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Usg Foundation

Name: Usg Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

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 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

community civic services health human education arts culture

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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 “crush” · $5,000

$1,000
Orange Crush · Chicago, IL · 2024
Educational Institutions and Related Activities
$2,000
Orange Crush Sac · Chicago, IL · 2023
Community services
$2,000
Orange Crush Sac · Plainfield, IL · 2022
Community & Civic services

Top recipients

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

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.