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The Bersted Foundation

Name: The Bersted 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.

277
grants reported: $4.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
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.

What they fund

community food services emergency literacy care center health

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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.

Wayside Cross Ministries4 grants · $110,000
Senior Home Sharing4 grants · $100,000
Outreach Community Ministries4 grants · $100,000
Marklund Children'S Home4 grants · $92,181
Little Friends4 grants · $90,000
People'S Resource Center4 grants · $90,000
Mutual Ground4 grants · $85,000
Alive Center4 grants · $82,000
Fox Valley Christian Action4 grants · $80,000
Donka4 grants · $80,000

Giving over time

$1.2M

2022

$1.1M

2023

$1.1M

2024

$1.2M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 277 grants.

$45,000
Family Shelter Service · Wheaton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted general
$35,000
The Morton Arboretum · Lisle, IL · 2023
Evolving youth science
$30,000
Dupage Pads · Wheaton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$30,000
Habitat for Humanity Dupage County · Wheaton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$30,000
Suicide Prevention Services · Batavia, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$30,000
Suicide Prevention · Batavia, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$30,000
Suicide Prevention · Batavia, IL · 2023
Unrestricted general
$30,000
Wayside Cross Ministries · Aurora, IL · 2023
Unrestricted general
$30,000
Dupage Pads · Wheaton, IL · 2022
Unrestricted general
$30,000
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanit · Montgomery, IL · 2022
Educational intern program
$30,000
Wayside Cross Ministries · Aurora, IL · 2022
New life corrections
$27,000
Ascension Illinois Foundation · Bolingbrook, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Family Service Agency of Dekalb County · Dekalb, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Marklund Children'S Home · Geneva, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Outreach Community Ministries · Carol Stream, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$25,000
People'S Resource Center · Wheaton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Senior Home Sharing · Lombard, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Wayside Cross Ministries · Aurora, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry · Aurora, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Dupage Pads · Wheaton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Greater Elgin Family Care Center · Elgin, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Northen Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Outreach Community Ministries · Carol Stream, IL · 2024
Outreach york after-school
$25,000
Senior Home Sharing · Wheaton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Wayside Cross Ministries · Aurora, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry · Aurora, IL · 2023
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Dayone Pact · Lisle, IL · 2023
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Greater Elgin Family Care Center · Elgin, IL · 2023
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Little Friends · Naperville, IL · 2023
Renovations for community
$25,000
Northen Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2023
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Outreach Community Ministries · Carol Stream, IL · 2023
Outreach york after-school
$25,000
Senior Home Sharing · Wheaton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Almost Home Kids · Naperville, IL · 2022
Respite care program
$25,000
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry · Aurora, IL · 2022
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Boys and Girls Club of Elgin · Elgin, IL · 2022
Reading program
$25,000
Casa Kane County · Geneva, IL · 2022
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Family Shelter Service · Wheaton, IL · 2022
Safe home and safe adult
$25,000
Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois · Elgin, IL · 2022
Project opportunity.
$25,000
Greater Elgin Family Care Center · Elgin, IL · 2022
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Independence Health & Therapy · Woodstock, IL · 2022
Physical, occupational,
$25,000
Little Friends · Naperville, IL · 2022
Krejci academy technology
$25,000
Mutual Ground · Aurora, IL · 2022
Domestic violence
$25,000
Northen Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2022
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Outreach Community Ministries · Carol Stream, IL · 2022
Teen reach middle school
$25,000
People'S Resource Center · Wheaton, IL · 2022
Food pantry program
$25,000
Ray Graham Assn for Disabled People · Lisle, IL · 2022
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Senior Home Sharing · Wheaton, IL · 2022
Unrestricted general
$24,784
Marklund Children'S Home · Geneva, IL · 2024
Medical equipment for
$24,500
Voluntary Action Center of Dekalb County · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$22,397
Marklund Children'S Home · Geneva, IL · 2023
Medical equipment for
$22,000
Alive Center · Naperville, IL · 2022
Tech, supplies and
$21,600
Ray Graham Assn for Disabled People · Lisle, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$21,000
Aurora Early Edu and Child Care · Aurora, IL · 2022
Upgrade and increase saftey
$20,000
360 Transitional Living Youth Services · Naperville, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital · Hoffman Estates, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Alive Center · Naperville, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Aurora Food Pantry · Aurora, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Bridge Communities · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Dominican Literacy Center · Aurora, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Donka · Wheaton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Elyssa'S Mission · Northbrook, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Fox Valley Christian Action · St Charles, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Greater Family Health · Hoffman Estates, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Little Friends · Naperville, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Loaves & Fishes Community Pantry · Naperville, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Mutual Ground · Aurora, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Nami of Dupage County Illinois · Wheaton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Neighborhood Food Pantries · Bloomingdale, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Pioneer Center for Human Services · McHenry, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Ramp · Rockford, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
360 Transitional Living · Naperville, IL · 2024
Emergency and transitional
$20,000
Alive Center · Naperville, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Almost Home Kids · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Bridge Communities · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Casa Kane County · Geneva, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Consumer Credit Counseling Serv · Woodstock, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Donka · Wheaton, IL · 2024
Assitive technology
$20,000
Ecker Center for Mental Health · Elgin, IL · 2024
New roof
$20,000
Elyssas Mission · Mprtjnrppl, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Family Service Agency · Dekalb, IL · 2024
Citizenship program and
$20,000
Fox Valley Christian Action · St Charles, IL · 2024
The community leadership
$20,000
Little Friends · Naperville, IL · 2024
Renovations for community
$20,000
Loaves and Fishes Community Pant · Naperville, IL · 2024
Loaves & fishes cares
$20,000
Metropolitan Familiy Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
Domestic violence shelter
$20,000
Mutual Ground · Aurora, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Nami of Dupage County Illinois · Wheaton, IL · 2024
Education and supportive
$20,000
Neighborhood Food Pantries · Bloomingdale, IL · 2024
Food distribution
$20,000
People'S Resource Center · Wheaton, IL · 2024
Food pantry program
$20,000
Voluntary Action Center of Dekalb County · Sycamore, IL · 2024
Unrestricted general
$20,000
360 Transitional Living · Naperville, IL · 2023
Emergency and transitional
$20,000
Alive Center · Naperville, IL · 2023
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Bridge Communities · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2023
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Consumer Credit Counseling Serv · Woodstock, IL · 2023
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Donka · Wheaton, IL · 2023
Assitive technology
$20,000
Dupage Pads · Wheaton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Elyssas Mission · Mprtjnrppl, IL · 2023
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Fox Valley Christian Action · St Charles, IL · 2023
The community leadership
$20,000
Independence Health & Therapy · Woodstock, IL · 2023
Physical, occupational,
$20,000
Loaves and Fishes Community Pant · Naperville, IL · 2023
Loaves & fishes cares

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