Funding search · EIN 274253385 · Clarendon Hills, IL
The Barrett Family 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.
- 45
- grants reported
- $127,300
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $2,500
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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2 grants matching “wehere” · $2,000
- $1,000
Hinsdale Central Bank Booster · Hinsdale, IL · 2025
Wehere needed
- $1,000
Hinsdale Central Bank Booster · Hinsdale, IL · 2024
Wehere needed
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Wellness House4 grants · $15,300
- Wellness House3 grants · $14,000
- Hcs Family Services3 grants · $11,000
- Interlochen Center for the Arts2 grants · $10,000
- Northern Illinois Food Bank2 grants · $10,000
- Northern Illinois Food Bank2 grants · $10,000
- Interlochen Center2 grants · $7,500
- Lutheran Child and Family Services3 grants · $6,000
- Hinsdale Humane Society2 grants · $6,000
- Ronald McDonald House2 grants · $5,500
Giving over time
Grant history
All 45 reported grants, largest first.
- $10,000
Wellness House · Hinsdale, IL · 2023
Where needed
- $5,000
Hinsdale Community Services · Hinsdale, IL · 2025
Where needed
- $5,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2025
Where needed
- $5,000
Wellness House · Hinsdale, IL · 2025
Where needed
- $5,000
Interlochen Center · Hinsdale, IL · 2024
Where needed
- $5,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2024
Where needed
- $5,000
Wellness House · Hinsdale, IL · 2024
Where needed
- $5,000
Hcs Family Services · Hinsdale, IL · 2023
Where needed
- $5,000
Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2022
Where needed
- $5,000
Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2022
Where needed
- $5,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2022
Where needed
- $5,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2022
Where needed
- $3,300
Wellness House · Hinsdale, IL · 2025
Where needed
- $3,000
Ronald McDonald House · Chicago, IL · 2025
Where needed
- $3,000
Hcs Family Services · Hinsdale, IL · 2022
Where needed
- $3,000
Hcs Family Services · Hinsdale, IL · 2022
Where needed
- $3,000
Hinsdale Humane Society · Hinsdale, IL · 2022
Where needed
- $3,000
Hinsdale Humane Society · Hinsdale, IL · 2022
Where needed
- $2,500
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2025
Where needed
- $2,500
Interlochen Center · Hinsdale, IL · 2025
Where needed
- $2,500
Ronald McDonald House · Chicago, IL · 2024
Where needed
- $2,500
Michiana Humane Society · Michigan City, IN · 2023
Where needed
- $2,500
Lutheran Child and Family Services · Oakbrook Terrace, IL · 2022
Where needed
- $2,500
Lutheran Child and Family Services · Oakbrook Terrace, IL · 2022
Where needed
- $2,000
Hinsdale Family Services · Hinsdale, IL · 2024
Where needed
- $2,000
Lutheran Child Family Services · Oakbrook Terrance, IL · 2024
Where needed
- $2,000
Wellness House · Hinsdale, IL · 2024
Where needed
- $2,000
Hinsdale Township Hs Dist 86 · Hinsdale, IL · 2023
Where needed
- $2,000
Southern Illinois University · Carbondale, IL · 2023
Where needed
- $2,000
Hinsdale High School District 86 · Hinsdale, IL · 2022
Where needed
- $2,000
Hinsdale High School District 86 · Hinsdale, IL · 2022
Where needed
- $2,000
Wellness House · Hinsdale, IL · 2022
Where needed
- $2,000
Wellness House · Hinsdale, IL · 2022
Where needed
- $2,000
Wich Upon a Star · Joliet, IL · 2022
Where needed
- $2,000
Wich Upon a Star · Joliet, IL · 2022
Where needed
- $1,000
Hinsdale Central Bank Booster · Hinsdale, IL · 2025
Wehere needed
- $1,000
Echoes Around the World · Devon, PA · 2024
Where needed
- $1,000
Hinsdale Central Bank Booster · Hinsdale, IL · 2024
Wehere needed
- $1,000
Lutheran Child and Family Services · Oakbrook Terrace, IL · 2023
Where needed
- $500
Wish Upon a Star · Joilet, IL · 2024
Where needed
- $500
Illinois Wish Upon a Star · Joliet, IL · 2023
Where needed
- $500
Adventhealth Foundation Great Lakes · Hinsdale, IL · 2022
Where needed
- $500
Adventhealth Foundation Great Lakes · Hinsdale, IL · 2022
Where needed
- $500
Make a Wish Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Where needed
- $500
Make a Wish Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Where needed
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