Funding search · EIN 364270565 · Kildeer, IL
The Coffman 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.
- 51
- grants reported
- $273,000
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $5,000
- 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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8 grants matching “generalgeneral” · $44,500
- $5,000
Blue & Gray Educational Society · Chatham, VA · 2025
Generalgeneral
- $2,500
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Generalgeneral
- $5,000
American Cancer Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
Generalgeneral
- $4,000
Blue & Gray Educational Society · Chatham, VA · 2024
Generalgeneral
- $10,000
Susan G Komen Cancer Fund · Dallas, TX · 2023
Generalgeneral
- $4,000
Blue & Gray Educational Society · Chatham, VA · 2023
Generalgeneral
- $10,000
Susan G Komen Cancer Fund · Dallas, TX · 2022
Generalgeneral
- $4,000
Blue & Gray Educational Society · Chatham, VA · 2022
Generalgeneral
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Lake Forest College Office of Annual Giving4 grants · $40,000
- American Battlefield Trust3 grants · $25,000
- Drake University4 grants · $21,000
- The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International4 grants · $20,000
- The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation4 grants · $20,000
- Susan G Komen Cancer Fund2 grants · $20,000
- Northern Illinois Foodbank4 grants · $20,000
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society4 grants · $17,000
- Blue & Gray Educational Society4 grants · $17,000
- American Civil War Museum2 grants · $15,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 51 reported grants, largest first.
- $10,000
Lake Forest College Office of Annual Giving · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
General
- $10,000
American Battlefield Trust · Washington, DC · 2024
General
- $10,000
American Civil War Museum · Richmond, VA · 2024
General
- $10,000
Lake Forest College Office of Annual Giving · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
General
- $10,000
American Battlefield Trust · Washington, DC · 2023
General
- $10,000
Lake Forest College Office of Annual Giving · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
General
- $10,000
Susan G Komen Cancer Fund · Dallas, TX · 2023
Generalgeneral
- $10,000
Lake Forest College Office of Annual Giving · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General
- $10,000
Susan G Komen Cancer Fund · Dallas, TX · 2022
Generalgeneral
- $10,000
The American Civil War Museum · Richmond, VA · 2022
General
- $6,000
Drake University · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General
- $5,000
American Battlefield Trust · Washington, DC · 2025
General
- $5,000
American Civil War Museum · Richmond, VA · 2025
General
- $5,000
Blue & Gray Educational Society · Chatham, VA · 2025
Generalgeneral
- $5,000
Council for Exceptional Children · Arlington, VA · 2025
Generalgeneralgeneral
- $5,000
Drake University · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General
- $5,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
- $5,000
Northern Illinois Foodbank · Geneva, IL · 2025
General
- $5,000
Susan G Komen · Dallas, TX · 2025
General
- $5,000
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2025
General
- $5,000
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International · Atlanta, GA · 2025
General
- $5,000
American Cancer Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
Generalgeneral
- $5,000
Center for Enriched Living · Riverwoods, IL · 2024
General
- $5,000
Drake University · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General
- $5,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
- $5,000
Northern Illinois Foodbank · Geneva, IL · 2024
General
- $5,000
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2024
General
- $5,000
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General
- $5,000
Center for Enriched Living · Riverwoods, IL · 2023
General
- $5,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
- $5,000
Northern Illinois Foodbank · Geneva, IL · 2023
General
- $5,000
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2023
General
- $5,000
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General
- $5,000
American Canceer Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
- $5,000
Drake University · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General
- $5,000
Northern Illinois Foodbank · Geneva, IL · 2022
General
- $5,000
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2022
General
- $5,000
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General
- $4,000
Blue & Gray Educational Society · Chatham, VA · 2024
Generalgeneral
- $4,000
Blue & Gray Educational Society · Chatham, VA · 2023
Generalgeneral
- $4,000
Blue & Gray Educational Society · Chatham, VA · 2022
Generalgeneral
- $3,000
National Spasmodic Dystonia Assn · Itasca, IL · 2022
General
- $3,000
Orphans of the Storm · Riverwoods, IL · 2022
General
- $2,500
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Generalgeneral
- $2,500
Orphans of the Storm · Riverwoods, IL · 2025
General
- $2,000
Brigham Young University · Provo, UT · 2023
General
- $2,000
Center for Enriched Living · Riverwoods, IL · 2022
General
- $2,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
- $1,000
Orphans of the Storm · Riverwoods, IL · 2024
General
- $1,000
Orphans of the Storm · Riverwoods, IL · 2023
General
- $1,000
Brigham Young University · Provo, UT · 2022
General
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