Funding search · EIN 376227827 · Jacksonville, IL

Bound To Stay Bound Books Foundation

Name: Bound To Stay Bound Books Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

167
grants reported: $843,170
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

1 grant matching “shcolarships” · $4,200

$4,200
Missouri University of Science and Technology · Rolla, MO · 2023
Robert F. Sibert Shcolarship

Top recipients

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

Prairieland United Way4 grants · $100,000
Jacksonville Area Museum4 grants · $76,100
Morgan County Historical Society4 grants · $37,720
Reading Is Fundamental4 grants · $37,100
Illinois Nature Conservancy4 grants · $30,000
American Library Association4 grants · $25,500
American Association of School Librarians2 grants · $25,000
Texas Library Association2 grants · $25,000
Texas Library Assocation2 grants · $25,000
Catholic University of America3 grants · $24,800

Giving over time

$221,550

2022

$220,500

2023

$201,600

2024

$199,520

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 167 grants.

$40,000
Jacksonville Area Museum · Jacksonville, IL · 2022
Charitable Donation
$25,000
Prairieland United Way · Jacksonville, IL · 2025
Charitable Donation
$25,000
Prairieland United Way · Jacksonville, IL · 2024
Donation
$25,000
Jacksonville Area Museum · Jacksonville, IL · 2023
Donation
$25,000
Prairieland United Way · Jacksonville, IL · 2023
Donation
$25,000
Prairieland United Way · Jacksonville, IL · 2022
Charitable Donation
$18,000
Dollywood Foundation · Sevierville, TN · 2025
Imagination Library Donation
$15,000
Texas Library Assocation · Austin, TX · 2025
Bluebonnet Program Support
$15,000
Morgan County Historical Society · Jacksonville, IL · 2024
Donation
$15,000
Texas Library Association · Austin, TX · 2024
Donation
$13,000
Jacksonville Public Schools Foundation · Jacksonville, IL · 2022
Washington School Remodel
$12,500
Aasl · Chicago, IL · 2025
Travel Grants
$12,500
American Association of School Librarians · Chicago, IL · 2024
Donation
$12,500
American Assocation of School Librarians · Chicago, IL · 2023
Travel Grants
$12,500
American Association of School Librarians · Chicago, IL · 2022
Travel Grants
$11,000
Reading Is Fundamental · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable Donation
$11,000
Reading Is Fundamental · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Donation
$11,000
Reading Is Fundamental · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable Donation
$10,000
Educational Book & Media Association · Warrenton, VA · 2023
Donation
$10,000
Morgan County Historical Society · Jacksonville, IL · 2023
Donation
$10,000
Texas Library Assocation · Austin, TX · 2023
Donation
$10,000
Morgan County Historical Society · Jacksonville, IL · 2022
Woodlawn Farm
$10,000
Texas Library Association · Austin, TX · 2022
Charitable Donation
$9,000
Ala · Chicago, IL · 2025
Library Champion and United for Libraries
$9,000
American Library Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
Donation
$9,000
The Dollywood Foundation · Seiverville, TN · 2024
Donation
$8,500
Illinois State University · Normal, IL · 2025
Scholarship for Liam Lane
$8,500
Missouri University of Science and Technology · Rolla, MO · 2025
Scholarship for Lexi Lane
$8,500
Moravian University · Bethlehem, PA · 2025
Scholarship for Smantha Meskilll
$8,400
Catholic University of America · Washington, DC · 2024
Scholarship for Ashleigh Meskill
$8,400
Illinois State University · Normal, IL · 2024
Scholarship for Liam Augustus Lane
$8,400
Loyola University Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Scholarship for Samantha Meskill
$8,400
Missouri S& T · Rolla, MO · 2024
Scholarship for Lexi Lane
$8,400
Bradley University · Peoria, IL · 2023
Robert F. Sibert Scholarship
$8,400
Catholic University of America · Washington, DC · 2023
Robert F. Sibert Scholarship
$8,400
Loyola University Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Robert F. Sibert Scholarship
$8,400
Northeastern State University · Tahlequah, OK · 2023
American Library Association Scholarship
$8,400
University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2023
American Library Association Scholarship
$8,400
University of North Carolina at Greensboro · Greensboro, NC · 2023
American Library Association Scholarship
$8,400
University of Wisconsin - Madison · Madison, WI · 2023
American Library Association Scholarship
$8,000
Rutgers University · New Brunswick, NJ · 2025
ALA Scholarship for Ruadhan Quartz Lee Hettrich
$8,000
San Jose University · San Jose, CA · 2025
ALA Scholarship for Amber Katherine OBrien
$8,000
University of Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2025
ALA Scholarship for Haley Neil
$8,000
University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI · 2025
ALA Scholarship for Allison Alcena
$8,000
San Jose State University · San Jose, CA · 2024
Scholarship for Shannon O-Brien
$8,000
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Champaign, IL · 2024
Scholarship for Clair Enk
$8,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2024
Scholarship for Sarah Henckel
$8,000
University of Southern Mississippi · Hattiesburg, MS · 2024
Scholarship for Kesye Baudoin
$8,000
Bradley University · Peoria, IL · 2022
Robert F. Sibert Scholarship
$8,000
Catholic University of America · Washington, DC · 2022
Robert F. Sibert Scholarship
$8,000
Dominican University · River Forest, IL · 2022
Bound to Stay Bound Scholarship
$8,000
North Carolina Centeral University · Durham, NC · 2022
Bound to Stay Bound Scholarship
$8,000
University of Illinois · Champaign, IL · 2022
Bound to Stay Bound Books Scholarship
$7,500
Illinois Nature Conservancy · Lewiston, IL · 2025
Charitable Donation
$7,500
Illinois Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2024
Donation
$7,500
American Library Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
Library Champion
$7,500
Illinois Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2023
Donation
$7,500
American Library Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
Library Champion
$7,500
Illinois Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable Donation
$6,100
Jacksonville Area Museum · Jacksonville, IL · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Jacksonville Area Museum · Jacksonville, IL · 2025
Charitable Donation
$5,000
Texas Libarary Association · Austin, TX · 2023
Donation
$5,000
Illinois State Historical Society · Springfield, IL · 2022
Charitable Donation
$4,200
Grand Valley State University · Allendale, MI · 2023
Robert F. Sibert Scholarship
$4,200
Missouri University of Science and Technology · Rolla, MO · 2023
Robert F. Sibert Shcolarship
$4,100
Reading Is Fundamental · Washington, DC · 2024
Donation
$4,000
Alsc · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable Donation
$4,000
Florida Atlantic University · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
Robert F. Sibert Scholarship
$4,000
Missouri University of Science and Technology · Rolla, MO · 2022
Robert F. Sibert Scholarship
$3,000
Jacksonville Food Center · Jacksonville, IL · 2025
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Jacksonville Public Library · Jacksonville, IL · 2025
Charitable Donation
$3,000
New Directions Warming and Cooling Center · Jacksonville, IL · 2025
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Jacksonville Food Center · Jacksonville, IL · 2024
Donation
$3,000
Jacksonville Public Library · Jacksonville, IL · 2024
Donation
$3,000
New Directions Warming and Cooling Center · Jacksonville, IL · 2024
Donation
$3,000
Jacksonville Food Center · Jacksonville, IL · 2023
Donation
$3,000
Jacksonville Public Libarary · Jacksonville, IL · 2023
Donation
$3,000
New Directions Warming and Cooling Center · Jacksonville, IL · 2023
Donation
$3,000
American Red Cross · Springfield, IL · 2022
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Jacksonville Food Center · Jacksonville, IL · 2022
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Jacksonville Public Library · Jacksonville, IL · 2022
Charitable Donation
$3,000
New Directions Warming and Cooling Center · Jacksonville, IL · 2022
Charitable Donation
$2,720
Morgan County Historical Society · Jacksonville, IL · 2025
Charitable Donation
$2,500
Jacksonville Symphony Society · Jacksonville, IL · 2025
Childrens Concert Donation
$2,500
Association for Library Service To Children · Chicago, IL · 2024
Awards Breakfast/Administrative Services
$2,500
Jacksonville Symphony Society · Jacksonville, IL · 2024
Donation
$2,500
Association for Library Service To Children · Chicago, IL · 2023
Donation
$2,500
Jacksonville Symphony Society · Jacksonville, IL · 2023
Donation
$2,500
Jacksonville Symphony Society · Jacksonville, IL · 2022
Charitable Donation
$2,000
Bob Freesen Ymca · Jacksonville, IL · 2025
Charitable Donation
$2,000
Illinois State Historical Society · Springfield, IL · 2025
Charitable Donation
$2,000
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital Foundation · Jacksonville, IL · 2025
Charitable Donation
$2,000
Jacksonville Public Schools Foundation · Jacksonville, IL · 2025
Charitable Donation
$2,000
Salvation Army · Jacksonville, IL · 2025
Charitable Donation
$2,000
Bob Freesen Ymca · Jacksonville, IL · 2024
Donation
$2,000
Illinois State Historical Society · Springfield, IL · 2024
Donation
$2,000
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital Foundation · Jacksonvile, IL · 2024
Donation
$2,000
Salvation Army · Jacksonville, IL · 2024
Donation
$2,000
Bob Freesen Ymca · Jacksonville, IL · 2023
Donation
$2,000
Illinois Historical Society · Springfield, IL · 2023
Donation

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