Funding search · EIN 208397881 · Moline, IL

Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation

Name: Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

60
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,098
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

awarded mercer park education health mental action backbone

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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.

3 grants matching “equiptment” · $75,146

$10,196
Sherrard Cusd #200 · Sherrard, IL · 2024
Orchestra equipt, lighting,
$4,500
Mercer County School District · Aledo, IL · 2023
Streaming equipt at mercer
$60,450
Mercer County Family Ymca · Aledo, IL · 2022
Grant to support continuing the dream & new recreation equipt

Top recipients

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

Mercer County Better Together7 grants · $232,864
Mercer County Health Department3 grants · $159,000
Sherrard Cusd #2004 grants · $149,951
Mercer County School District5 grants · $118,432
Mercer Csd #4042 grants · $67,502
Mercer County Family Ymca2 grants · $65,450
City of Keithsburg3 grants · $50,200
Aledo Park District1 grant · $50,000
Quad Cities Community Foundation2 grants · $41,622
City of New Boston2 grants · $24,820

Giving over time

$416,696

2022

$388,251

2023

$408,776

2024

Grant history

All 60 reported grants, largest first.

$75,000
Mercer County Better Together · Aledo, IL · 2024
2024 backbone support &
$75,000
Mercer County Better Together · Aledo, IL · 2023
2023 backbone support &
$60,450
Mercer County Family Ymca · Aledo, IL · 2022
Grant to support continuing the dream & new recreation equipt
$56,796
Mercer County School District · Aledo, IL · 2023
Jumpstart stem grant
$55,840
Mercer Csd #404 · Joy, IL · 2024
Mercer co student & staff
$55,000
Mercer County Health Department · Aledo, IL · 2024
Mental health action
$54,500
Mercer County Better Together · Aledo, IL · 2022
Grant to support 2021 backbone support & challenge
$52,755
Sherrard Cusd #200 · Sherrard, IL · 2023
Mental health education &
$52,000
Mercer County Health Department · Aledo, IL · 2023
Mental health action
$52,000
Mercer County Health Department · Aledo, IL · 2022
Grant awarded for support mental health action program
$50,000
Aledo Park District · Aledo, IL · 2024
2024 grant for aledo pool
$47,000
Sherrard Cusd #200 · Sherrard, IL · 2024
2024 future ready education
$40,000
Mercer County School District · Aledo, IL · 2022
Grant awarded for ap-dc expansion project
$40,000
Sherrard Cusd #200 · Sherrard, IL · 2022
Grant awarded for dual credit & vocational education tuition assistance
$30,000
City of Keithsburg · Keithsburg, IL · 2023
Riverfront performance
$25,000
Quad Cities Community Foundation · Bettendorf, IA · 2023
Grants w/in char purpose of
$20,000
Limitless Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Production of film about
$18,000
Village of Matherville · Matherville, IL · 2022
Grant awarded for enjoy matherville lake project
$17,500
Village of North Henderson · North Henderson, IL · 2022
Grant awarded for new playground structure
$16,622
Quad Cities Community Foundation · Bettendorf, IA · 2022
Grant awarded for mercer co schools excellence in education foundation endowment
$15,227
Eliza Township · New Boston, IL · 2024
Sound/lighting for eliza
$15,000
City of Keithsburg · Keithsburg, IL · 2022
Grant awarded for keithsburg kayak project
$14,500
Village of Sherrard · Sherrard, IL · 2022
Grant awarded for sherrard park project phase ii
$13,574
Moline Foundation · Moline, IL · 2022
Grant awarded for challenge grant for the sherrard academic foundation
$13,364
Mercer County Better Together · Aledo, IL · 2023
Golden eagle music
$13,320
City of New Boston · New Boston, IL · 2024
New performance stage at
$12,500
Village of New Windsor · New Windsor, IL · 2022
Grant awarded for baseball field upgrades
$11,662
Mercer Csd #404 · Joy, IL · 2024
3d art program, instruments
$11,500
City of New Boston · New Boston, IL · 2022
Grant awarded for shotwell park relocation
$10,196
Sherrard Cusd #200 · Sherrard, IL · 2024
Orchestra equipt, lighting,
$10,000
Augustana College · Rock Island, IL · 2024
2024 installment-looser
$10,000
Mercer Co Board of Supervisors · Aledo, IL · 2024
Broadband technology &
$10,000
United Cusd #304 · Monmouth, IL · 2024
Drumline & commission
$10,000
Augustana College · Rock Island, IL · 2023
2023 installment-looser
$10,000
Community Projects of Aledo · Aledo, IL · 2023
Lighting & sound-central
$10,000
Mercer County School District · Aledo, IL · 2023
3-d art program at mercer
$10,000
Mercer County Agricultural Society · Aledo, IL · 2022
Grant awarded for grundstrom concrete roadway project
$9,000
City of Aledo · Aledo, IL · 2022
Grant awarded for jaycee park rehabilitation
$8,500
Village of Viola · Viola, IL · 2022
Grant awarded for miles park equipment project
$7,800
Village of Joy · Joy, IL · 2022
Grant awarded for junis village park project
$7,750
Village of Seaton · Seaton, IL · 2022
Grant awarded for seaton park beautification
$7,500
Eliza Township · New Boston, IL · 2022
Grant awarded for concession stand repair/rebuild
$7,136
Mercer County School District · Aledo, IL · 2023
Pitched instruments for k-5
$6,700
Aledo Main Street · Aledo, IL · 2023
Mercer county art
$6,379
Mercer County Historical Society · Aledo, IL · 2024
Storytelling via tours,
$5,200
City of Keithsburg · Keithsburg, IL · 2024
Riverfront performance
$5,126
City of Aledo · Aledo, IL · 2024
Storytelling in downtown
$5,000
Mercer County Better Together · Aledo, IL · 2024
Admin grant for creative
$5,000
Mercer County Family Ymca · Aledo, IL · 2024
Outdoor stage venue for
$5,000
Village of Viola · Viola, IL · 2024
Portable stage
$5,000
Mercer County Better Together · Aledo, IL · 2023
Sponsor of aledo rhubard
$5,000
Mercer County Better Together · Aledo, IL · 2023
Admin grant for creative
$4,674
Aledo Civic Center Authority · Aledo, IL · 2024
Mercer co art collective
$4,605
Creativets-New Boston Chapter · Nashville, TN · 2024
Healing thru the arts
$4,500
Mercer County School District · Aledo, IL · 2023
Streaming equipt at mercer
$3,000
Quad City Symphony Orchestra · Davenport, IA · 2023
Bringing education programs
$2,547
Ballet Quad Cities · Rock Island, IL · 2024
In school performances
$2,000
Community Projects for Aledo · Aledo, IL · 2023
Mercer co comm band-upgrade
$1,000
Aledo Main Street · Aledo, IL · 2024
Creative arts grant
$1,000
Quad City Symphony Orchestra · Davenport, IA · 2024
Bringing students to qcso

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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.