Funding search · EIN 362546470 · Chicago, IL

S & E Bramsen 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.

77
grants reported
$4.5M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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Top recipients

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  • Home Centered Care Institute1 grant · $1.5M
  • Home Centered Care Institue (Hcci)1 grant · $1.3M
  • Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund1 grant · $900,000
  • Chicago Zoological Society2 grants · $300,000
  • Hudson Insitute - Award Dinner Sponsor1 grant · $100,000
  • The Danish Home1 grant · $100,000
  • Junior Achievement of Chicago1 grant · $50,000
  • Nature Conservancy of Illinois4 grants · $20,000
  • Citizens for Conservation4 grants · $20,000
  • Equine Land Conservation Resource4 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$1.8M
2022
$1.1M
2023
$43,000
2024
$1.6M
2025

Grant history

All 77 reported grants, largest first.

  • $1.5M

    Home Centered Care Institute · Schaumburg, IL · 2022

    Operating needs

  • $1.3M

    Home Centered Care Institue (Hcci) · Schaumburg, IL · 2025

    Operating funds.

  • $900,000

    Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Operating needs

  • $150,000

    Chicago Zoological Society · Brookfield, IL · 2023

    Operating needs

  • $150,000

    Chicago Zoological Society · Brookfield, IL · 2022

    Operating needs

  • $100,000

    Hudson Insitute - Award Dinner Sponsor · Washington, DC · 2025

    Operating funds.

  • $100,000

    The Danish Home · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Operating funds.

  • $50,000

    Junior Achievement of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Major gifts campaign

  • $5,000

    Barrington Area Community Foundation · Barrington, IL · 2025

    Major gifts campaign

  • $5,000

    Citizens for Conservation · Barrington, IL · 2025

    Operating needs

  • $5,000

    Conservation Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2025

    Operating needs

  • $5,000

    Equine Land Conservation Resource · Lexington, KY · 2025

    Operating needs

  • $5,000

    Nature Conservancy of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Operating needs

  • $5,000

    US Equestrian Team Foundation · Gladstone, NJ · 2025

    Operating needs

  • $5,000

    Barrington Area Community Foundation · Barrington, IL · 2024

    Major gifts campaign

  • $5,000

    Citizens for Conservation · Barrington, IL · 2024

    Operating needs

  • $5,000

    Equine Land Conservation Resource · Lexington, KY · 2024

    Operating needs

  • $5,000

    Nature Conservancy of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Operating needs

  • $5,000

    US Equestrian Team Foundation · Gladstone, NJ · 2024

    Operating needs

  • $5,000

    Barrington Area Community Foundation · Barrington, IL · 2023

    Major gifts campaign

  • $5,000

    Citizens for Conservation · Barrington, IL · 2023

    Operating needs

  • $5,000

    Equine Land Conservation Resource · Lexington, KY · 2023

    Operating needs

  • $5,000

    Nature Conservancy of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating needs

  • $5,000

    US Equestrian Team Foundation · Gladstone, NJ · 2023

    Operating needs

  • $5,000

    Barrington Area Community Foundation · Barrington, IL · 2022

    Major gifts campaign

  • $5,000

    Citizens for Conservation · Barrington, IL · 2022

    Operating needs

  • $5,000

    Equine Land Conservation Resource · Lexington, KY · 2022

    Operating needs

  • $5,000

    Nature Conservancy of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Operating needs

  • $5,000

    The Conservation Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2022

    Sponsorship donation

  • $5,000

    US Equestrian Team Foundation · Gladstone, NJ · 2022

    Operating needs

  • $3,000

    Parkinson Research Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2025

    Operating needs

  • $3,000

    US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2025

    Operating needs

  • $3,000

    US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2024

    Operating needs

  • $3,000

    US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2023

    Operating needs

  • $3,000

    US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2022

    Operating

  • $2,960

    Glendale Heights Police Department · Glendale Heights, IL · 2025

    Operating funds.

  • $2,500

    Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Operating needs

  • $2,500

    Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Operating needs

  • $2,500

    Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating needs

  • $2,500

    Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Operating needs

  • $2,000

    Alzheimer'S Disease Research · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2025

    Operating funds

  • $2,000

    Garfield Farm Museum · La Fox, IL · 2025

    Operating needs

  • $2,000

    Museum of Danish America · Elk Horn, IA · 2025

    Operating needs

  • $2,000

    Alzheimer'S Disease Research · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2024

    Operating funds

  • $2,000

    Garfield Farm Museum · La Fox, IL · 2024

    Operating needs

  • $2,000

    Museum of Danish America · Elk Horn, IA · 2024

    Operating needs

  • $2,000

    Parkinson Research Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2024

    Operating needs

  • $2,000

    Museum of Danish America · Elk Horn, IA · 2023

    Operating needs

  • $2,000

    Parkinson Research Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2023

    Operating needs

  • $2,000

    Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Operating needs

  • $2,000

    Alzheimer'S Disease Research · Clarksburg, MD · 2022

    Operating needs

  • $2,000

    Garfield Farm Museum · Lafox, IL · 2022

    Operating needs

  • $2,000

    Museum of Danish America · Elk Horn, IA · 2022

    Operating needs

  • $2,000

    Parkinson Research Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2022

    Operating needs

  • $1,000

    Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2025

    Operating needs

  • $1,000

    Hooved Animal Rescue & Protection Society · Barrington, IL · 2025

    Operating needs

  • $1,000

    Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2025

    Operating needs

  • $1,000

    Save Ellis Island · Augusta, NJ · 2025

    Operating needs

  • $1,000

    Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    Operating needs

  • $1,000

    Hooved Animal Rescue & Protection Society · Barrington, IL · 2024

    Operating needs

  • $1,000

    Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024

    Operating needs

  • $1,000

    Save Ellis Island · Augusta, NJ · 2024

    Operating needs

  • $1,000

    Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    Operating needs

  • $1,000

    Hooved Animal Rescue & Protection Society · Barrington, IL · 2023

    Operating needs

  • $1,000

    Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023

    Operating needs

  • $1,000

    Save Ellis Island · Augusta, NJ · 2023

    Operating needs

  • $1,000

    Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    Operating needs

  • $1,000

    Hooved Animal Rescue & Protection Society · Barrington, IL · 2022

    Operating needs

  • $1,000

    Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2022

    Operating needs

  • $1,000

    Save Ellis Island · Augusta, NJ · 2022

    Operating needs

  • $250

    Illinois Prairie Path · Wheaton, IL · 2025

    Operating needs

  • $250

    Barrington Area Historical Society · Barrington, IL · 2024

    Operating needs

  • $250

    Illinois Prairie Path · Wheaton, IL · 2024

    Operating needs

  • $250

    Barrington Area Historical Society · Barrington, IL · 2023

    Operating needs

  • $250

    Illinois Prairie Path · Wheaton, IL · 2023

    Operating needs

  • $250

    Barrington Area Historical Society · Barrington, IL · 2022

    Operating needs

  • $250

    Illinois Prairie Path · Wheaton, IL · 2022

    Operating needs

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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.