Funding search · EIN 823503103 · Naperville, IL

Benck Family Foundation

Name: Benck Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

40
grants reported: $1.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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.

Loaves & Fishes Community Services4 grants · $560,000
Naperville Heritage Society4 grants · $440,000
Little Friends4 grants · $400,000
The Salvation Army4 grants · $90,000
The Art Institute of Chicago4 grants · $40,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $40,000
Wayside Cross Ministries4 grants · $20,000
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls4 grants · $20,000
The Night Ministry4 grants · $10,000
Cals Angels4 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$275,000

2022

$355,000

2023

$400,000

2024

$600,000

2025

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

$320,000
Loaves & Fishes Community Services · Naperville, IL · 2025
General
$120,000
Naperville Heritage Society · Naperville, IL · 2025
General
$120,000
Loaves & Fishes Community Services · Naperville, IL · 2024
General
$120,000
Naperville Heritage Society · Naperville, IL · 2024
General
$100,000
Little Friends · Naperville, IL · 2025
General
$100,000
Little Friends · Naperville, IL · 2024
General
$100,000
Little Friends · Naperville, IL · 2023
General
$100,000
Loaves & Fishes Community Services · Naperville, IL · 2023
General
$100,000
Naperville Heritage Society · Naperville, IL · 2023
General
$100,000
Little Friends · Naperville, IL · 2022
General
$100,000
Naperville Heritage Society · Naperville, IL · 2022
General
$25,000
The Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$25,000
The Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$20,000
The Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$20,000
Loaves & Fishes Community Services · Naperville, IL · 2022
General
$20,000
The Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$10,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$10,000
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$10,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$10,000
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$10,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$10,000
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$5,000
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$5,000
Wayside Cross Ministries · Aurora, IL · 2025
General
$5,000
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Wayside Cross Ministries · Aurora, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Wayside Cross Ministries · Aurora, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$5,000
Wayside Cross Ministries · Aurora, IL · 2022
General
$2,500
Cals Angels · St Charles, IL · 2025
General
$2,500
The Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$2,500
Cals Angels · St Charles, IL · 2024
General
$2,500
The Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$2,500
Cals Angels · St Charles, IL · 2023
General
$2,500
The Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$2,500
Cals Angels · St Charles, IL · 2022
General
$2,500
The Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2022
General

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