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 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

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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

$70,000
2022
$68,000
2023
$70,000
2024
$65,000
2025

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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