Funding search · EIN 363487489 · Evanston, IL

Gavlin Family Foundation

Name: Gavlin Family 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.

379
grants reported: $344,881
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $510
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

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.

1 grant matching “krcc” · $1,000

$1,000
Krcc Public Radio · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General assistance

Top recipients

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

Queer Asterisk4 grants · $40,000
Chicagoland Exotic Animal Rescue4 grants · $10,000
Rmag Foundation3 grants · $10,000
Lincoln Park Zoo4 grants · $9,000
Ada S McKinley Community Services4 grants · $7,250
Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $6,500
National Parks Conservation Assoc4 grants · $6,500
Planned Parenthood4 grants · $6,250
Colorado Gives4 grants · $6,098
Denver Museum of Nature & Science4 grants · $6,034

Giving over time

$80,572

2022

$78,604

2023

$91,700

2024

$94,005

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 379 grants.

$10,000
Queer Asterisk · Boulder, CO · 2025
General assistance
$10,000
Queer Asterisk · Boulder, CO · 2024
General assistance
$10,000
Queer Asterisk · Boulder, CO · 2023
General assistance
$10,000
Queer Asterisk · Boulder, CO · 2022
General assistance
$5,000
Rmag Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
General assistance
$3,500
National Parks Conservation Assoc · Washington, DC · 2025
General assistance
$3,000
Lambda Legal · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$3,000
Religious Action Center · Washington, DC · 2025
General assistance
$3,000
Union for Ref Judaismrelig Act Ctr · New York, NY · 2024
General assistance
$3,000
Union for Ref Judaismrelig Act Ctr · New York, NY · 2023
General assistance
$3,000
McCormick Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General assistance
$3,000
Religious Action Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General assistance
$2,736
Colorado Gives · Arvada, CO · 2025
General assistance
$2,500
Chicagoland Exotic Animal Rescue · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$2,500
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2025
General assistance
$2,500
American Red Cross · Denver, CO · 2024
General assistance
$2,500
Chicagoland Exotic Animal Rescue · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance
$2,500
Rmag Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
General assistance
$2,500
Chicagoland Exotic Animal Rescue · Chicago, IL · 2023
General assistance
$2,500
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2023
General assistance
$2,500
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2023
General assistance
$2,500
Rmag Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
General assistance
$2,500
Ada S McKinley Community Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
General assistance
$2,500
Chicagoland Exotic Animal Rescue · Chicago, IL · 2022
General assistance
$2,500
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2022
General assistance
$2,045
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
General assistance
$2,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
General assistance
$2,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$2,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
General assistance
$2,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance
$2,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance
$2,000
Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance
$2,000
American Red Cross · Denver, CO · 2023
General assistance
$2,000
Be the Match · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General assistance
$1,750
Ada S McKinley Community Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
General assistance
$1,534
Denver Museum of Nature & Science · Denver, CO · 2025
General assistance
$1,520
Colorado Gives · Arvada, CO · 2024
General assistance
$1,505
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General assistance
$1,500
Ada S McKinley Community Services · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,500
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,500
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,500
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2025
General assistance
$1,500
U N Refugee Agency · Washington, DC · 2025
General assistance
$1,500
Ada S McKinley Community Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance
$1,500
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance
$1,500
Denver Museum of Nature & Science · Denver, CO · 2024
General assistance
$1,500
Mercy Corp · Boone, IA · 2024
General assistance
$1,500
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2024
General assistance
$1,500
Univeristy of Illinois Foundation · Urbana, IL · 2024
General assistance
$1,500
Denver Museum of Nature & Science · Denver, CO · 2023
General assistance
$1,500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
General assistance
$1,500
Denver Museum of Nature & Science · Denver, CO · 2022
General assistance
$1,465
Wbez Public Radio · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,332
Colorado Gives · Arvada, CO · 2023
General assistance
$1,254
Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General assistance
$1,200
Rocky Mountain Pbs · Denver, CO · 2025
General assistance
$1,075
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General assistance
$1,057
Undue Medical Debt · Boston, MA · 2024
General assistance
$1,050
Wttw Channel 11 Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance
$1,023
Midwest Access Coalition · Chicago, IL · 2022
General assistance
$1,015
Mercy Corp · Boone, IA · 2022
General assistance
$1,000
American Institute of Steel Constru · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
American Red Cross · Denver, CO · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Black Ensemble Theater Co · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Blood Cancer United · Washington, DC · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Chicago Public Library Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Elevated Access · Champaign, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Energy Outreach Colorado · Denver, CO · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Feed the Children · Oklahoma City, OK · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Humane Colorado · Denver, CO · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Jewish Family Services · Denver, CO · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Krcc Public Radio · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Meals On Wheels Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Mercy Corp · Boone, IA · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Morris Animal Foundation · Denver, CO · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Paleo Research Institute · Golden, CO · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Reading Is Fundamental · Washington, DC · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Sesame Workshop · New York, NY · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Society for Science & the Public · Washington, DC · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
St Judes Childrens Hosp Fdtn · Memphis, TN · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Trans Lifeline · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
U S Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Uniting Voices Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Westmont College · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2024
General assistance
$1,000
American Institute of Steel Constru · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance
$1,000
Black Ensemble Theater Co · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance
$1,000
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless · Denver, CO · 2024
General assistance
$1,000
Dumb Friends League · Denver, CO · 2024
General assistance
$1,000
Energy Outreach Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
General assistance
$1,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General assistance
$1,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance
$1,000
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2024
General assistance
$1,000
Jewish Family Services · Denver, CO · 2024
General assistance
$1,000
McCormick Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance

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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.