Funding search · EIN 364371135 · Palos Heights, IL

The Brennan Family Charitable Trust

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

63
grants reported
$274,883
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$2,025
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

operatingunrestrictedunristricted

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3 grants matching “unristricted · $6,070

  • $2,045

    Ponder Works · Ponder, TX · 2025

    Unristricted contribution

  • $2,025

    Mike Alstott Foundation · St Petersburg, FL · 2024

    Unristricted contribution

  • $2,000

    Ponder Works · Ponder, TX · 2024

    Unristricted contribution

Top recipients

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  • Marist High School4 grants · $105,383
  • Cara Program4 grants · $62,507
  • Marquette Law School4 grants · $19,800
  • Irish American Partnership4 grants · $17,000
  • Marist Brothers3 grants · $15,020
  • St Alexander Church4 grants · $13,231
  • Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House4 grants · $9,470
  • Catholic Charities3 grants · $9,000
  • Coach Roche Scholarship4 grants · $4,800
  • Ponder Works2 grants · $4,045

Giving over time

$69,040
2022
$65,164
2023
$66,484
2024
$74,195
2025

Grant history

All 63 reported grants, largest first.

  • $29,613

    Marist High School · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $26,600

    Marist High School · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operatingunrestricted contribution

  • $25,542

    Marist High School · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $23,700

    Cara Program · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $23,628

    Marist High School · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $13,150

    Cara Program · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operatingunrestricted contribution

  • $12,907

    Cara Program · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $12,750

    Cara Program · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $5,020

    Marist Brothers · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $5,000

    Marquette Law School · Carol Stream, IL · 2025

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $5,000

    Marist Brothers · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $5,000

    Marquette Law School · Carol Stream, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $5,000

    Marquette Law School · Carol Stream, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $5,000

    Marist Brothers · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operatingunrestricted contribution

  • $4,800

    Irish American Partnership · Boston, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $4,800

    Marquette Law School · Carol Stream, IL · 2022

    General operatingunrestricted contribution

  • $4,600

    Irish American Partnership · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operatingunrestricted contribution

  • $4,209

    St Alexander Church · Palos Heights, IL · 2025

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $4,100

    Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House · Barrington, IL · 2022

    General operatingunrestricted contribution

  • $3,850

    Irish American Partnership · Boston, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $3,750

    Irish American Partnership · Boston, MA · 2025

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $3,600

    St Alexander Church · Palos Height, IL · 2022

    General operatingunrestricted contribution

  • $3,170

    Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House · Barrington, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $3,142

    St Alexander Church · Palos Heights, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $3,000

    Catholic Charities · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Catholic Charities · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Catholic Charities · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operatingunrestricted contribution

  • $2,280

    St Alexander Church · Palos Heights, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $2,111

    Miscericorida · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $2,100

    Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House · Barrington, IL · 2025

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $2,045

    Ponder Works · Ponder, TX · 2025

    Unristricted contribution

  • $2,025

    Mike Alstott Foundation · St Petersburg, FL · 2024

    Unristricted contribution

  • $2,000

    Ponder Works · Ponder, TX · 2024

    Unristricted contribution

  • $1,800

    Coach Roche Scholarship · Oak Lawn, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $1,010

    Pathlights · Palos Heights, IL · 2025

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $1,010

    Pathlights · Palos Heights, IL · 2022

    General operatingunrestricted contribution

  • $1,000

    Coach Roche Scholarship · Oak Lawn, IL · 2025

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $1,000

    Together We Cope · Tinely Park, IL · 2025

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $1,000

    Together We Cope · Tinely Park, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $1,000

    Coach Roche Scholarship · Oak Lawn, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $1,000

    Coach Roche Scholarship · Oak Lawn, IL · 2022

    General operatingunrestricted contribution

  • $1,000

    Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operatingunrestricted contribution

  • $518

    Miscericorida · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $510

    Pathlights · Palos Heights, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $500

    Pathlights · Palos Heights, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $500

    Brian Murphy Scholarship · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $500

    Together We Cope · Tinely Park, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $400

    Miscericorida · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $308

    Idonate · Plano, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $263

    Nami Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operatingunrestricted contribution

  • $250

    National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $250

    Misericorsia · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operatingunrestricted contribution

  • $250

    National Park Foundatio · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operatingunrestricted contribution

  • $225

    National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $200

    Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $155

    Pat Macs Pack · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $150

    Pat Macs Pack · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $113

    Idonate · Plano, TX · 2022

    General operatingunrestricted contribution

  • $104

    Med13l · Barrington, NJ · 2022

    General operatingunrestricted contribution

  • $100

    Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House · Barrington, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $100

    St Baldrick'S Foundation · Monrovia, CA · 2022

    General operatingunrestricted contribution

  • $100

    Together We Cope · Tinley Park, IL · 2022

    General operatingunrestricted contribution

  • $75

    National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

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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.