Funding search · EIN 205950073 · Chicago, IL

Tengelsen Family Foundation

Name: Tengelsen Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

59
grants reported: $1.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

family tengelsen scholars adaptive scholarship school sports development

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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.

7 grants matching “shirley” · $681,000

$200,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2024
Tengelsen family adaptive sports
$15,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2024
Spark event sponsorship
$200,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2023
Tengelsen family adaptive sports
$15,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$1,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2023
Art in motion program
$200,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2022
Tengelsen family adaptive sports
$50,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2022
Dr.joanne smith memorial fund

Top recipients

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

Shirley Ryan Ability Lab7 grants · $681,000
Big Shoulders Fund6 grants · $600,950
Wolcott College Prep2 grants · $86,000
Nami Chicago3 grants · $73,149
Mt Carmel High School7 grants · $39,210
Pilot Light3 grants · $27,200
All Stars Project1 grant · $25,000
Contextos Chicago1 grant · $25,000
Contextos Foundation1 grant · $25,000
Loyola Academy1 grant · $23,500

Giving over time

$428,535

2022

$472,451

2023

$806,460

2024

Grant history

All 59 reported grants, largest first.

$475,875
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Tengelsen family scholars program
$200,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2024
Tengelsen family adaptive sports
$200,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2023
Tengelsen family adaptive sports
$200,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2022
Tengelsen family adaptive sports
$100,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$50,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2022
Dr.joanne smith memorial fund
$43,000
Wolcott College Prep · Chicago, IL · 2023
Scholars program
$43,000
Wolcott College Prep · Chicago, IL · 2022
Tuition scholarship program
$25,000
Contextos Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Development assistant position
$25,000
Nami Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$25,000
Contextos Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Donation towards operations
$25,000
Nami Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$25,000
All Stars Project · New York, NY · 2022
After school development hub program
$23,500
Loyola Academy · Wilmette, IL · 2023
Summer school tuition scholarship and summer service trip sponsorship programs
$23,149
Nami Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose and nami walk youth program
$20,000
Pilot Light · Chicago, IL · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$18,000
Playworks Education Energized · Oakland, CA · 2022
St. John de la salle school teamup program
$15,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2024
Spark event sponsorship
$15,000
Sarett Nature Center · Benton Harbor, MI · 2023
Donation towards wheelchair accessible improvements
$15,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$14,560
Mt Carmel High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$10,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$10,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ukranian children's support program
$10,000
Colorado Nonprofit Development Center · Denver, CO · 2022
The marshall fire family relief fund
$9,150
Mt Carmel High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Scholarship fund
$5,525
Chicago Hope Academy · Chicago, IL · 2022
Eye program
$5,000
Mt Carmel High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$5,000
Leo High School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$5,000
Mt Carmel High School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$5,000
Nami Sonoma County · Santa Rose, CA · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$5,000
Pilot Light · Chicago, IL · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$5,000
Cotopexi Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Ukraine relief program
$5,000
Gaples Institute for Integrative Cardiology · Deerfield, IL · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$5,000
Sarett Nature Center · Benton Harbor, MI · 2022
Upgrading trail stystems for ada accessability
$5,000
St Mary of the Angels · Chicago, IL · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$5,000
Thresholds · Chicago, IL · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$4,624
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Tengelsen family scholars program
$3,537
Growing Home · Chicago, IL · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$3,000
St Mary of the Angels · Chicago, IL · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$2,500
Mt Carmel High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$2,500
Mt Carmel High School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$2,200
Pilot Light · Chicago, IL · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$2,000
The Collective · Chicago, IL · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$2,000
The Campanile Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$1,000
Hyde Park Day School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$1,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2023
Art in motion program
$1,000
Experimental Station · Chicago, IL · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$1,000
The Collective · Chicago, IL · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$750
Henderson County Hunger Coalition · Henderson, NC · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$525
St John De Lasalle · Chicago, IL · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$500
Henderson County Food Bank · Athens, TX · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$500
St Basil · South Haven, MI · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$500
Mt Carmel High School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$500
Arthritis Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$500
Hendeson County Hunger Coalition · Hendersonville, NC · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$500
Kazma Family Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$500
St Basil Greek Orthodox Church · Chicago, IL · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$451
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Tengelsen family scholars program
$100
St Basil · South Haven, MI · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose

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