Funding search · EIN 363555046 · Northbrook, IL

The Negaunee Foundation

Name: The Negaunee Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

326
grants reported: $96.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

unretricted unresticted

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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.

6 grants matching “unretricted” · $175,400

$60,490
Ravinia Womens Board · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Unretricted ues
$5,000
Mptv Friends · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unretricted use
$50,000
Ravinia Womens Board · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Unretricted ues
$5,000
Mptv Friends · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Unretricted use
$47,910
Ravinia Womens Board · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Unretricted ues
$7,000
Mptv Friends · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Unretricted use

Top recipients

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

Chicago Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $10.8M
Field Museum2 grants · $10.1M
Ravinia Festival3 grants · $7.5M
Chicago Botanic Garden4 grants · $6.6M
Ravina Festival1 grant · $6.2M
Field Museum2 grants · $4.6M
The Colburn School4 grants · $3.3M
Il Saint Andrew Society5 grants · $3.1M
Chicago Botanic Garden2 grants · $3.0M
Wttw - Network Chicago4 grants · $2.9M

Giving over time

$20.7M

2022

$41.8M

2023

$33.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 326 grants.

$7.8M
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
Restricted use
$6.8M
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
Restricted use
$6.2M
Ravina Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Restricted use
$4.7M
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Restricted use
$4.5M
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Restricted use
$3.8M
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2023
Restricted use
$2.9M
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2024
Restricted use
$2.5M
Il Saint Andrew Society · Riverside, IL · 2024
Restricted use
$2.5M
Il Saint Andrew Society · Riverside, IL · 2023
Restricted use
$2.4M
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2022
Restricted use
$2.3M
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
Restricted use
$2.2M
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted use
$2.1M
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Restricted use
$2.0M
The Colburn School · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Restricted use
$1.9M
Colburn School · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Restricted use
$1.6M
Wttw - Network Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Restricted use
$1.5M
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Restricted use
$1.3M
Wttw - Network Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Restricted use
$1.2M
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2023
Restricted use
$1.1M
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$1.1M
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Restricted use
$1.1M
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2024
Restricted
$1.1M
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2023
Restricted use
$1.0M
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$1.0M
Music Institute of Chicago · Evanston, IL · 2024
Restricted use
$1.0M
Wttw - Network Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Restricted use
$750,000
Loyola Medicine · Maywood, IL · 2024
Restricted
$700,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted use
$650,000
Music of the Baroque · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted use
$650,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$600,000
The Colburn School · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$600,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$550,000
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted use
$500,000
Antioch College · Yellow Springs, OH · 2024
Restricted
$500,000
Loyola Medicine · Maywood, IL · 2023
Restricted
$500,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Restricted use
$500,000
Music of the Baroque · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Restricted use
$500,000
Il Saint Andrew Society · Riverside, IL · 2022
Restricted use
$500,000
The Colburn School · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Restricted
$450,000
Music of the Baroque · Chicago, IL · 2022
Restricted use
$430,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
Restricted use
$400,000
Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2024
Restricted use
$400,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted use
$376,000
Wttw - Network Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$350,000
Treepeople · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
Unrestricted use
$330,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Restricted use
$330,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
Restricted use
$325,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Northbrook, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$300,000
Vandercook College of Music · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted use
$300,000
Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2023
Restricted use
$300,000
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$300,000
Music Institute of Chicago · Evanston, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$300,000
Treepeople · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
Restricted use
$300,000
Vandercook College of Music · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$300,000
Colburn School · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Restricted use
$300,000
Treepeople · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
Restricted use
$260,000
Steans Music Institute · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Restricted use
$260,000
Steans Music Institute · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Restricted use
$250,000
Lake Forest College · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Restricted use
$250,000
Wttw - Network Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$225,000
Music of the Baroque · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Restricted use
$225,000
Music of the Baroque · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$200,000
Amer Found National Museums Scotl · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use
$200,000
Antioch College · Yellow Springs, OH · 2024
Unrestricted use
$200,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$200,000
Music Institute of Chicago · Evanston, IL · 2024
Unrestricted use
$200,000
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted use
$200,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$200,000
Music Institute of Chicago · Evanston, IL · 2023
Restricted use
$200,000
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$200,000
Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted use
$200,000
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted use
$200,000
Music Institute of Chicago · Evanston, IL · 2022
Restricted use
$200,000
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted use
$200,000
Vandercook College of Music · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted use
$155,000
Music of the Baroque · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Unrestricted use
$150,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$150,000
Nature Conservancy - Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
Restricted use
$150,000
Antioch College · Yellow Springs, OH · 2023
Unrestricted use
$150,000
Treepeople · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
Unrestricted use
$150,000
Antioch College · Yellow Springs, OH · 2022
Unrestricted use
$150,000
Nature Conservancy - Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted use
$150,000
Treepeople · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
Unrestricted use
$125,000
Amer Found National Museums Scotl · New York, NY · 2023
Restricted use
$125,000
Chapel York Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$125,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$125,000
Steans Music Institute · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$125,000
Steans Music Institute · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$115,000
Amer Found National Museums Scotl · New York, NY · 2022
Restricted use
$104,600
Lake Forest Open Lands Association · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,168
Friends of Lake Forest Parks Rec · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Restricted use
$100,000
Amer Found National Museums Scotl · New York, NY · 2024
Restricted use
$100,000
Americans for Oxford · New York, NY · 2024
Restricted
$100,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted use
$100,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
Chicago Opera Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted use
$100,000
Freedom Foundation · Olympia, WA · 2024
Unrestricted ues
$100,000
Friends of the Wildlife Discovery · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
Illinois Policy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted use
$100,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2024
Unrestricted use

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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.