Funding search · EIN 364043122 · Sycamore, IL

Bickner Family Foundation

Name: Bickner Family 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.

70
grants reported: $648,250
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Dekalb County Community Foundation4 grants · $139,000
Hillcrest Covenant Church4 grants · $136,500
Kishwaukee Ymca3 grants · $57,000
North Park University3 grants · $55,000
Sycamore United Methodist Church4 grants · $42,000
Covenant Point Bible Camp2 grants · $30,000
University of Michigan4 grants · $25,000
Family Service Foundation1 grant · $20,000
Evangelical Covenant Church4 grants · $20,000
Family Services Agency1 grant · $20,000

Giving over time

$137,750

2022

$196,000

2023

$124,750

2024

$189,750

2025

Grant history

All 70 reported grants, largest first.

$56,000
Dekalb County Community Foundation · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$48,000
Hillcrest Covenant Church · Dekalb, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$35,500
Hillcrest Covenant Church · Dekalb, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$35,000
North Park University · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$31,000
Dekalb County Community Foundation · Sycamore, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$31,000
Dekalb County Community Foundation · Sycamore, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,000
Kishwaukee Ymca · Dekalb, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$28,000
Hillcrest Covenant Church · Dekalb, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$26,000
Kishwaukee Ymca · Dekalb, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Covenant Point Bible Camp · Iron River, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Hillcrest Covenant Church · Dekalb, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$21,000
Dekalb County Community Foundation · Sycamore, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Family Service Foundation · Iron River, MI · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Family Services Agency · Dekalb, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
North Park University · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$12,000
Sycamore United Methodist Church · Sycamore, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Northwestern Medical · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Sycamore United Methodist Church · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Sycamore United Methodist Church · Sycamore, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Sycamore United Methodist Church · Sycamore, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Northwestern Kishwaukee Health Fndn · Dekalb, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Covenant Harbor · Lake Geneva, WI · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Covenant Point · Lake Geneva, WI · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Evangelical Covenant Church · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Hope Haven · Dekalb, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
North Park University · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
University of Michigan Kinesiology · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025
Unristricted
$5,000
University of Michigan Water Polo · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Evangelical Covenant Church · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Covenant Harbor · Lake Geneva, WI · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Evangelical Covenant Church · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Hope Haven · Dekalb, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Covenant Harbor · Lake Geneva, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Covenant Point Bible Camp · Iron River, MI · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Evangelical Covenant Church · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Hope Haven · Dekalb, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Northern Illinois Hospice · Rockford, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,000
Phi Delta Theta Foundation · Oxford, OH · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Phi Delta Theta Foundation · Oxford, OH · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Swedish Covenant Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Phi Delta Theta Foundation · Oxford, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,500
Silverlake Conservitory of Music · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship · Westmond, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Kishwaukee Ymca · Dekalb, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Conover Ambulance Service · Conover, WI · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Eisenhower Health Foundation · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship · Westmond, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Metea Sports Boosters · Aurora, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Swedish Covenant Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Eisenhower Medical · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship · Westmond, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Tails · Dekalb, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Eisenhower Health Foundation · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship · Westmond, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Tails · Dekalb, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Dayton Fire Department · Dayton, OH · 2023
Unstricted
$500
We Care · Dekalb, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Good Fellows Dekalbsycamore · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$250
Good Fellows Dekalbsycamore · Sycamore, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$250
Good Fellows Dekalbsycamore · Sycamore, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Oaken Acres · Sycamore, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Good Fellows Dekalbsycamore · Sycamore, IL · 2022
Unrestricted

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