Funding search · EIN 362984045 · Chicago, IL

Usg 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.

1,066
grants reported
$3.3M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$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.

What they fund

communitycivicserviceshealthhumaneducationartsculture

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • American Red Cross9 grants · $205,416
  • National Merit Scholarship Corp2 grants · $138,955
  • Habitat for Humanity International2 grants · $105,000
  • National Merit Scholarship Corporation1 grant · $91,940
  • National Merit Scholarship Corporation1 grant · $87,535
  • Lumity5 grants · $77,570
  • Mercy Housing Lakefront3 grants · $75,000
  • Youth Conservation Corps4 grants · $65,350
  • Habitat for Humanity International4 grants · $55,375
  • Write On Target2 grants · $55,000

Giving over time

$868,717
2022
$784,729
2023
$863,883
2024
$768,444
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,066 grants.

  • $91,940

    National Merit Scholarship Corporation · Evanston, IL · 2024

    Educational Institutions and Related Activities

  • $87,535

    National Merit Scholarship Corporation · Evanston, IL · 2025

    Educational Institutions and Related Activities

  • $71,225

    National Merit Scholarship Corp · Evanston, IL · 2022

    Community & Civic Services

  • $67,730

    National Merit Scholarship Corp · Evanston, IL · 2023

    Education

  • $55,000

    Habitat for Humanity International · Americus, GA · 2022

    arts culture and humanities services

  • $52,500

    American Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Health & Human Services

  • $50,000

    American Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Health & Human Services

  • $50,000

    Habitat for Humanity International · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Arts Culture and Humanities

  • $50,000

    Habitat for Humanity International · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Community & Civic

  • $50,000

    Habitat for Humanity International · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Community Services

  • $42,625

    American Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2022

    community and civic services

  • $40,000

    Youth Conservation Corps · Waukegan, IL · 2022

    community & civic services

  • $36,890

    American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2022

    health and human services

  • $30,000

    Make-a-Wish Foundation of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Community services

  • $30,000

    Write On Target · Centerville, OH · 2023

    Education

  • $27,500

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Me · Chicago, IL · 2022

    community & civic services

  • $25,000

    Lumity · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $25,000

    Youth Conservation Corps · Waukegan, IL · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $25,000

    American Red Cross · New York, NY · 2024

    Health & Human Services

  • $25,000

    Lumity · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Educational Institutions and Related Activities

  • $25,000

    Mercy Housing Lakefront · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Community & Civic

  • $25,000

    American Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Health and Human Services

  • $25,000

    Easter Seals Dupage -Fox Valley · Villa Park, IL · 2023

    Health and human services

  • $25,000

    Lumity · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Education

  • $25,000

    Mercy Housing Lakefront · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Community Service

  • $25,000

    National Safety Council · Itasca, IL · 2023

    Community & Civic

  • $25,000

    Mercy Housing Lakefront · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Community & Civic services

  • $25,000

    Write On Target · Centerville, OH · 2022

    community & civic services

  • $20,000

    Youth Conservation Corp · Waukegan, IL · 2024

    Community & Civic

  • $20,000

    Youth Conservation Corp · Waukegan, IL · 2023

    Community & Civic

  • $20,000

    Career Transitions Center Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    community and civic services

  • $17,275

    Ywca of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Community & Civic services

  • $15,125

    Preservation Foundation of Lake Cty · Libertyville, IL · 2022

    Community & Civic services

  • $15,000

    Career Transistions Center of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $15,000

    Communities in Schools of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $15,000

    Easter Seals Dupage and the Fox Valley Region · Villa Park, IL · 2025

    Health & Human Services

  • $15,000

    Manufacturing Institute · Washington, DC · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $15,000

    Preservation Foundation of the Lake County Forest Preserves · Libertyville, IL · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $15,000

    South Suburban Pads · Country Club, IL · 2025

    Health & Human Services

  • $15,000

    Young Womens Christian Association of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $15,000

    Career Transistions Center of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Educational Institutions and Related Activities

  • $15,000

    Easter Seals Dupage & the Fox Valley Region · Villa Park, IL · 2024

    Community & Civic

  • $15,000

    Preservation Foundation of the Lake County Forest Preserve · Libertyville, IL · 2024

    Community & Civic

  • $15,000

    The Homer Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Community & Civic

  • $15,000

    Young Womens Christian Assoc of Metro Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Community & Civic

  • $15,000

    Career Transitions Center Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    education

  • $15,000

    Ywca of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    community services

  • $15,000

    Easter Seals Dupage -Fox Valley · Villa Park, IL · 2022

    community and civic services

  • $10,812

    Autism Speaks · New York, NY · 2022

    community & Civic services

  • $10,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $10,000

    Naperville Heritage Society · Naperville, IL · 2025

    Arts Culture and Humanities

  • $10,000

    Wreaths Across America · Columbia Falls, ME · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $10,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Me · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Community & Civic

  • $10,000

    Communities in Schools of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Educational Institutions and Related Activities

  • $10,000

    Manufacturing Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Educational Institutions and Related Activities

  • $10,000

    Naperville Heritage Society · Naperville, IL · 2024

    Community & Civic

  • $10,000

    South Suburban Pads · Country Club, IL · 2024

    Community & Civic

  • $10,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Me · Chicago, IL · 2023

    community services

  • $10,000

    Girls in the Game · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Community & Civic

  • $10,000

    Naperville Heritage Society · Naperville, IL · 2023

    Arts & Culture

  • $10,000

    South Suburban Pads · Country Club, IL · 2023

    Community & Civic

  • $10,000

    Eastmont Community Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Education services

  • $10,000

    Family Promise · Summit, NJ · 2022

    community and civic serivces

  • $10,000

    Naperville Heritage Society · Naperville, IL · 2022

    Arts Culture and Humanities services

  • $10,000

    Team Viac · Sandusky, OH · 2022

    Community & Civic services

  • $8,000

    American Legion · Wintersville, OH · 2022

    community & civic services

  • $7,500

    City Harvest · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

    Health & Human Services

  • $6,000

    Care for Real · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $6,000

    Cradles To Crayons · Chicago, IL · 2022

    community and civic services

  • $5,363

    Make-a-Wish Foundation of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Community & Civic services

  • $5,256

    Feed My Starving Children · Coon Rapids, MN · 2022

    arts culture and Humanities

  • $5,250

    Holy Family School · East Tawas, MI · 2024

    Education

  • $5,198

    Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Fdn · Staten Island, NY · 2022

    community & civic services

  • $5,195

    Wounded Warriors United-Minnesota · Cornwell, MN · 2022

    Community & Civic serivces

  • $5,150

    Ronald McDonald House Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022

    Community & Civic services

  • $5,100

    Pads Lake County · Waukegan, IL · 2022

    community & civic services

  • $5,052

    Core Community Organized Relief · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Community and civic services

  • $5,000

    24 Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $5,000

    Alexas Butterflies of Hope · Clyde, OH · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $5,000

    Almost Home Animal Shelter · Fort Dodge, IA · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $5,000

    Alpha Search and Recovery · Houston, TX · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $5,000

    American Cancer Society Roads To Recovery · El Centro, CA · 2025

    Health & Human Services

  • $5,000

    Autism Speaks · Princeton, NJ · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $5,000

    Backpack Club · Richfield, UT · 2025

    Health & Human Services

  • $5,000

    Because I Said I Would · Lakewood, OH · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $5,000

    Bread of Life · Stockton, CA · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $5,000

    Carlton County Animal Rescue · Cloquet, MN · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $5,000

    Chidlrens Healthcare of Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Health & Human Services

  • $5,000

    Childrens Hospital Colorado Foundation · Aurora, CO · 2025

    Health & Human Services

  • $5,000

    Cisca · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $5,000

    Community Foundation Partnership · Bedford, IN · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $5,000

    Drink at the Well · Curtis Bay, MD · 2025

    Health & Human Services

  • $5,000

    Echo of Brandon · Brandon, FL · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $5,000

    Eos Therapeutic Riding Center · Bloomsburg, PA · 2025

    Health & Human Services

  • $5,000

    Fallen Comrades Post 6073 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United · Scottsboro, AL · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $5,000

    Girls in the Game · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $5,000

    Good Hands Plainwell · Plainwell, MI · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $5,000

    Grandview Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2025

    Health & Human Services

  • $5,000

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Community & Civic

  • $5,000

    H O P E of Rainier Oregon · Rainier, OR · 2025

    Community & Civic

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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.