Funding search · EIN 364405466 · Northbrook, IL

The Wesselink Family 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.

49
grants reported
$1.2M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$10,000
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

educationalcareculturalmedicalabrocampuscaughtcure

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Funding pattern

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4 grants matching “caught · $44,000

  • $12,000

    Doctors Without Boarders · New York, NY · 2025

    Urgent medical care to people caught

  • $12,000

    Doctors Without Boarders · New York, NY · 2024

    Urgent medical care to people caught

  • $10,000

    Doctors Without Boarders · New York, NY · 2023

    Urgent medical care to people caught

  • $10,000

    Doctors Without Boarders · New York, NY · 2022

    Urgent medical care to people caught

Top recipients

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

  • Central College4 grants · $259,880
  • Hope College4 grants · $200,000
  • Buena Vista University4 grants · $200,000
  • Glenkirk2 grants · $80,000
  • The Salvation Army4 grants · $54,000
  • Keystone Foundation2 grants · $50,000
  • Doctors Without Boarders4 grants · $44,000
  • Alzheimer'S Disease Resea4 grants · $40,000
  • Holland Museum4 grants · $38,000
  • Chicago Shakespeare Theater2 grants · $35,000

Giving over time

$289,880
2022
$253,000
2023
$276,000
2024
$334,000
2025

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

  • $99,880

    Central College · Pella, IA · 2022

    Educational - off-campus experiences

  • $60,000

    Central College · Pella, IA · 2025

    Educational - off-campus experiences

  • $60,000

    Glenkirk · Northbrook, IL · 2025

    Help those in need

  • $50,000

    Buena Vista University · Storm Lake, IA · 2025

    Educational

  • $50,000

    Hope College · Holland, MI · 2025

    Educational - internship, study abro

  • $50,000

    Buena Vista University · Storm Lake, IA · 2024

    Educational

  • $50,000

    Central College · Pella, IA · 2024

    Educational - off-campus experiences

  • $50,000

    Hope College · Holland, MI · 2024

    Educational - internship, study abro

  • $50,000

    Buena Vista University · Storm Lake, IA · 2023

    Educational - william and la vina we

  • $50,000

    Central College · Pella, IA · 2023

    Educational - off-campus experiences

  • $50,000

    Hope College · Holland, MI · 2023

    Educational - internship, study abro

  • $50,000

    Buena Vista University · Storm Lake, IA · 2022

    Educational - william and la vina we

  • $50,000

    Hope College · Holland, MI · 2022

    Educational - internship, study abro

  • $35,000

    Keystone Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Charitable - in support of the herit

  • $25,000

    Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Cultural & educational

  • $22,000

    The Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Assist those w/ little to nothing

  • $20,000

    Parkinsons Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    Treat and cure disease

  • $20,000

    Glenkirk · Northbrook, IL · 2024

    Help those in need

  • $15,000

    Keystone Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Charitable - in support of the herit

  • $12,000

    Doctors Without Boarders · New York, NY · 2025

    Urgent medical care to people caught

  • $12,000

    Doctors Without Boarders · New York, NY · 2024

    Urgent medical care to people caught

  • $12,000

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024

    Deliver medical care

  • $12,000

    The Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Assist those w/ little to nothing

  • $10,000

    Alzheimer'S Disease Resea · Clarksburg, MD · 2025

    Research, treat and cure disease

  • $10,000

    American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2025

    Humanitarian mission in emergencies

  • $10,000

    Care USA · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Save lives, defeat poverty, justice

  • $10,000

    Holland Museum · Holland, MI · 2025

    Cultural & educational

  • $10,000

    Search · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Disability assistance

  • $10,000

    Alzheimer'S Disease Resea · Clarksburg, MD · 2024

    Research, treat and cure disease

  • $10,000

    American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2024

    Lifesaving mission

  • $10,000

    Care USA · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Save lives, defeat poverty, justice

  • $10,000

    Holland Museum · Holland, MI · 2024

    Cultural & educational

  • $10,000

    Parkinsons Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Treat and cure disease

  • $10,000

    Royal Oak Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Fostering educational programs

  • $10,000

    Search · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Disability assistance

  • $10,000

    Alzheimer'S Disease Resea · Clarksburg, MD · 2023

    Research

  • $10,000

    American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023

    Disaster response

  • $10,000

    Care · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Save lives, defeat poverty, justice

  • $10,000

    Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Cultural & educational

  • $10,000

    Doctors Without Boarders · New York, NY · 2023

    Urgent medical care to people caught

  • $10,000

    The Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Alzheimer'S Disease Resea · Clarksburg, MD · 2022

    Research

  • $10,000

    American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2022

    Disaster response

  • $10,000

    Doctors Without Boarders · New York, NY · 2022

    Urgent medical care to people caught

  • $10,000

    Holland Museum · Holland, MI · 2022

    Cultural & educational

  • $10,000

    The Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $8,000

    Holland Museum · Holland, MI · 2023

    Cultural & educational

  • $5,000

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2025

    Deliver medical care

  • $5,000

    Royal Oak Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    Fostering educational programs

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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.