Kenneth Aldridge Family Foundation

What they fund

educationthrougheducationalfamiliescommunityresearchfuturepeople

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.

• Mayo Clinic4 grants · $1.4M
• Breakthrough Type 1 Diabetes1 grant · $750,000
• Jdrf2 grants · $389,000
• Minocqua Winter Park Foundation4 grants · $305,981
• Green House Scholars4 grants · $299,000
• Uw Foundation - Wisconsin School of Business3 grants · $261,000
• Miami University Foundation4 grants · $150,000
• Lyric Opera3 grants · $125,000
• Waukegan To College4 grants · $115,000
• Howard Young Foundation3 grants · $70,000

Giving over time

Grant history

All 96 reported grants, largest first.

• $750,000

  Breakthrough Type 1 Diabetes · Hagerstown, MD · 2025

  Lead the way to more effective solutions by connecting the brightest minds to advancetreatments,influence policy, and improve access to care.

• $433,334

  Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2025

  Provide patient care, health information for type 1 diabetes

• $433,333

  Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024

  Provide patient care, health information for type 1 diabetes

• $433,333

  Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023

  Provide patient care, health information for type 1 diabetes

• $334,000

  Jdrf · Chicago, IL · 2022

  Global type 1 diabetes research

• $110,581

  Minocqua Winter Park Foundation · Minocqua, WI · 2023

  Provides operational and maintenance support for a multisport park

• $104,000

  Minocqua Winter Park Foundation · Minocqua, WI · 2024

  Provides operational and maintenance support for a multisport park

• $98,500

  Uw Foundation - Wisconsin School of Business · Madison, WI · 2025

  Education support

• $97,500

  Uw Foundation - Wisconsin School of Business · Madison, WI · 2022

  Education support

• $95,000

  Green House Scholars · Boulder, CO · 2023

  Create a community of leaders through focused education

• $90,000

  Green House Scholars · Boulder, CO · 2025

  Create a community of leaders through focused education

• $85,000

  Green House Scholars · Boulder, CO · 2024

  Create a community of leaders through focused education

• $82,000

  Minocqua Winter Park Foundation · Minocqua, WI · 2025

  Provides operational and maintenance support for a multisport park

• $75,000

  Miami University Foundation · Oxford, OH · 2025

  Foster the educational and research activities of miami university

• $65,000

  Uw Foundation - Wisconsin School of Business · Madison, WI · 2024

  Education support

• $55,000

  Jdrf · Chicago, IL · 2023

  Global type 1 diabetes research

• $50,000

  Beavers Charitable Trust · Los Altos, CA · 2025

  The beavers charitable trust devotes its proceeds for the exclusive purpose of assisting students entering the heavy construction industry.

• $50,000

  Howard Young Foundation · Minocqua, WI · 2025

  Actively seek & invest charitable support-howard young medical center/aspirus eagle river hospital.

• $50,000

  Tuskegee Airmen · Tuskegee, AL · 2025

  Through education, youth initiatives, and more, we aim to honor and perpetuate the achievements of the tuskegee airmen.

• $50,000

  Aldridge Gives Foundation · Libertyville, IL · 2024

  Cultivate a culture of genuine caring through contributions to various causes

• $50,000

  Historic Haymarket Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

  To invest in, receive, hold, use, and dispose of all property, real or personal, as may be necessary or desirable for the purpose of developing and constructing a permanent museum building

• $50,000

  Lyric Opera · Chicago, IL · 2023

  Opera promotion

• $50,000

  Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022

  Provide patient card and health information

• $40,050

  Lambs Farm · Libertyville, IL · 2025

  Helping people with development disabilities lead productive lives

• $40,000

  Lyric Opera · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Opera promotion

• $35,000

  Lyric Opera · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Opera promotion

• $34,000

  Waukegan To College · Waukegan, IL · 2023

  Education promotion

• $33,000

  Waukegan To College · Waukegan, IL · 2025

  Education promotion

• $33,000

  Waukegan To College · Waukegan, IL · 2024

  Education promotion

• $29,000

  Green House Scholars · Boulder, CO · 2022

  Create a community of leaders through focused education

• $25,000

  Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2025

  Provides critical support for veterans and their families

• $25,000

  The Community Church · Oshkosh, WI · 2025

  A community of faith, bringing faith to the community.

• $25,000

  Lambs Farm · Libertyville, IL · 2024

  Helping people with development disabilities lead productive lives

• $25,000

  Miami University Foundation · Oxford, OH · 2024

  Foster the educational and research activities of miami university

• $25,000

  Miami University Foundation · Oxford, OH · 2023

  Foster the educational and research activities of miami university

• $25,000

  Miami University Foundation · Oxford, OH · 2022

  Foster the educational and research activities of miami university

• $25,000

  Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2022

  Provides critical support for veterans and their families

• $20,000

  Wild Gift Idaho · Hailey, ID · 2025

  Leadership development through the outdoors

• $20,000

  Providence St Mel School · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Makes college dreams a reality for students by building the foundation for students' future with a proven model of academic excellence.

• $20,000

  Des Plains Wetlands · Pleasant Prairie, WI · 2023

  Conserve, protect, and acquire significant undeveloped lands adjacent to the des plaines river, and its tributaries

• $20,000

  Providence St Mel School · Chicago, IL · 2023

  Makes college dreams a reality for students by building the foundation for students' future with a proven model of academic excellence.

• $15,000

  Providence St Mel School · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Makes college dreams a reality for students by building the foundation for students' future with a proven model of academic excellence.

• $15,000

  Providence St Mel School · Chicago, IL · 2022

  Makes college dreams a reality for students by building the foundation for students' future with a proven model of academic excellence.

• $15,000

  Waukegan To College · Waukegan, IL · 2022

  Education promotion

• $10,000

  Des Plains Wetlands · Pleasant Prairie, WI · 2025

  Conserve, protect, and acquire significant undeveloped lands adjacent to the des plaines river, and its tributaries

• $10,000

  Friends of Lake Bluff Parks · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025

  Ensure funding for capital projects and improvements of the lake bluff park district.

• $10,000

  Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum · Chicago, IL · 2025

  To create a positive relationship between people and nature to grow our region's connection to the world of nature and science.

• $10,000

  Des Plains Wetlands · Pleasant Prairie, WI · 2024

  Conserve, protect, and acquire significant undeveloped lands adjacent to the des plaines river, and its tributaries

• $10,000

  Howard Young Foundation · Minocqua, WI · 2024

  Actively seek & invest charitable support-howard young medical center/aspirus eagle river hospital.

• $10,000

  Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024

  Provides critical support for veterans and their families

• $10,000

  Northstar Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2024

  Change young men's live through educational programming

• $10,000

  Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Connecting people of all ages to nature and science

• $10,000

  The Community Church · Oshkosh, WI · 2024

  A community of faith, bringing faith to the community.

• $10,000

  Howard Young Foundation · Minocqua, WI · 2023

  Actively seek & invest charitable support-howard young medical center/aspirus eagle river hospital.

• $10,000

  Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023

  Provides critical support for veterans and their families

• $10,000

  Northstar Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022

  Change young men's live through educational programming

• $10,000

  Perspectives Charter School · Chicago, IL · 2022

  Education support

• $10,000

  Snowmass Chapel · Snowmass Village, CO · 2022

  Religious faith

• $9,400

  Minocqua Winter Park Foundation · Minocqua, WI · 2022

  Provides operational and maintenance support for a multisport park

• $8,200

  Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

  To inspire curiosity, excite minds, and increase desire to preserve and protect our world's natural and cultural diversity through exhibitions, educational programs, collections, and research.

• $6,200

  Northstar Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023

  Change young men's live through educational programming

• $5,000

  Abr Trails Foundation · Ironwood, MI · 2025

  Aims to enhance the lives of the nordic community for generations through philanthropic endeavors including educational and recreational opportunities.

• $5,000

  American Conservation Coalition · Washington, DC · 2025

  Dedicated to mobilizing young people around environmental action through common-sense, pro-innovation, and limited-government principles.

• $5,000

  Beacon Place · Waukegan, IL · 2025

  We help children and families create a future in which they are prepared to achieve and pursue an elevated life.

• $5,000

  Beat the Streets Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Youth leadership development

• $5,000

  Campinile · Minocqua, WI · 2025

  Resource for arts education for area youth

• $5,000

  Little Friends · Warrenville, IL · 2025

  Provide therapeutic and educational programming for families with disabilities

• $5,000

  Northwoods Land Trust · Eagle River, WI · 2025

  Promote water conservation

• $5,000

  Snowmass Chapel · Snowmass Village, CO · 2025

  Religious faith

• $5,000

  Lakeland Nordic Ski Team · Minocqua, WI · 2024

  Promote skiing

• $5,000

  Little Friends · Warrenville, IL · 2024

  Provide therapeutic and educational programming for families with disabilities

• $5,000

  The Colonial Williamsburg · Williamsburg, VA · 2024

  That the future may learn from the past

• $5,000

  Tuskegee Airmen · Tuskegee, AL · 2024

  Through education, youth initiatives, and more, we aim to honor and perpetuate the achievements of the tuskegee airmen.

• $5,000

  Little Friends · Warrenville, IL · 2023

  Provide therapeutic and educational programming for families with disabilities

• $5,000

  Snowmass Chapel · Snowmass Village, CO · 2023

  Religious faith

• $5,000

  Tuskegee Airmen · Tuskegee, AL · 2023

  Through education, youth initiatives, and more, we aim to honor and perpetuate the achievements of the tuskegee airmen.

• $5,000

  Little Friends · Warrenville, IL · 2022

  Provide therapeutic and educational programming for families with disabilities

• $5,000

  Renew Communities · Lake Forest, IL · 2022

  Promote community development

• $5,000

  The Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2022

  Provide human connection, housing support, and health care to the unhoused or experiencing poverty.

• $3,000

  The Community Church · Oshkosh, WI · 2023

  A community of faith, bringing faith to the community.

• $2,500

  Chicago Police Marine Corps League · Chicago, IL · 2025

  The cpmcl believes in veterans helping veterans.

• $2,500

  Cru · Orlando, FL · 2025

  Connect people to jesus christ and help them grow spiritually

• $2,500

  Chicago Police Manner · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Dedicated to honorign the lives of our fallen heroes

• $2,500

  Cru · Orlando, FL · 2024

  Christian evangelism and discipleship

• $2,000

  The Colonial Williamsburg · Williamsburg, VA · 2025

  That the future may learn from the past

• $2,000

  Northwoods Land Trust · Eagle River, WI · 2023

  Promote water conservation

• $2,000

  Northwoods Land Trust · Eagle River, WI · 2022

  Promote water conservation

• $1,500

  Lakeland Pantry · Woodruff, WI · 2022

  Provide individuals and families with dependable source of food and household products

• $1,000

  Lakeland Food Pantry · Woodruff, WI · 2024

  Provide individuals and families with dependable source of food and household products

• $1,000

  Jackson Chase Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

  Works directly with parking garages to purchase passes in bulk that are otherwise not available to the public.

• $500

  Jackson Chance Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Works directly with parking garages to purchase passes in bulk that are otherwise not available to the public.

• $500

  Evan Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2024

  Award full tuition and housing college scholarships to high-achieving caddies with limited financial means

• $500

  Jackson Chase Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Works directly with parking garages to purchase passes in bulk that are otherwise not available to the public.

• $500

  Ms Society · West Allis, WI · 2024

  Funds research, advocates for change, and provides services for people with ms

• $500

  Northshore Board-Nusa · Winnetka, IL · 2024

  Disrupt generational poverty

• $500

  Campanile Center for the Arts · Minocqua, WI · 2023

  Develop, promote and support the arts in the lakeland community through education, performance and exhibition.

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