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Dunham Foundation

Name: Dunham Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

122
grants reported: $10.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

6 grants matching “batavia” · $178,600

$70,000
Batavia Foundation for Education Ex · Batavia, IL · 2024
Program support
$14,000
Batavia Community Chest · Batavia, IL · 2023
Program support
$4,600
Batavia Foundation for Education Ex · Batavia, IL · 2023
Program support
$75,000
Batavia Historical Society · Batavia, IL · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Batavia Foundation for Education Ex · Batavia, IL · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Batavia Parks Foundation · Batavia, IL · 2022
Private foundation

Top recipients

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

Vna Healthcare1 grant · $1.6M
Quad County Urban League3 grants · $1.6M
Community Foundation of Fox River V3 grants · $985,675
Serenity House1 grant · $750,000
The Wong Foundation1 grant · $673,000
Forefront3 grants · $444,967
Wayside Cross Ministries3 grants · $333,150
Paramount Arts Centre3 grants · $309,000
Women'S Business Development Center2 grants · $300,000
Rosary High School1 grant · $265,000

Giving over time

$3.6M

2022

$3.3M

2023

$3.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 122 grants.

$1.6M
Vna Healthcare · Aurora, IL · 2022
Program support
$1.1M
Quad County Urban League · Aurora, IL · 2023
Program support
$750,000
Serenity House · Addison, IL · 2023
Program support
$673,000
The Wong Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2024
Program support
$545,675
Community Foundation of Fox River V · Aurora, IL · 2024
Program support
$350,000
Quad County Urban League · Aurora, IL · 2024
Program support
$282,500
Community Foundation of Fox River V · Aurora, IL · 2022
Program support
$265,000
Marmion Academy · Aurora, IL · 2022
Program support
$265,000
Rosary High School · Aurora, IL · 2022
Program support
$250,000
Paramount Arts Centre · Aurora, IL · 2024
Program support
$226,000
Lcfs of Illinois · Oakbrook Terrace, IL · 2024
Program support
$210,000
Wayside Cross Ministries · Aurora, IL · 2024
Program support
$208,068
Forefront · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
$157,500
Community Foundation of Fox River V · Aurora, IL · 2023
Program support
$154,000
Fox Valley Patriotic Organization · Batavia, IL · 2023
Program support
$150,000
Women'S Business Development Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
$150,000
Women'S Business Development Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$118,578
Forefront · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
$118,321
Forefront · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$100,000
Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry · Aurora, IL · 2024
Program support
$100,000
Aurora University · Aurora, IL · 2024
Program support
$100,000
Dominican Literacy Center · Aurora, IL · 2024
Program support
$100,000
Tricity Family Services · Geneva, IL · 2023
Program support
$85,000
Mutual Ground · Aurora, IL · 2023
Program support
$75,000
Mutual Ground · Aurora, IL · 2024
Program support
$75,000
Fox Valley Hands of Hope · Geneva, IL · 2023
Program support
$75,000
Batavia Historical Society · Batavia, IL · 2022
Program support
$75,000
Mutual Ground · Aurora, IL · 2022
Program support
$75,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2022
Program support
$74,000
Wayside Cross Ministries · Aurora, IL · 2022
Program support
$70,000
Batavia Foundation for Education Ex · Batavia, IL · 2024
Program support
$65,000
Quad County Urban League · Aurora, IL · 2022
Program support
$60,000
Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry · Aurora, IL · 2024
Program support
$60,000
360 Youth Services · Naperville, IL · 2022
Program support
$60,000
Illinois Joining Forces Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$59,000
Plum Landing · Aurora, IL · 2022
Program support
$56,055
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity · Montgomery, IL · 2022
Program support
$53,800
Holy Cross Catholic School · Batavia, IL · 2022
Program support
$50,000
Musicians Enduring Legacy Organizat · Elmhurst, IL · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Advance Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
$50,000
Lewis Univeristy · Romeoville, IL · 2023
Program support
$50,000
North Central College · Naperville, IL · 2023
Program support
$50,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
$50,000
Paramount Arts Centre · Aurora, IL · 2023
Program support
$50,000
The Neighbor Project · Aurora, IL · 2023
Program support
$50,000
Aurora University · Aurora, IL · 2022
Program support
$49,150
Wayside Cross Ministries · Aurora, IL · 2023
Program support
$40,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2023
Program support
$35,000
Aurora Regional Fire Museum · Aurora, IL · 2022
Program support
$29,508
Waubonsee Community College · Sugar Grove, IL · 2023
Program support
$25,200
Science Technology Interactive Cent · Batavia, IL · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Fox Valley Food for Health · Geneva, IL · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Mount Carmel High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
$25,000
360 Youth Services · Naperville, IL · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Family Focus · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Fox Valley Food for Health · Geneva, IL · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Illinois Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Esse Adult Day Services · Aurora, IL · 2022
Program support
$25,000
Valley Sheltered Workshop · Batavia, IL · 2022
Program support
$20,000
Agape Connection · Aurora, IL · 2024
Program support
$20,000
North Central Illinois Finishing Tr · Aurora, IL · 2023
Program support
$20,000
American Diabetes Assocation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$20,000
Aurora Hispanic Heritage Advisory B · Aurora, IL · 2022
Program support
$20,000
Fox Valley Park Foundation · Aurora, IL · 2022
Program support
$20,000
Holy Angels Food Pantry · Aurora, IL · 2022
Program support
$17,150
Greater Chicago Advance Manufacturi · Geneva, IL · 2023
Program support
$16,000
Citizens Police Youth Academy · Aurora, IL · 2023
Program support
$15,000
Association for Individual Developm · Aurora, IL · 2024
Program support
$15,000
Illinois Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
$15,000
Association for Individual Developm · Aurora, IL · 2023
Program support
$15,000
Boy Scouts of America-Three Fires C · St Charles, IL · 2023
Program support
$14,000
Batavia Community Chest · Batavia, IL · 2023
Program support
$13,845
Elyssa'S Mission · Northbrook, IL · 2022
Program support
$12,000
Messenger Public Library North Auro · North Aurora, IL · 2024
Program support
$12,000
Diamond Youth Foundation · Hinsdale, IL · 2023
Program support
$12,000
Fox Valley Park Foundation · Aurora, IL · 2023
Program support
$12,000
Diamond Youth Foundation · Hinsdale, IL · 2022
Program support
$11,000
Changing Children'S Worlds Foundati · Geneva, IL · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Aurora East Educational Foundation · Aurora, IL · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Diamond Youth Foundation · Hinsdale, IL · 2024
Program support
$10,000
The Joshua Tree Community · Geneva, IL · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Tricity Family Services · Geneva, IL · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Aurora East Educational Foundation · Aurora, IL · 2023
Program support
$10,000
A Foundation-Wasd · Aurora, IL · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Batavia Foundation for Education Ex · Batavia, IL · 2022
Program support
$9,000
Paramount Arts Centre · Aurora, IL · 2022
Program support
$7,500
Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry · Aurora, IL · 2022
Program support
$6,000
Seize the Future Developmental Foun · Aurora, IL · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Alive Center · Naperville, IL · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Aurora Regional Fire Museum · Aurora, IL · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Casa Kane County · Geneva, IL · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Community Support Services · Brookfield, IL · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Dvsa Communities · Aurora, IL · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Esse Adult Day Services · Aurora, IL · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Fox Valley Park Foundation · Aurora, IL · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Pigment International Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Simply Destinee · Aurora, IL · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Sq Society 57 · Aurora, IL · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Suicide Prevention Services · Batavia, IL · 2024
Program support
$5,000
A Foundation-Wasd · Aurora, IL · 2023
Program support

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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.