Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Paris, Illinois

30
foundations with a Paris address
$2.8M
grants paid, FY2024–FY2025
10
say they accept unsolicited
$3,870
median grant

Grantlas lists 30 foundations that gave a Paris, 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 $2.8 million in grants in their latest filing year, and 10 of them (33%) say they accept unsolicited requests.

Not every foundation here is a Paris 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.

Foundations in Paris, Illinois
Betty Coughlin Charitable TrustAccepts$23,895$217,473$5,000–$35,625FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
McClain Scholarship TrustAccepts$4,000$129,845$2–$8,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Wells Trust FundAccepts$7,000$127,201$2,000–$26,086FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Gf Patterson TrustAccepts$5,000$110,000$5,000–$10,367FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Gladys Stratton TrustAccepts$29,201$58,225$19,408–$39,169FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Iva & Roy Henry Scholarship TrustAccepts$1,000$9,000$1,000–$2,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Cliff Crose Testamentary TrustAccepts$4,500$5,000$4,000–$5,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Joe & Nila White Hasler FoundatAccepts$1,000$4,495$250–$2,245FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Aletha J Honnold Fine Arts ScholAccepts$500$2,750$250–$1,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Mark Savoree Family Foundation IncAccepts$500$2,162$200–$1,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Lutheran Legacy Foundation IncCommunity foundationNot stated$15,250Over $5k only$1M$5,019–$281,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Edgar County Community FoundationCommunity foundationNot stated$38,301Over $5k only$129,511$20,000–$56,602FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
John J Lawless Testamentary TrustInvitation only$524,000$522,000$522,000–$526,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Mary Lou McGrew Charitable TrustInvitation only$150,000$153,000$147,000–$153,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Ht Bell Farm TrustInvitation only$94,000$94,000—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Lafern Blackman TrustInvitation only$21,966$43,071$10,768–$34,885FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Ettoile Davis TrustInvitation only$21,021$41,123$10,281–$33,600FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Harvey A & Riola Hurst TrustIndividuals only$1,250$17,095$1,000–$10,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Dee Wilson Scholarship FundIndividuals only$8,250$15,804$7,219–$8,585FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
James L & Leona B & Forrest B &Individuals only$2,913$14,565$2,768–$2,913FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
W J & Amy C Dodd Educational TrustIndividuals only$1,285$13,000$800–$2,800FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Ip and Lola Zimmerly EducationalIndividuals only$1,000$9,000$1,000–$1,500FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Ruth Pinnell Scholarship Loan FundIndividuals only$2,000$8,750$1,250–$4,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Paxson Link Charitable TrustInvitation only$3,940$7,800$3,120–$4,800FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Edward & Mildred EnglishIndividuals only$1,372$6,860$1,175–$1,372FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
  • 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.

5 more foundations — see all in Grantlas

Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2024–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.