Funding search · EIN 472091254 · Lake Bluff, IL

Kiwanis Foundation of Lake Bluff & Lake

Name: Kiwanis Foundation of Lake Bluff & Lake 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.

88
grants reported: $284,202
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
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.

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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 “croya” · $8,000

$2,500
Croya · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Croya · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Croya · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Croya · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation

Top recipients

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

College of Lake County Foundation3 grants · $40,000
Keeping Families Covered4 grants · $40,000
Friends of Lake Forest Parks and Recreation Foundation1 grant · $35,000
Gigis Playhouse2 grants · $32,500
Bravo Waukegan2 grants · $12,000
Lake Forest High School Foundation4 grants · $9,500
Alliance for Excellence4 grants · $9,500
Spirit of 67 Foundation4 grants · $9,500
Boys and Girls Club4 grants · $9,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank4 grants · $8,500

Giving over time

$40,200

2022

$90,600

2023

$76,756

2024

$76,646

2025

Grant history

All 88 reported grants, largest first.

$35,000
Friends of Lake Forest Parks and Recreation Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$30,000
Gigis Playhouse · Deerfield, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$20,000
College of Lake County Foundation · Grayslake, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$10,000
Bravo Waukegan · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$10,000
College of Lake County Foundation · Grayslake, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$10,000
Keeping Families Covered · Waukegan, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$10,000
College of Lake County Foundation · Grayslake, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$10,000
Keeping Families Covered · Waukegan, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$10,000
Keeping Families Covered · Waukegan, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$10,000
Keeping Families Covered · Waukegan, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$5,000
Mothers' Trust Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Alliance for Excellence · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Bernie'S Book Bank · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Boys and Girls Club · North Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Croya · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Fill a Heart 4 Kids · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Friends of Lake County Children'S Advocacy Center · Gurnee, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Gigis Playhouse · Deerfield, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Glasa · Highland Park, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Josselyn Center · Northbrook, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Lake Forest High School Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Reading Power · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Spirit of 67 Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center · Gurnee, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Alliance for Excellence · Lake Bluff, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Lake Forest High School Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Spirit of 67 Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Boys and Girls Club · North Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Alliance for Excellence · Lake Bluff, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Lake Forest High School Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Spirit of 67 Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
John Lewis Middle School · Waukegan, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Boys and Girls Club · North Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Bravo Waukegan · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Croya · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Josselyn Center · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Lake County Children'S Advocacy Center · Gurnee, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center · Gurnee, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Alliance for Excellence · Lake Bluff, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Family Services of South Lake County · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Lake Forest High School Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Spirit of 67 Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Boys and Girls Club · North Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Cool Ministries · Waukegan, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Croya · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Family Services of South Lake County · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Friends of Lake County Children'S Advocacy Center · Gurnee, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center · Gurnee, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Gorton Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Gorton Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Croya · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Fill a Heart 4 Kids · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Friends of Lake County Children'S Advocacy Center · Gurnee, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Gorton Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Lead · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Mothers' Trust · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Reading Power · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center · Gurnee, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$1,000
Lake Forest College · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$1,000
Glasa · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$1,000
Mothers' Trust · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$1,000
Fill a Heart 4 Kids · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$1,000
Lead · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$1,000
McKinlock Post Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$1,000
Mothers' Trust · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$1,000
Phoenix Rising Foundation · Lake Bluff, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$1,000
Reading Power · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$1,000
Save the Children - Ukraine Crisis Children'S Relief Fund · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$646
Kiwanis Neuroscience Research Foundation · Bettendorf, IA · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$556
Kiwanis Neuroscience Research Foundation · Bettendorf, IA · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$500
Feed My Starving Children · Libertyville, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$500
Kiwanis Children'S Fund · Indianpolis, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$500
Lake Bluff Park District · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$500
Feed My Starving Children · Libertyville, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$500
Kiwanis Children'S Fund · Indianpolis, IN · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$500
Feed My Starving Children · Libertyville, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$500
Kiwanis Children'S Fund · Indianpolis, IN · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$500
Feed My Starving Children · Libertyville, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$500
Kiwanis Children'S Fund · Indianpolis, IN · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$500
Kiwanis Neuroscience Research Foundation · Bloomington, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$200
Grace United Methodist Church · Lake Bluff, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$100
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$100
Grace United Methodist Church · Lake Bluff, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$100
Grace United Methodist Church · Lake Bluff, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation

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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.