Funding search · EIN 371172293 · Charleston, IL

Charleston Area Charitable Foundation

Name: Charleston Area Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

44
grants reported: $2.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $11,180
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

community development equipment beautification blue celebration days entertainment

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

4 grants matching “cabin” · $203,000

$36,000
Lincoln Log Cabin Foundation · Lerna, IL · 2024
Fall/summer program
$100,000
Lincoln Log Cabin Foundation · Lerna, IL · 2023
Naturescape playground
$35,000
Lincoln Log Cabin Foundation · Lerna, IL · 2023
Fall/summer program
$32,000
Lincoln Log Cabin Foundation · Lerna, IL · 2022
Fall/summer program

Top recipients

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

City of Charleston10 grants · $1.4M
Charleston Comm Unit Schools2 grants · $650,000
Lincoln Log Cabin Foundation4 grants · $203,000
Coles County1 grant · $200,000
Immanuel Lutheran3 grants · $54,763
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Foundatio1 grant · $40,000
United Way of Coles County2 grants · $39,000
Eiu Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $30,000
Charleston Comm Early Learning Cent2 grants · $25,000
Charleston Library1 grant · $22,700

Giving over time

$2.0M

2022

$561,697

2023

$184,576

2024

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

$500,000
City of Charleston · Charleston, IL · 2022
Linder sports complex development
$500,000
City of Charleston · Charleston, IL · 2022
Sister City II Park Development
$350,000
Charleston Comm Unit Schools · Charleston, IL · 2022
Vocational/agriculture building
$300,000
Charleston Comm Unit Schools · Charleston, IL · 2022
Auditorium renovation partial funding
$250,000
City of Charleston · Charleston, IL · 2023
Sister City II Park Development
$200,000
Coles County · Charleston, IL · 2022
Courthouse window replacement
$100,000
Lincoln Log Cabin Foundation · Lerna, IL · 2023
Naturescape playground
$50,000
City of Charleston · Charleston, IL · 2024
Linder Sports Complex Development
$50,000
Charleston Comm Early Learning Cent · Charleston, IL · 2023
Playground equipment
$40,000
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Foundatio · Mattoon, IL · 2022
Funding for hospice house
$36,000
Lincoln Log Cabin Foundation · Lerna, IL · 2024
Fall/summer program
$35,000
Lincoln Log Cabin Foundation · Lerna, IL · 2023
Fall/summer program
$34,915
Immanuel Lutheran · Charleston, IL · 2023
Playground equipment
$32,000
Lincoln Log Cabin Foundation · Lerna, IL · 2022
Fall/summer program
$30,000
City of Charleston · Charleston, IL · 2024
Red white & blue days community celebration
$30,000
City of Charleston · Charleston, IL · 2023
Red white & blue days community celebration
$25,000
City of Charleston · Charleston, IL · 2022
Red white & blue days community celebration
$24,000
United Way of Coles County · Mattoon, IL · 2022
Annual funding
$22,700
Charleston Library · Charleston, IL · 2023
Security cameras
$20,000
Immanuel Lutheran · Charleston, IL · 2024
Gym equipment
$15,000
United Way of Coles County · Mattoon, IL · 2024
Annual funding
$11,759
Cornerstone Christian Academy · Charleston, IL · 2023
Classroom equipment
$10,600
Hedwig Haus of Hospitality Nfp · Charleston, IL · 2024
Improve 227 jackson and purchase 308 monroe
$10,000
Eiu Symphony Orchestra · Charleston, IL · 2024
Community entertainment - eiu orchestras
$10,000
Eiu Symphony Orchestra · Charleston, IL · 2023
Community entertainment - eiu orchestras
$10,000
Eiu Symphony Orchestra · Charleston, IL · 2022
Community entertainment - eiu orchestras
$6,800
American Legion Charities Post 93 · Charleston, IL · 2022
Veterans monument
$5,000
Coles County Arts Council · Charleston, IL · 2024
Community art projects
$4,375
Coles County Farm Bureau Foundation · Charleston, IL · 2023
Scholarships
$4,000
City of Charleston · Charleston, IL · 2024
Flower beautification project
$3,750
City of Charleston · Charleston, IL · 2023
Flower beautification project
$3,500
City of Charleston · Charleston, IL · 2022
Flower beautification project
$3,000
Standing Stone Comm Center Nfp · Charleston, IL · 2024
Back to school program
$3,000
Coles County Barbershoppers · Charleston, IL · 2023
Young men/ women in harmony festival
$3,000
Eastern Illinois University Foundat · Charleston, IL · 2023
Tree replacement
$2,000
Coles County Crime Stopperrs · Charleston, IL · 2023
Program awareness
$1,198
Theatre in the Park Charleston Nfp · Charleston, IL · 2023
License fee, community theatre
$1,049
Theatre in the Park Charleston Nfp · Charleston, IL · 2022
License fee, community theatre
$1,000
Coles County Barbershoppers · Charleston, IL · 2022
Young men/ women in harmony festival
$1,000
Coles County Extension Foundation · Charleston, IL · 2022
Warming containers & butterfly project
$976
Theatre in the Park Charleston Nfp · Charleston, IL · 2024
Community theatre
$500
Coles County Extension Foundation · Charleston, IL · 2022
Butterfly program
$-152
Immanuel Lutheran · Charleston, IL · 2022
Return of unspent grant funds
$-25,000
Charleston Comm Early Learning Cent · Charleston, IL · 2022
Return of unspent grant funds

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