Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Wilmette, Illinois

39
foundations with a Wilmette address
$11.7M
grants paid, FY2024–FY2025
4
say they accept unsolicited
$5,000
median grant

Grantlas lists 39 private foundations that gave a Wilmette, Illinois address on their 990-PF, from filings for FY2024–FY2025. Together they paid out $11.7 million in grants in their latest filing year, and 4 of them (10%) say they accept unsolicited requests.

Not every foundation here is a Wilmette 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.

Foundations in Wilmette, Illinois
Make It Better FoundationAccepts$10,000$988,150$1,000–$125,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Mirapaul FoundationAccepts$3,000$362,000$500–$65,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Geraldi Norton FoundationAccepts$1,500$173,100$500–$30,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Chang FoundationAccepts$2,000$26,550$300–$20,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
S5 Foundation IncInvitation only$13,000$4.5M$500–$4.5MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Liegl Family Foundation IncInvitation only$11,000$1.1M$3,000–$1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Sedge Plitt Charitable Trust IIIInvitation only$10,000$916,800$2,500–$500,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Dolan Family FoundationInvitation only$2,500$634,400$50–$500,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Hussey FoundationInvitation only$2,500$328,669$1,000–$272,052FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Helen Coburn Meier and Tim MeierInvitation only$40,000$320,000One amountFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Spalding Family FoundationInvitation only$30,000$305,000$25,000–$250,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Trotter Family FoundationInvitation only$112,500$225,000$100,000–$127,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Pais Foundation IncInvitation only$50,000$177,500$2,500–$75,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Hoghton Family Charitable TrustInvitation only$137,576$137,576—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Robert A and Shirley J Jones FoundationInvitation only$3,000$137,000$650–$20,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Campbell Family FoundationInvitation only$1,500$131,600$250–$20,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Altman Family FoundationInvitation only$105,071$129,868$80,274–$129,868FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Herbert C Wenske FoundationInvitation only$5,000$121,500$1,000–$25,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Stephen J & Deirdre Nardi Charitable FndInvitation only$5,000$96,500$1,000–$28,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Edith Marie Appleton FoundationInvitation only$6,250$94,500$1,000–$50,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Tom and Barbara Lyon Family FoundationInvitation only$15,000$85,000$2,500–$20,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Homecrest FoundationInvitation only$13,028$83,082$5,000–$25,027FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Mueller Family Charitable TrustInvitation only$4,500$79,831$1,000–$29,525FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Thorne Family FoundationInvitation only$5,000$68,050$100–$15,500FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
David Kinley Educational FoundationInvitation only$14,250$62,250$2,500–$30,000FY2025Locked: 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, FY2024–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.