Foundations · IRS 990 filings
Foundations in Bloomington, Illinois
- 30
- foundations with a Bloomington address
- $18.9M
- grants paid, FY2024–FY2025
- 5
- say they accept unsolicited
- $7,464
- median grant
Grantlas lists 30 foundations that gave a Bloomington, Illinois address on their tax filing — 28 private foundations and 2 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from filings for FY2024–FY2025. Together they paid out $18.9 million in grants in their latest filing year, and 5 of them (17%) say they accept unsolicited requests.
Not every foundation here is a Bloomington foundation. The city is the mailing address on the foundation’s tax filing, and when a bank or a law firm runs the trust that is the bank’s address, not the place it gives to. Check where a foundation gives before you write.
Top 25 of 30 foundations
Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing, with the ones that accept unsolicited requests first, then the ones whose filing doesn’t say.
| Funder | Unsolicited requests | Median grant | Grants paid, latest filing | Grant range | Filing year | Fit score & contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Farm Companies Foundation | Accepts | $1.3M | $8.6M | $415,000 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Russell and Betty Shirk Foundation | Accepts | $5,000 | $1.2M | $1,000 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The Owen Foundation | Accepts | $5,000 | $249,850 | $450 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Charles A Beebe Scholarship Fund | Accepts | $76,738 | $81,270 | $72,205 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Illinois High School Activities Foundation | Accepts | $1,000 | $40,000 | One amount | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Illinois Prairie Community Foundation IncCommunity foundation | Not stated | $10,000Over $5k only | $2.9M | $5,300 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| United Way of McLean CountyFederation | Not stated | $19,500Over $5k only | $12,800 | $7,800 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Snyder Family Foundation Nfp | Invitation only | $5,000 | $1.1M | $1,000 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The Growmark Foundation | Invitation only | $2,000 | $1M | $25 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The Jerome Mirza Foundation | Invitation only | $35,000 | $769,478 | $2,000 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The Merwin Foundation | Invitation only | $50,000 | $420,000 | $5,000 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Theo Sophia Charity | Invitation only | $25,000 | $375,900 | $7,500 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Burdette & Kathryn Knappenberger | Invitation only | $31,996 | $355,506 | $14,924 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Tornquist Family Foundation | Invitation only | $1,500 | $332,517 | $100 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Parker Kemp Foundation | Invitation only | $2,000 | $271,200 | $75 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Paul A Funk Foundation | Invitation only | $2,000 | $222,860 | $360 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Paul B Ellis Charitable Trust 3333 | Invitation only | $177,065 | $177,065 | — | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Clarence & Lola Hindenburg Charitab | Invitation only | $28,232 | $169,393 | $28,232 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The Tinervin Family Foundation | Invitation only | $10,000 | $159,491 | $5,000 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Florence Gastman Trust | Invitation only | $58,859 | $121,270 | $57,083 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Elsie McHugh Trust | Invitation only | $97,903 | $98,621 | $97,184 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Joseph F Fleming Charitable Trust | Invitation only | $7,928 | $69,467 | $2,383 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| James W Lundberg Philanthropic Trust | Invitation only | $7,000 | $47,000 | $1,000 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Genevieve Moyer Trust | Invitation only | $21,250 | $42,500 | One amount | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Efaw Family Foundation | Invitation only | $1,000 | $31,950 | $250 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
- Median grant and grant range come from each funder’s grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report. Community foundations and other charities list only grants over $5,000, so their figures run high.
- “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.
- A median grant larger than the grants paid is not a mistake: the grant schedule and the year’s total come from different parts of the tax filing, and a foundation can list a grant it approved in a year it paid out less.
Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2024–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.