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