Funding search · EIN 201919538 · Libertyville, IL

Sunshine Charitable Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

248
grants reported
$18.5M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educationcollegeconnelldreamlivinglynchnationalnursing

Full IRS filings ↗How this is builtReport an error

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Sign in to analyze this funder’s giving pattern. Free in early access.

0 grants matching “nursing research and education

No grants to show here.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Fare4 grants · $5.5M
  • Ducks Unlimited4 grants · $4.5M
  • Northwestern University2 grants · $3.0M
  • Door County Ymca3 grants · $1.0M
  • National Wrestling Coaches Association3 grants · $900,000
  • Cincinnati Children'S Hospital Medical Center3 grants · $650,000
  • Delta Waterfowl Foundation2 grants · $300,000
  • Massachusetts General Hospital1 grant · $250,000
  • Northwestern Memorial Foundation1 grant · $250,000
  • Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Foundation4 grants · $195,000

Giving over time

$6.9M
2021
$7.3M
2022
$1.1M
2023
$3.3M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 248 grants.

  • $2.7M

    Fare · New York, NY · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $2.5M

    Fare · New York, NY · 2021

    General Support Grant

  • $2.0M

    Ducks Unlimited · Brookfield, IL · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $2.0M

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2021

    CFAAR Endowed Research and Fellowship Fund

  • $1.2M

    Ducks Unlimited · Brookfield, IL · 2021

    General Support Grant

  • $1.0M

    Ducks Unlimited · Brookfield, IL · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $1.0M

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022

    CFAAR Endowed Research and Fellowship Fund

  • $510,000

    Door County Ymca · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $450,000

    National Wrestling Coaches Association · Manheim, PA · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $333,333

    Fare · New York, NY · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $300,000

    National Wrestling Coaches Association · Manheim, PA · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $255,000

    Door County Ymca · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $255,000

    Door County Ymca · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2021

    General Support Grant

  • $250,000

    Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $250,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    General Support Grant

  • $250,000

    Cincinnati Children'S Hospital Medical Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Cincinnati Center for Eosinophilic Disorders

  • $250,000

    Cincinnati Children'S Hospital Medical Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2021

    Cincinnati Center for Eosinophilic Disorders

  • $228,000

    Ducks Unlimited · Brookfield, IL · 2023

    General Support Grant

  • $200,000

    Delta Waterfowl Foundation · Bismarck, ND · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $150,000

    Cincinnati Children'S Hospital Medical Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $150,000

    Cincinnati Children'S Hospital Medical Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    General support grant

  • $150,000

    National Wrestling Coaches Association · Manheim, PA · 2021

    General Support Grant

  • $120,000

    Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General Support Grant

  • $100,000

    Delta Waterfowl Foundation · Bismarck, ND · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $94,789

    USA Wrestling · Colorado Springs, CO · 2021

    General Support Grant - Living the Dream Fund

  • $85,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $50,000

    Start Early (Fka Ounce of Prevention Fund) · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $50,000

    Des Plaines Wetlands Conservancy · Pleasant Prairie, WI · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $50,000

    National Alopecia Areata Foundation · San Rafael, CA · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $50,000

    National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $50,000

    Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital · Lake Forest, IL · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $50,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Lake County · North Chicago, IL · 2021

    General Support Grant

  • $50,000

    Des Plaines Wetlands Conservancy · Pleasant Prairie, WI · 2021

    General Support Grant

  • $50,000

    National Alopecia Areata Foundation · San Rafael, CA · 2021

    General Support Grant

  • $40,000

    National Alopecia Areata Foundation · San Rafael, CA · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $30,000

    Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $30,000

    Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital · Lake Forest, IL · 2021

    General Support Grant

  • $29,757

    USA Wrestling · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024

    General Support Grant - Living the Dream Fund

  • $27,998

    USA Wrestling · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022

    General Support Grant - Living the Dream Fund

  • $25,000

    Fare · New York, NY · 2023

    General Support Grant

  • $25,000

    First Presbyterian Church · Lake Forest, IL · 2023

    General Support Grant

  • $25,000

    Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2023

    General Support Grant

  • $25,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Lake County · North Chicago, IL · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $25,000

    Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership · Washington, DC · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $25,000

    Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021

    General Support Grant

  • $20,000

    Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $20,000

    Galena School District #120 · Galena, IL · 2023

    General Support Grant

  • $20,000

    Ames Education Foundation · Ames, IA · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $20,000

    Help Our Military Heroes · Easton, CT · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $20,000

    Waterloo Community School District · Waterloo, IA · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $16,907

    USA Wrestling · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023

    General Support Grant - Living the Dream Fund

  • $15,000

    Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    General Support Grant

  • $11,000

    Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Ames Education Foundation · Ames, IA · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Apfed · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Door County · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Galena School District #120 · Galena, IL · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Help Our Military Heroes · Easton, CT · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Northern Illinois University Foundation · Dekalb, IL · 2024

    General Support Grant for College of Education

  • $10,000

    Sturgeon Bay School District · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club Sail Training Foundation · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Trustees of Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024

    Lynch School of Education & Connell School of Nursing

  • $10,000

    Waterloo Community School District · Waterloo, IA · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Ames Education Foundation · Ames, IA · 2023

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Apfed · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Door County · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2023

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2023

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Northern Illinois University Foundation · Dekalb, IL · 2023

    General Support Grant for College of Education

  • $10,000

    Sturgeon Bay School District · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2023

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Trustees of Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2023

    Lynch School of Education & Connell School of Nursing General Support Grants

  • $10,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Waterloo Community School District · Waterloo, IA · 2023

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Apfed · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Door County · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Galena School District #120 · Galena, IL · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Northern Illinois University Foundation · Dekalb, IL · 2022

    General Support Grant for College of Education

  • $10,000

    Paws for Patrick · Lake Forest, IL · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Start Early (Fka Ounce of Prevention Fund) · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Sturgeon Bay School District · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Trustees of Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2022

    Lynch School of Education & Connell School of Nursing/ General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Apfed · Atlanta, GA · 2021

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Door County · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2021

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Galena School District #120 · Galena, IL · 2021

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2021

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Harvard Varsity Club · Boston, MA · 2021

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation · Elizabeth, IL · 2021

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Northern Illinois University Foundation · Dekalb, IL · 2021

    General Support Grant for College of Education

  • $10,000

    Ruffed Grouse Society · Coraopolis, PA · 2021

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Start Early (Fka Ounce of Prevention Fund) · Chicago, IL · 2021

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Sturgeon Bay School District · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2021

    General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    Trustees of Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2021

    Lynch School of Education & Connell School of Nursing General Support Grant

  • $10,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021

    General Support Grant

  • $6,000

    Erikson Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $6,000

    Harvard Varsity Club · Boston, MA · 2024

    General Support Grant

  • $6,000

    Erikson Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General Support Grant

  • $6,000

    Harvard Varsity Club · Boston, MA · 2023

    General Support Grant

  • $6,000

    Erikson Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General Support Grant

  • $6,000

    Harvard Varsity Club · Boston, MA · 2022

    General Support Grant

View all 248 grants →

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.