Funding search · EIN 844058990 · Chicago, IL
Lkq Community 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.
- 127
- grants reported
- $10.6M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $50,000
- 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
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1 grant matching “college access and success” · $50,000
- $50,000
Tn College Access and Success Network · Nashville, TN · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Scholarship America1 grant · $1.1M
- Charities Aid Foundation America2 grants · $776,379
- Center for Scholarship Administration1 grant · $537,070
- Center for Scholarship Administration1 grant · $526,216
- American National Red Cross2 grants · $500,000
- Scholarship America2 grants · $380,650
- Charities Aid Foundation America1 grant · $342,300
- The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee1 grant · $336,000
- United Service Organizations2 grants · $325,000
- American Red Cross1 grant · $300,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 127 grants.
- $1.1M
Scholarship America · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $537,070
Center for Scholarship Administration · Taylors, SC · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $526,216
Center for Scholarship Administration · Taylors, SC · 2023
2023 Joseph Holsten Scholarships
- $503,445
Charities Aid Foundation America · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $378,000
Scholarship America · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
2023 Joseph M. Holsten Scholarship Awards
- $342,300
Charities Aid Foundation America · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $336,000
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $300,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $297,592
Skills USA · Leesburg, VA · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $272,934
Charities Aid Foundation America · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $250,000
American National Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $250,000
American National Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $215,001
American Cancer Society · Kennesaw, GA · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $202,214
I-Car Education Foundation · Hoffman Estates, IL · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $175,000
United Service Organizations · Washington, DC · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $163,806
Ase Education Foundation · Leesburg, VA · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $150,000
No Greater Sacrifice Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $150,000
United Service Organizations · Arlington, VA · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $150,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for Maximize Food Sourcing and Sharing Pri
- $150,000
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $150,000
I-Car Education Foundation · Hoffman Estates, IL · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $150,000
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $150,000
United Service Organizations · Washington, DC · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $143,359
American Cancer Society · Kennesaw, GA · 2023
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
- $140,000
American Cancer Society · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $126,181
Children'S Miracle Network · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $125,000
I-Car Education Foundation · Hoffman Estates, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $106,683
One Tree Planted · Shelburne, VT · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $103,368
Make-a-Wish Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $100,000
Children'S Miracle Network · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $100,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $100,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $100,000
Make-a-Wish America · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $100,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $91,521
Children'S Miracle Network · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $88,402
Folds of Honor · Owasso, OK · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $79,469
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation · Triangle, VA · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $77,333
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $71,056
Ben Support for Life · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $70,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $68,489
Nova Ukraine · Stanford, CA · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $64,182
The Ocean Clean-Up · New York, NY · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $58,400
Fold of Honor Tennessee Chapter · Franklin, TN · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $56,648
World Central Kitchen Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $55,222
United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $54,023
World Food Programme · Washington, DC · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $52,464
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $51,998
Global Charitable Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $50,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America · Tampa, FL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $50,000
Breakthrough Central Texas · Austin, TX · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $50,000
Friends of the World Food Program · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $50,000
Mental Health America · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $50,000
Special Olympics · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $50,000
Tennessee Environmental Council · Nashville, TN · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $50,000
The Posse Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $50,000
Breakthrough Central Texas · Austin, TX · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $50,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School · Chicago, IL · 2023
2023 VIVA Sponsorship
- $50,000
Goal Collective · Nashville, TN · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $50,000
No Greater Sacrifice · Washington, DC · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $50,000
One Tree Planted · Shelburne, VT · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $50,000
Techforce Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
TechForce Foundation
- $50,000
Tennessee Environmental Council · Nashville, TN · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $50,000
Tennessee Environmental Council · Nashville, TN · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $50,000
Tn College Access and Success Network · Nashville, TN · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $37,459
Global Charitable Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $25,213
Global Charitable Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Charitable Purpose Matching Donations
- $25,000
Ben - Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $25,000
Council of Korean Americans · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $25,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $25,000
Friends of Mill Ridge Park · Antioch, TN · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $25,000
Hispanic Scholarship Fund · Gardena, CA · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $25,000
Malala Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $25,000
National Alliance On Mental Illness · Arlington, VA · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $25,000
The Changing and Saving Lives Foundation · Bloomington, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $25,000
Thurgood Marshall College Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $25,000
US Fund for Unicef Dba Unicef USA · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $25,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $25,000
Changing and Saving Lives Foundation · Bloomington, IL · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $25,000
Friends of Mill Ridge Park · Antioch, TN · 2023
Friends of Mill Ridge Park-Corporate Sponsorship
- $25,000
National Alliance On Mental Illness · Memphis, TN · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $25,000
Friends of Mill Ridge Park · Antioch, TN · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $25,000
Victims First · Chino Hills, CA · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $20,000
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $20,000
The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation · Jacksonville Beach, FL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $20,000
Gigi'S Playhouse Nashville · Brentwood, TN · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $15,000
Global Impact · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $15,000
Men Women of Action · Cleveland, TN · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $12,000
My Good Deed · Irvine, CA · 2023
My Good Deed - 911 Meal Day Chicago
- $10,000
Institute for Educational Advancement · Pasadena, CA · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $10,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $10,000
Western Reserve Land Conservancy · Moreland Hills, OH · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $10,000
Automotive Mentoring Group · Bedford Park, IL · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $10,000
Human Rights Campaign Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Human Rights Campain Foundation
- $10,000
Western Reserve Land Conservancy · Moreland Hills, OH · 2023
General Charitable Purpose
- $10,000
Community Options Foundation · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $10,000
Heart of Florida United Way · Orlando, FL · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $10,000
Maples Street Church of God · Hazard, KY · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $7,500
My Good Deed · Irvine, CA · 2022
General Charitable Purpose
- $6,000
Canadian Cancer Society · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $5,100
Snap Solutions Llc · Vernon Hills, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
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