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Bill Nygren Foundation

Name: Bill Nygren 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.

102
grants reported: $3.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
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.

Strides for Peace3 grants · $360,000
University of Chicago Urban Labs1 grant · $350,000
Berrien Community Foundation2 grants · $330,000
Tri-County Council for Child Development2 grants · $260,000
Benton Harbor Community Development Corp2 grants · $175,000
Harbor County Mission3 grants · $150,000
Emerge Innovation Hub2 grants · $150,000
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls3 grants · $150,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago3 grants · $150,000
Learn Charter School Network2 grants · $150,000

Giving over time

$1.1M

2022

$1.2M

2023

$1.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 102 grants.

$350,000
University of Chicago Urban Labs · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$205,000
Berrien Community Foundation · St Joseph, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$135,000
Strides for Peace · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$135,000
Tri-County Council for Child Development · Paw Paw, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$125,000
Berrien Community Foundation · St Joseph, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$125,000
Strides for Peace · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$125,000
Tri-County Council for Child Development · Paw Paw, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
Benton Harbor Community Development Corp · Benton Harbor, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
Sw Michigan Regional Chamber Foundation · St Joseph, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
United Way of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
Communities in Schools of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
Communities in Schools Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
Strides for Peace · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$75,000
Emerge Innovation Hub · Benton Harbor, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$75,000
Benton Harbor Community Development Corp · Benton Harbor, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$75,000
Emerge Innovation Hub · Benton Harbor, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$75,000
Learn Charter School Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$75,000
Learn Charter School Network · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Friends of Berrien County Trails · New Buffalo, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Harbor County Mission · Sawyer, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Mosaic Ccda · Benton Harbor, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Harbor County Mission · Sawyer, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Mosaic Ccda · Benton Harbor, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
Harbor County Mission · Sawyer, MI · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$30,000
National Casagal Association for Children · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Court Appointed Special Advocatessw Michigan · Benton Harbor, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Emergency Shelter Services · Benton Harbor, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Vida Valiente Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Court Appointed Special Advocatessw Michigan · Benton Harbor, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Friends of Berrien County Trails · New Buffalo, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Vida Valiente Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Friends of Berrien County Trails · New Buffolo, MI · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Lake Michigan · Goshen, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Chicago Public Library Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Barrien and Cass · Niles, MI · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Chicago Public Library Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Emergency Social Services · Benton Harbor, MI · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Pine Cay Project · Lima, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Readiness Center · Benton Harbor, MI · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
The Avenue Family Network · Benton Harbor, MI · 2022
Unrestricted
$17,500
Chicago Public Library Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Caring Connection · Benton Harbor, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Junior Achievement Berrien County · St Joseph, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Springboard Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Berrien Community Foundationregional Chamber · St Joseph, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Emergency Shelter Services · Benton Harbor, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Junior Achievement Berrien County · St Joseph, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Springboard Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
The Avenue Family Network · Benton Harbor, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Springboard Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$11,000
Good Fellows · St Joseph, MI · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Ctr Fdn · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
One Hope United · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Present Pillars Foundation · Benton Harbor, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Josselyn Center · Northfield, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center · Oakbrook, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
One Hope United · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Present Pillars Foundation · Benton Harbor, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Readiness Center · Benton Harbor, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Josselyn Center · Northfield, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
One Hope United · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Josselyn Center · Northfield, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$8,000
Youth Guidance · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Dawn Farms Treatment Center · Ypsilanti, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Experience Camps · Westport, CT · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Growth Works · Plymouth, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Re-Connect Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Readiness Center · Benton Harbor, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Absolute House · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Dawn Farms Treatment Center · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Experience Camps · Westport, CT · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Growth Works · Plymouth, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Re-Connect Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Boys & Girls Club of Nassau County · Fernandina Beach, FL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Absolute House · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Dawn Farms Treatment Center · Ypsilanti, MI · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Experience Camps · Westport, CT · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Growth Works · Plymouth, MI · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,400
Youth Guidance · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,200
Youth Guidance · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,000
Imerman Angels · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,000
Imerman Angels · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,000
Imerman Angels · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Thresholds · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,250
Chicago Survivors · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Christ Child Society of Chicago · Orland Park, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
St Vincent De Paul Soup Kitchen · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Green City Market · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted

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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.