Funding search · EIN 370768616 · Springfield, IL
The Hope School
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 56
- grants reported
- $15.7M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $237,392
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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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Top recipients
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- Univeristy of Illinois Chicago4 grants · $2.7M
- Hope Clinical Care4 grants · $2.4M
- Illinois State University4 grants · $2.0M
- Easterseals Central Illinois4 grants · $1.3M
- Southern Illinois University4 grants · $1.3M
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign4 grants · $1.2M
- Kreider Services4 grants · $956,998
- Trinity Services4 grants · $930,433
- Easterseals Metropolitan4 grants · $886,359
- Eastern Illinois University3 grants · $667,784
Giving over time
Grant history
All 56 reported grants, largest first.
- $714,740
Hope Clinical Care · Springfield, IL · 2022
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $699,201
Univeristy of Illinois Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $680,040
Univeristy of Illinois Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $670,819
Univeristy of Illinois Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $645,565
Univeristy of Illinois Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $629,113
Hope Clinical Care · Springfield, IL · 2023
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $525,986
Hope Clinical Care · Springfield, IL · 2021
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $522,646
Hope Clinical Care · Springfield, IL · 2024
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $519,494
Illinois State University · Normal, IL · 2022
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $512,793
Illinois State University · Normal, IL · 2024
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $502,328
Illinois State University · Normal, IL · 2023
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $487,790
Illinois State University · Normal, IL · 2021
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $362,449
Southern Illinois University · Carbondale, IL · 2024
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $361,994
Southern Illinois University · Carbondale, IL · 2023
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $344,398
Southern Illinois University · Carbondale, IL · 2022
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $339,329
Easterseals Central Illinois · Peoria, IL · 2022
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $338,336
Easterseals Central Illinois · Peoria, IL · 2023
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $319,127
Easterseals Central Illinois · Peoria, IL · 2021
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $316,074
Easterseals Central Illinois · Peoria, IL · 2024
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $295,250
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Chicago, IL · 2023
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $295,249
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Chicago, IL · 2024
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $295,221
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Chicago, IL · 2022
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $274,775
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Chicago, IL · 2021
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $242,111
Eastern Illinois University · Charleston, IL · 2024
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $241,850
Kreider Services · Dixon, IL · 2022
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $241,848
Kreider Services · Dixon, IL · 2023
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $241,733
Kreider Services · Dixon, IL · 2024
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $237,419
Trinity Services · New Lenox, IL · 2023
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $237,364
Trinity Services · New Lenox, IL · 2022
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $231,567
Kreider Services · Dixon, IL · 2021
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $229,275
Trinity Services · New Lenox, IL · 2024
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $226,375
Trinity Services · New Lenox, IL · 2021
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $222,840
Easterseals Metropolitan · Chicago, IL · 2024
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $222,840
Easterseals Metropolitan · Chicago, IL · 2023
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $222,840
Easterseals Metropolitan · Chicago, IL · 2022
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $217,839
Easterseals Metropolitan · Chicago, IL · 2021
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $212,890
Eastern Illinois University · Charleston, IL · 2022
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $212,783
Eastern Illinois University · Charleston, IL · 2023
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $182,135
Southern Illinois University · Carbondale, IL · 2021
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $123,499
Ctf Illinois · Orland Park, IL · 2022
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $122,745
Ctf Illinois · Orland Park, IL · 2023
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $121,957
Ctf Illinois · Orland Park, IL · 2021
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $115,837
Rcadd · Chicago, IL · 2024
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $114,073
Rcadd · Chicago, IL · 2023
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $111,187
Rcadd · Chicago, IL · 2021
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $103,186
Rcadd · Chicago, IL · 2022
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $79,500
Have Dreams · Park Ridge, IL · 2024
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $74,500
Have Dreams · Park Ridge, IL · 2023
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $74,500
Have Dreams · Park Ridge, IL · 2022
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $74,500
Have Dreams · Park Ridge, IL · 2021
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $67,079
Little Friends Center for Autism · Naperville, IL · 2021
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $60,312
The Answer · Forest Park, IL · 2023
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $59,380
The Answer · Forest Park, IL · 2021
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $59,100
The Answer · Forest Park, IL · 2024
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $58,925
The Answer · Forest Park, IL · 2022
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
- $29,311
Grupo Salto · Berwyn, IL · 2024
To serve children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
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