Funding search · EIN 364633582 · Oak Brook, IL

Barnes Foundation

Name: Barnes 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.

53
grants reported: $316,365
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
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.

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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.

Top recipients

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

Easter Seals3 grants · $50,000
Ray Graham Association3 grants · $37,750
Shirland School District 1341 grant · $35,000
Trinity Services3 grants · $25,000
Childrens Enrichment Foundation2 grants · $24,000
Marklund Foundation3 grants · $23,500
Franciscan Community Benefit2 grants · $18,125
Endo Collective3 grants · $15,000
Notre Dame Teachers Fund3 grants · $14,500
The Bridge Teen Center3 grants · $13,000

Giving over time

$64,750

2022

$102,250

2023

$149,365

2024

Grant history

All 53 reported grants, largest first.

$35,000
Shirland School District 134 · Shirland, IL · 2024
Donation
$22,500
Ray Graham Association · Lisle, IL · 2022
General donation
$20,000
Easter Seals · Joliet, IL · 2024
Donation
$20,000
Easter Seals · Joliet, IL · 2023
Donation
$15,000
Trinity Services · New Lenox, IL · 2023
Donation
$12,000
Childrens Enrichment Foundation · Harvey, IL · 2024
Donation
$12,000
Childrens Enrichment Foundation · Harvey, IL · 2023
Donation
$10,000
Franciscan Sisters · Lemont, IL · 2024
Donation
$10,000
Marklund Foundation · Geneva, IL · 2024
Donation
$10,000
Franciscan Community Benefit · Lemont, IL · 2023
Donation
$10,000
Easter Seals · Joliet, IL · 2022
General donation
$8,500
Marklund Foundation · Geneva, IL · 2023
Donation
$8,125
Franciscan Community Benefit · Lemont, IL · 2024
Donation
$7,750
Ray Graham Association · Lisle, IL · 2023
Donation
$7,500
Ray Graham Association · Lisle, IL · 2024
Donation
$7,500
Notre Dame Teachers Fund · Clarendon Hills, IL · 2023
Donation
$6,000
Notre Dame Parish · Claredon Hills, IL · 2024
Donation
$6,000
Fish Hospitality Pantries · Knoxville, TN · 2023
Donation
$6,000
Notre Dame Teachers Fund · Clarendon Hills, IL · 2022
General donation
$5,000
Endo Collective · Oxford, MS · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Navarro Farm · Frankfort, IL · 2024
Donation
$5,000
The Bridge Teen Center · Orland Park, IL · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Trinity Services · New Lenox, IL · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Endo Collective · Oxford, MS · 2023
Donation
$5,000
Endo Collective · Oxford, MS · 2022
General donation
$5,000
Marklund Foundation · Geneva, IL · 2022
General donation
$5,000
The Bridge Teen Center · Orland Park, IL · 2022
General donation
$5,000
Trinity Services · New Lenox, IL · 2022
General donation
$4,000
Fish Hospitality Pantries · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Donation
$4,000
Montini-San Miguel Scholarship Fund · Lombard, IL · 2024
Donation
$3,000
The Bridge Teen Center · Orland Park, IL · 2023
Donation
$2,100
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Donation
$2,080
Shriner'S Hospital · Tampa, FL · 2024
Donation
$2,000
St Jude'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Donation
$2,000
District 106 Educational Foundation · Lagrange, IL · 2023
Donation
$2,000
District 106 Educational Foundation · Lagrange, IL · 2022
General donation
$1,500
Mission Zero 100 Hours · Plainfield, IL · 2023
Donation
$1,060
Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
Donation
$1,000
District 106 Educational Foundation · Lagrange, IL · 2024
Donation
$1,000
District 106 Ptc · La Grange Highlands, IL · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Little Sisters of the Poor · Palatine, IL · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Notre Dame Teachers Fund · Clarendon Hills, IL · 2024
Donation
$1,000
St Mary Immaculate School · Plainfield, IL · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Foundation for Hearing & Speech Res · Chicago, IL · 2023
Donation
$1,000
Montini School Robotics · Lombard, IL · 2023
Donation
$1,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Donation
$1,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2023
Donation
$1,000
Fort Myers High School · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
General donation
$1,000
John Avesa Benefit · Joliet, IL · 2022
General donation
$1,000
United Ukranian American Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General donation
$750
St Raymonds Catholic School · Joliet, IL · 2022
General donation
$500
Foundation for Hearing & Speech Res · Chicago, IL · 2024
Donation
$500
Leukemia & Lymphona · Clive, IA · 2022
General 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.