Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Springfield, Illinois

39
foundations with a Springfield address
$11.8M
grants paid, FY2024–FY2025
8
say they accept unsolicited
$5,000
median grant

Grantlas lists 39 foundations that gave a Springfield, Illinois address on their tax filing — 33 private foundations and 6 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from filings for FY2024–FY2025. Together they paid out $11.8 million in grants in their latest filing year, and 8 of them (21%) say they accept unsolicited requests.

Not every foundation here is a Springfield 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 39 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 Springfield, Illinois
M G Nelson Family FoundationAccepts$5,000$972,100$500–$380,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Marion G & Barbara W Nelson FoundationAccepts$100,000$350,000$1,000–$200,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Brandt Foundation IncAccepts$6,250$141,670$1,000–$21,585FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Noble FoundationAccepts$17,500$105,809$10,000–$50,435FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Dr Arthur & Bonnie Ennis FoundationAccepts$5,000$30,000$1,000–$17,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Illinois Broadcasters Foundation IncAccepts$1,500$27,700$1,200–$25,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
IAAP Education FoundationAccepts$2,000$11,000$2,000–$3,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Karen Sue Lieber FoundationAccepts$2,000$4,700$200–$11,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Lincoln Land Community College FoundationFederationNot stated$1.9MOver $5k only$2.4MOne amountFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
United Way of Central Illinois IncFederationNot stated$34,348Over $5k only$1M$9,500–$93,804FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
International Health & Development Network IncFederationNot stated—Over $5k only$241,178—FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Springfield Rotary FoundationFederationNot stated$27,925Over $5k only$96,600One amountFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Illinois Community College System FoundationCommunity foundationNot stated—Over $5k only$75,700—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Jewish Federation of Springfield IllinoisFederationNot stated$46,162Over $5k only$40,455$40,455–$51,868FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Levi Ray & Shoup FoundationInvitation only$6,750$1.2M$225–$127,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Aa Harvey FoundationInvitation only$5,000$1M$500–$342,639FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Dale and Deborah Smith FoundationInvitation only$30,000$865,000$10,000–$500,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Coghill Family FoundationInvitation only$25,000$673,665$2,700–$100,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Horace Mann Educators FoundationInvitation only$5,000$567,000$1,000–$100,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Henry M Staley Declaration of Charit TRInvitation only$3,000$443,000$500–$175,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Sally Lorraine Sedlak VaughanInvitation only$30,000$435,300$2,000–$200,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
James Orlandini FoundationInvitation only$10,000$253,904$1,293–$45,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Melvin D Wing Charitable TrustIndividuals only$165,955$172,910$159,000–$172,910FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Carol Jo Vecchie Memorial FoundationInvitation only$150,000$150,000—FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Clarence & Ida Klassen Charitable FoundationInvitation only$16,420$98,510$13,675–$65,670FY2025Locked: 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.

14 more foundations — see all in Grantlas

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