Funding search · EIN 030564464 · Chicago, IL

Benjamin & Bettina Van Cleave Charitable Foundation

Name: Benjamin & Bettina Van Cleave Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

44
grants reported: $92,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,500
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.

Josephinum Academy3 grants · $13,500
Logan Square Improv3 grants · $13,000
Regina Dominican High School3 grants · $10,500
Cedille Records4 grants · $10,000
Misericordia4 grants · $9,000
Wfmt 987wttw4 grants · $7,000
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras4 grants · $6,000
Hibernian Transmedia3 grants · $3,500
Chicago International Puppet Theatre Festival3 grants · $3,500
Albany Park Theatre Project2 grants · $3,000

Giving over time

$19,000

2022

$20,000

2023

$30,000

2024

$23,500

2025

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

$10,000
Josephinum Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Logan Square Improv · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Logan Square Improv · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Regina Dominican High School · Wilmette, IL · 2022
Charitable
$3,000
Cedille Records · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$3,000
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$3,000
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$3,000
Wfmt 987wttw · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$3,000
Cedille Records · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Regina Dominican High School · Wilmette, IL · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Logan Square Improv · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Regina Dominican High School · Wilmette, IL · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Alternatives · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Howard & Evanston Community Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Albany Park Theatre Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Cedille Records · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Cedille Records · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Josephinum Academy · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Chicago International Puppet Theatre Festival · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$1,500
Hibernian Transmedia · River Forest, IL · 2025
Charitable
$1,500
Josephinum Academy · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$1,500
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,500
Wfmt 987wttw · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,500
Curtain Call Community Theater · Mokena, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Wfmt 987wttw · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Alternatives · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Curtain Call Community Theater · Mokena, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Saint John Berchmans · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Chicago International Puppet Theatre Festival · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Hibernian Transmedia · River Forest, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Saint John Berchmans · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
St Joseph Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Albany Park Theatre Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Chicago International Puppet Theatre Festival · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Folks Operetta · Oak Park, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Hibernian Transmedia · River Forest, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Saint John Berchmans · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
St Joseph Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Wfmt 987wttw · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable

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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.