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Blue Waters Foundation

Name: Blue Waters 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.

67
grants reported: $664,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $6,000
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.

The Greater Chicago Food Depository4 grants · $100,000
Munson Healthcare Regional Foundation3 grants · $90,000
Shedd Aquarium4 grants · $76,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation4 grants · $60,000
The Salvation Army of Traverse City4 grants · $60,000
The Salvation Army of Chicago2 grants · $50,000
Folds of Honor Foundation3 grants · $45,000
Moffitt Cancer Center Foundation3 grants · $30,000
Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation4 grants · $27,000
Blessings in a Backpack4 grants · $19,000

Giving over time

$179,000

2022

$186,000

2023

$149,500

2024

$149,500

2025

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
Munson Healthcare Regional Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2025
General support
$30,000
Munson Healthcare Regional Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2024
General support
$30,000
Munson Healthcare Regional Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2023
General support
$25,000
The Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$25,000
The Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$25,000
The Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$25,000
The Salvation Army of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$25,000
The Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$25,000
The Salvation Army of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$22,000
Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$22,000
Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$22,000
Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$15,000
Folds of Honor Foundation · Owasso, OK · 2025
General support
$15,000
The Salvation Army of Traverse City · Traverse City, MI · 2025
General support
$15,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2025
General support
$15,000
Folds of Honor Foundation · Owasso, OK · 2024
General support
$15,000
The Salvation Army of Traverse City · Traverse City, MI · 2024
General support
$15,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
General support
$15,000
Folds of Honor Foundation · Owasso, OK · 2023
General support
$15,000
The Salvation Army of Traverse City · Traverse City, MI · 2023
General support
$15,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2023
General support
$15,000
Folds of Honor · Owasso, OK · 2022
General support
$15,000
The Salvation Army of Traverse City · Traverse City, MI · 2022
General support
$15,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2022
General support
$12,500
Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation · Boca Grande, FL · 2023
General support
$12,500
Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation · Boca Grande, FL · 2022
General support
$10,000
Moffitt Cancer Center Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Moffitt Cancer Center Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Moffitt Cancer Center Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Boca Grande Women'S Club · Boca Grande, FL · 2022
General support
$10,000
Munson Healthcare Foundations · Traverse City, MI · 2022
General support
$10,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Oak Brook, IL · 2022
General support
$10,000
Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$6,000
South Torch Area Association · Alden, MI · 2022
General support
$5,000
Blessings in a Backpack · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$5,000
Blessings in a Backpack · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Blessings in a Backpack · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$4,000
Blessings in a Backpack · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$3,000
The Wallace R Bostwick Memorial Fund · Placida, FL · 2025
General support
$3,000
The Wallace R Bostwick Memorial Fund · Placida, FL · 2024
General support
$3,000
The Wallace R Bostwick Memorial Fund · Placida, FL · 2023
General support
$3,000
The Wallace R Bostwick Memorial Fund · Placida, FL · 2022
General support
$2,500
Chadtough Defeat Dipg Foundation · Saline, MI · 2025
General support
$2,500
Historic Elk Rapids Town Hall Association · Elk Rapids, MI · 2025
General support
$2,500
The Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2025
General support
$2,500
Chadtough Defeat Dipg Foundation · Saline, MI · 2024
General support
$2,500
Suncoast Humane Society · Englewood, FL · 2024
General support
$2,500
The Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2024
General support
$2,500
Chadtough Defeat Dipg Foundation · Saline, MI · 2023
General support
$2,500
Suncoast Humane Society · Englewood, FL · 2023
General support
$2,500
The Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2023
General support
$2,500
Chadtough Defeat Dipg Foundation · Saline, MI · 2022
General support
$2,500
Suncoast Humane Society · Englewood, FL · 2022
General support
$1,500
Community House · Winnetka, IL · 2022
General support
$1,000
Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation · Boca Grande, FL · 2025
General support
$1,000
South Torch Area Association · Alden, MI · 2025
General support
$1,000
Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation · Boca Grande, FL · 2024
General support
$1,000
South Torch Area Association · Alden, MI · 2024
General support
$1,000
South Torch Area Association · Alden, MI · 2023
General support
$1,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$1,000
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$1,000
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$1,000
Norte - the Elk Rapids Strong Project · Traverse City, MI · 2022
General support
$1,000
Nourishing Hope (Formerly Lakeview Pantry) · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$1,000
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$1,000
The Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2022
General support

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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.