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 20222024. 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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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

$2.8M
2022
$4.0M
2023
$3.9M
2024

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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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.