Funding search · EIN 363487087 · Palos Heights, IL

William R & Marilyn W Blew 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.

44
grants reported
$81,380
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,000
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

expenseexpenseoperating

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2 grants matching “expenseoperating · $6,000

  • $3,000

    Purdue Research Foundation · West Lafayette, IN · 2023

    Operating ExpenseOperating Expense

  • $3,000

    Purdue Research Foundation · West Lafayette, IN · 2022

    Operating ExpenseOperating Expense

Top recipients

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

  • St Xavier University4 grants · $20,000
  • Knox College Annual Fund4 grants · $16,960
  • Active Transportation Alliance4 grants · $12,700
  • Purdue Research Foundation4 grants · $12,000
  • Revive4 grants · $3,700
  • Greater Chicago Food Depository4 grants · $3,000
  • World Central Kitchen3 grants · $3,000
  • St Francis De Sales High School4 grants · $2,760
  • Genesys Works3 grants · $2,460
  • Boys & Girls Club of Chicago2 grants · $2,000

Giving over time

$22,700
2022
$18,980
2023
$20,600
2024
$19,100
2025

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

  • $5,400

    Knox College Annual Fund · Galesburg, IL · 2022

    Operating Expense

  • $5,000

    St Xavier University · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Operating Expense

  • $5,000

    St Xavier University · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Operating Expense

  • $5,000

    St Xavier University · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Expense

  • $5,000

    St Xavier University · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Operating Expense

  • $4,200

    Knox College Annual Fund · Galesburg, IL · 2024

    Operating Expense

  • $3,700

    Knox College Annual Fund · Galesburg, IL · 2025

    Operating Expense

  • $3,660

    Knox College Annual Fund · Galesburg, IL · 2023

    Operating Expense

  • $3,400

    Active Transportation Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Operating Expense

  • $3,300

    Active Transportation Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Expense

  • $3,000

    Active Transportation Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Operating Expense

  • $3,000

    Purdue Research Foundation · West Lafayette, IN · 2025

    Operating Expense

  • $3,000

    Active Transportation Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Operating Expense

  • $3,000

    Purdue Research Foundation · West Lafayette, IN · 2024

    Operating Expense

  • $3,000

    Purdue Research Foundation · West Lafayette, IN · 2023

    Operating ExpenseOperating Expense

  • $3,000

    Purdue Research Foundation · West Lafayette, IN · 2022

    Operating ExpenseOperating Expense

  • $1,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Operating Expense

  • $1,000

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Operating Expense

  • $1,000

    Revive · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Operating Expense

  • $1,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025

    Operating Expense

  • $1,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Operating Expense

  • $1,000

    Genesys Works · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Operating Expense

  • $1,000

    Revive · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Operating Expense

  • $1,000

    St Francis De Sales High School · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Operating Expense

  • $1,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024

    Operating Expense

  • $1,000

    Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Operating Expense

  • $1,000

    Palos 118 Educational Foundation · Palos Park, IL · 2022

    Operating Expense

  • $1,000

    St Francis De Sales High School · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Operating Expense

  • $1,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022

    Operating Expense

  • $960

    Genesys Works · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Expense

  • $900

    Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Expense

  • $900

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Expense

  • $900

    Revive · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Expense

  • $800

    Revive · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Operating Expense

  • $700

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Operating Expense

  • $500

    Alliance for the Great Lakes · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Operating Expense

  • $500

    Genesys Works · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Operating Expense

  • $500

    Trio Animal Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Operating Expense

  • $400

    St Francis De Sales High School · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Operating Expense

  • $400

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Operating Expense

  • $360

    St Francis De Sales High School · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Expense

  • $200

    Blue Island Public Library · Blue Island, IL · 2022

    Operating Expense

  • $200

    Ride Illinois · Elk Grove Village, IL · 2022

    Operating Expense

  • $-1,500

    Cics Prairie School - Voided Check · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Operating Expense

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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.