Funding search · EIN 363674219 · Lake Forest, IL

Clarks Fork Foundation

Name: Clarks Fork 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.

258
grants reported: $917,742
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
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.

Top recipients

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

Monmouth College4 grants · $107,000
Planned Parenthood4 grants · $95,500
Bridger Care4 grants · $80,000
Lake County Community Foundation4 grants · $49,000
Henderson County Food Pantry4 grants · $32,000
Oquawka Fire Protection District4 grants · $31,000
First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest4 grants · $30,000
Hrdc4 grants · $25,000
Gallatin Valley Land Trust4 grants · $21,500
Friends of Montana Pbs4 grants · $20,500

Giving over time

$212,775

2022

$225,000

2023

$239,917

2024

$240,050

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 258 grants.

$30,000
Monmouth College · Monmouth, IL · 2025
General operations
$27,500
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$27,000
Monmouth College · Monmouth, IL · 2024
General operations
$27,000
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$25,000
Monmouth College · Monmouth, IL · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Monmouth College · Monmouth, IL · 2022
General operations
$24,000
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$20,000
Bridger Care · Billings, MT · 2025
General operations
$20,000
Bridger Care · Billings, MT · 2024
General operations
$20,000
Bridger Care · Billings, MT · 2023
General operations
$20,000
Bridger Care · Billings, MT · 2022
General operations
$17,000
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
$13,000
Lake County Community Foundation · Waukegan, IL · 2025
General operations
$12,500
Oquawka Fire Protection District · Oquawka, IL · 2023
General operations
$12,000
Lake County Community Foundation · Waukegan, IL · 2024
General operations
$12,000
Lake County Community Foundation · Waukegan, IL · 2023
General operations
$12,000
Lake County Community Foundation · Waukegan, IL · 2022
General operations
$10,333
Cooke City-Silvergate Fire & Emergency · Cooke City, MT · 2024
General operations
$10,000
Gallatin Valley Land Trust · Bozeman, MT · 2025
General operations
$10,000
Henderson County Food Pantry · Athens, TX · 2025
General operations
$10,000
Hrdc · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Galesburg Community Foundation · Galesburg, IL · 2022
General operations
$8,000
Cooke City-Silvergate Fire & Emergency · Cooke City, MT · 2025
General operations
$8,000
First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
General operations
$8,000
Henderson County Food Pantry · Athens, TX · 2024
General operations
$8,000
Colter Pass-Cooke-City-Silver Gate Council · Cooke City, MT · 2023
General operations
$8,000
First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
General operations
$8,000
Henderson County Food Pantry · Athens, TX · 2023
General operations
$8,000
First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General operations
$7,800
Buffalo Bill Historical Center · Cody, WY · 2025
General operations
$7,500
Oquawka Fire Protection District · Oquawka, IL · 2022
General operations
$7,000
Friends of Montana Pbs · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General operations
$6,000
Friends of Montana Pbs · Bozeman, MT · 2025
General operations
$6,000
Oquawka Fire Protection District · Oquawka, IL · 2025
General operations
$6,000
Family Promise of Gallatin Valley · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General operations
$6,000
First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
General operations
$6,000
Henderson County Food Pantry · Athens, TX · 2022
General operations
$5,584
Nami of Wy · Casper, WY · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Hrdc · Bozeman, MT · 2025
General operations
$5,000
Nami of Mt · Helena, MT · 2025
General operations
$5,000
Bozeman Schools Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Friends of Montana Pbs · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Gallatin Valley Land Trust · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Hrdc · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Msu Billings Foundation · Billings, MT · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Nami of Mt · Helena, MT · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Oquawka Fire Protection District · Oquawka, IL · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Thrive · Menlo Park, CA · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Haven · Pontiac, MI · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Nami of Mt · Helena, MT · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Pathfinder International · Washington, DC · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Thrive · Menlo Park, CA · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Bozeman Public Library Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General operations
$5,000
Chicago Council On Global Affairs · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$5,000
Colter Pass-Cooke-City-Silver Gate Council · Cooke City, MT · 2022
General operations
$5,000
Hrdc · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General operations
$4,000
Lake Forest Open Lands Association · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
General operations
$4,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
$4,000
Pathfinder International · Washington, DC · 2025
General operations
$4,000
Wyoming Nature Conservancy · Lander, WY · 2025
General operations
$4,000
The Community Church of Lake Forest & Lake Bluff · Lake Bluff, IL · 2024
General operations
$4,000
Haven · Pontiac, MI · 2022
General operations
$4,000
Pathfinder International · Washington, DC · 2022
General operations
$4,000
Schutt Family Scholarship Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General operations
$4,000
The Community Church of Lake Forest & Lake Bluff · Lake Bluff, IL · 2022
General operations
$3,500
Ragdale Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
General operations
$3,500
The Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2025
General operations
$3,500
Buffalo Bill Historical Center · Cody, WY · 2024
General operations
$3,500
The Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operations
$3,500
The Community Church of Lake Forest & Lake Bluff · Lake Bluff, IL · 2023
General operations
$3,500
Gallatin Valley Land Trust · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General operations
$3,400
Friends of Lake Forest Parks & Recreation · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
General operations
$3,300
Friends of Lake Forest Parks & Recreation · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
General operations
$3,300
Friends of Lake Forest Parks & Recreation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
General operations
$3,000
American Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
$3,000
Haven · Pontiac, MI · 2025
General operations
$3,000
The Community Church of Lake Forest & Lake Bluff · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025
General operations
$3,000
Wttw Channel 11 · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
$3,000
Yellowstone Forever · Bozeman, MT · 2025
General operations
$3,000
Haven · Pontiac, MI · 2024
General operations
$3,000
Henderson County K9 Fund · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
General operations
$3,000
Pathfinder International · Washington, DC · 2024
General operations
$3,000
Wyoming Nature Conservancy · Lander, WY · 2024
General operations
$3,000
Buffalo Bill Historical Center · Cody, WY · 2023
General operations
$3,000
Chicago Council On Global Affairs · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$3,000
Gallatin Valley Land Trust · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General operations
$3,000
Buffalo Bill Historical Center · Cody, WY · 2022
General operations
$3,000
Lake Forest Open Lands Association · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General operations
$3,000
Nature Conservancy of Montana · Helena, MT · 2022
General operations
$3,000
Wyoming Nature Conservancy · Lander, WY · 2022
General operations
$2,750
Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General operations
$2,500
Bozeman Public Library Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2025
General operations
$2,500
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2025
General operations
$2,500
Friends of Iowa Public Television · Johnston, IA · 2025
General operations
$2,500
Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
General operations
$2,500
Lake Forest Country Day School · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
General operations
$2,500
Mayo Clinic Foundation · Rochester, MN · 2025
General operations
$2,500
Property & Enviro Research Center · Bozeman, MT · 2025
General operations
$2,500
The Eisenhower Foundation · Abilene, KS · 2025
General operations
$2,500
Chicago Council On Global Affairs · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations

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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.