoundationSterling, IL141$5,000$3.6M$250–$867,500FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Walter and Karla Goldschmidt FoundationGlencoe, IL133$3,000$3.1M$50–$253,500FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Aptargroup Charitable FoundationCrystal Lake, IL126$1,328$494,030$100–$140,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Ed and Gladys Hurley Foundation Xxxxx5006Chicago, IL118$1,500$193,500$500–$2,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Alphawood FoundationChicago, IL115$35,000$8.1M$2,500–$2.1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Ralph J Baudhuin FoundationRoscoe, IL107$2,000$392,000$1,000–$22,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Lehman-Stamm Family FundChicago, IL106$5,000$858,535$500–$70,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.

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Data from 990-PF filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated September 27, 2026.