Funding search · EIN 371331754 · Eagan, MN

Schweinfurth 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.

58
grants reported
$741,010
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
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.

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Top recipients

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  • Mitchell Foundation4 grants · $343,760
  • Mt Vernon Township High School4 grants · $82,500
  • Ymca of Jefferson County4 grants · $59,000
  • Jefferson County Historical Society3 grants · $27,500
  • Rome Grade School Foundation2 grants · $27,000
  • Mt Vernon Festivals3 grants · $21,000
  • Mt Vernon Twnshp Hs Dist 201 Fdn2 grants · $20,000
  • United Way of South Central Illinois3 grants · $19,000
  • Mount Vernon City Schools Foundation1 grant · $13,500
  • Mount Vernon City Schools Dist 801 grant · $13,300

Giving over time

$218,160
2022
$173,000
2023
$164,850
2024
$185,000
2025

Grant history

All 58 reported grants, largest first.

  • $98,200

    Mitchell Foundation · Mount Vernon, IL · 2025

    General operating

  • $95,060

    Mitchell Foundation · Mount Vernon, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $80,000

    Mitchell Foundation · Mount Vernon, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $70,500

    Mitchell Foundation · Mount Vernon, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $33,500

    Mt Vernon Township High School · Mount Vernon, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $30,000

    Ymca of Jefferson County · Mt Vernon, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Jefferson County Historical Society · Mt Vernon, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $17,000

    Mt Vernon Township High School · Mt Vernon, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $17,000

    Rome Grade School Foundation · Mount Vernon, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $16,300

    Mt Vernon Township High School · Mt Vernon, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $15,700

    Mt Vernon Township High School · Mt Vernon, IL · 2025

    General operating

  • $13,500

    Mount Vernon City Schools Foundation · Mount Vernon, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $13,300

    Mount Vernon City Schools Dist 80 · Mount Vernon, IL · 2025

    General operating

  • $12,200

    Jl Buford Intermediate Education Center · Mount Vernon, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $11,000

    Mt Vernon Festivals · Mount Vernon, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Mt Vernon Twnshp Hs Dist 201 Fdn · Mt Vernon, IL · 2025

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Mt Vernon Twnshp Hs Dist 201 Fdn · Mt Vernon, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Rome Grade School Foundation · Dix, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Ymca of Jefferson County · Mt Vernon, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Ymca of Jefferson County · Mt Vernon, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $9,000

    Ymca of Jefferson County · Mt Vernon, IL · 2025

    General operating

  • $9,000

    United Way of South Central Illinois · Mount Vernon, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $7,050

    Mt Vernon City Schools Foundation · Mount Vernon, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $7,000

    Mt Vernon Rec Center · Mount Vernon, IL · 2025

    General operating

  • $6,000

    Special Olympics Illinois · Normal, IL · 2025

    General operating

  • $6,000

    Special Olympics Illinois · Marion, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Mt Vernon Festivals · Mount Vernon, IL · 2025

    General operating

  • $5,000

    United Way of South Central Illinois · Mount Vernon, IL · 2025

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Mt Vernon Festivals · Mt Vernon, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    United Way of South Central Illinois · Mt Vernon, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Special Olympics Illinois Region K · Carbondale, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Bluford Unit School District #318 · Bluford, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Special Olympics Illinois Region K · Carbondale, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Summerville Grade School District #79 · Mount Vernon, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $4,500

    Field Comm Cons School Dist 3 · Texico, IL · 2025

    General operating

  • $4,500

    Farrington Elementary School Ccsd #99 · Bluford, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $4,000

    Bluford Unit District 318 · Bluford, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $4,000

    Jefferson County Historical Society · Mt Vernon, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $4,000

    Field Comm Cons School Dist #3 · Texico, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $4,000

    Summersville Grade School Dist #79 · Mt Vernon, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,500

    Bluford Unit District 318 · Bluford, IL · 2025

    General operating

  • $3,500

    Jefferson County Historical Society · Mt Vernon, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Field Comm Cons School Dist #3 · Texico, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Bluford Unit District 318 · Bluford, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Field Community Consolidated School Dist · Texico, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Farrington Elementary School Ccsd#99 · Bluford, IL · 2025

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois · Glen Carbon, IL · 2025

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois · Glen Carbon, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois · Glen Carbon, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,000

    Rome Community Cons School Dist 2 · Dix, IL · 2025

    General operating

  • $2,000

    Farrington Elementary School · Bluford, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $2,000

    Farrington Elementary School · Bluford, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,000

    Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois · Glen Carbon, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $1,700

    Rome Community School District #2 · Dix, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $1,000

    Mt Vernon Twnshp High Sch Orchestra · Mt Vernon, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $1,000

    Toms Place · De Soto, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $800

    Mt Vernon Twnshp High Sch Orchestra · Mt Vernon, IL · 2025

    General operating

  • $200

    Cedarhurst Center for the Arts · Mt Vernon, IL · 2022

    General operating

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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.