Funding search · EIN 371213789 · Columbia, IL

Sophia and Elmer Oerter

Name: Sophia and Elmer Oerter grants, 2021–2024
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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.

46
grants reported: $666,845
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $10,000
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.

What they fund

food pantry awards camp children expenses high school

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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.

Top recipients

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

Columbia American Legion Post 5814 grants · $82,612
Regional Office of Education4 grants · $76,953
City of Columbia1 grant · $55,000
Hope Christian Church4 grants · $49,795
Friends of Fisher House2 grants · $40,000
Boy Scouts of America4 grants · $37,500
Share the Magic Foundation1 grant · $32,227
City of Columbia Illinois1 grant · $28,500
Midwest Clean Food and Water Movement1 grant · $27,246
Immaculate Conception Parish1 grant · $26,250

Giving over time

$165,638

2021

$181,217

2022

$167,738

2023

$152,252

2024

Grant history

All 46 reported grants, largest first.

$75,000
Columbia American Legion Post 581 · Columbia, IL · 2024
Parking lot and pavilion
$55,000
City of Columbia · Columbia, IL · 2023
Equipment and field project
$32,295
Hope Christian Church · Cahokia, IL · 2021
Playrground equipment
$32,227
Share the Magic Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Books and program support to prmote reading
$30,000
Friends of Fisher House · Fenton, MO · 2022
Capital improvements
$28,500
City of Columbia Illinois · Columbia, IL · 2021
City park improvements
$27,246
Midwest Clean Food and Water Movement · East St Louis, IL · 2021
Grant for research for clean water
$26,250
Immaculate Conception Parish · Columbia, IL · 2024
Capital projects grant
$25,000
Human Support Services · Waterloo, IL · 2023
Renovations
$22,000
Gibault Catholic High School · Waterloo, IL · 2022
Cultural and music department
$20,864
Regional Office of Education · Waterloo, IL · 2023
High school awards expenses
$20,000
History Museum of Monroe County Illinois · Waterloo, IL · 2022
Purchase of real estate
$19,802
Regional Office of Education · Waterloo, IL · 2024
High school awards expenses
$18,917
Regional Office of Education · Waterloo, IL · 2022
High school awards expenses
$18,600
Maple Grove Civic Association · Columbia, IL · 2024
Parking lot paving
$17,370
Regional Office of Education · Waterloo, IL · 2021
High school awards expenses
$15,000
Good Samaritan Ministries of the Metro East · East St Louis, IL · 2022
Food pantry
$12,000
House of Neighborly Services · Waterloo, IL · 2022
Food pantry
$10,000
Boy Scouts of America · Belleville, IL · 2024
Children's camp activities
$10,000
Boy Scouts of America · Belleville, IL · 2023
Children's camp activities
$10,000
Friends of Fisher House · Fenton, MO · 2023
Capital improvements
$10,000
House of Neighborly Services · Waterloo, IL · 2023
Food pantry
$10,000
Boy Scouts of America · Belleville, IL · 2022
Children's camp activities
$10,000
Cahokia Community Baskets · Cahokia, IL · 2022
Food pantry
$10,000
City of Waterloo Illinois · Waterloo, IL · 2022
Food pantry
$10,000
Hope Christian Church · Columbia, IL · 2022
Food pantry
$10,000
St Paul Lutheran Church · Columbia, IL · 2022
Food pantry
$10,000
St Vincent De Paul Society · Columbia, IL · 2022
General operations
$10,000
City of Waterloo Illinois · Waterloo, IL · 2021
Public monument
$7,700
Sand Bank Historical Society · Columbia, IL · 2023
Storm damage repair
$7,500
Boy Scouts of America · Belleville, IL · 2021
Children's camp activities
$6,612
Columbia American Legion Post 581 · Columbia, IL · 2023
Playground update
$5,000
History Museum of Monroe County Illinois · Waterloo, IL · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Hope Christian Church · Columbia, IL · 2023
Food pantry
$5,000
St Paul Lutheran Church · Columbia, IL · 2023
Food pantry
$4,062
Clifftop · Maeystown, IL · 2023
2 automated external defibrillators
$3,500
Cahokia Community Baskets · Cahokia, IL · 2023
Food pantry
$2,800
Miles Cemtery · Waterloo, IL · 2022
Monuments
$2,500
Cahokia Community Baskets · Cahokia, IL · 2021
Food pantry
$2,500
City of Waterloo Illinois · Waterloo, IL · 2021
Food pantry
$2,500
Hope Christian Church · Columbia, IL · 2021
Food pantry
$2,500
St Paul Lutheran Church · Columbia, IL · 2021
Food pantry
$1,600
Monroe County Illinois · Waterloo, IL · 2024
Community memorial bench
$1,000
Waterloo American Legion Post 6504 · Waterloo, IL · 2024
Historical books
$500
Columbia American Legion Post 581 · Columbia, IL · 2022
General operations
$500
Columbia American Legion Post 581 · Columbia, IL · 2021
General operations

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