Funding search · EIN 262386882 · St Charles, IL

Burns Legacy Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

59
grants reported
$670,900
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

chartiableeducational

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Top recipients

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  • Lgbt Center of Se Wi2 grants · $55,000
  • Misericordia4 grants · $51,500
  • Holy Angels Catholic School1 grant · $51,400
  • Mike Rowe Works Foundation4 grants · $50,000
  • Imerman Angels4 grants · $50,000
  • Waukegan To College4 grants · $45,000
  • Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley4 grants · $38,000
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Dundee3 grants · $35,000
  • Rcosa2 grants · $30,000
  • Lgbt of Se Wi1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$162,500
2022
$136,500
2023
$206,900
2024
$165,000
2025

Grant history

All 59 reported grants, largest first.

  • $51,400

    Holy Angels Catholic School · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $30,000

    Lgbt Center of Se Wi · Racine, WI · 2024

    Charitable

  • $25,000

    Lgbt Center of Se Wi · Racine, WI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $25,000

    Lgbt of Se Wi · Racine, WI · 2022

    Charitable

  • $20,000

    Rcosa · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Charitable

  • $20,000

    Imerman Angels · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $20,000

    Jack Benny Middle School · Waukegan, IL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $20,000

    Team Rubicon · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $15,000

    Alexian Brothers Scholarship Fund · Elk Grove, IL · 2025

    Charitable/Educational

  • $15,000

    Mike Rowe Works Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $15,000

    Waukegan To College · Waukegan, IL · 2025

    Charitable

  • $15,000

    Alexian Brothers Foundation · Arlington Heights, IL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $15,000

    Mike Rowe Works Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $15,000

    Ascension- Alexian Brothers · Arlington Heights, IL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $15,000

    Boys and Girls Clubs of Dundee · Carpentersville, IL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $14,000

    Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Charitable

  • $12,500

    Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $12,500

    Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $12,500

    Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $12,000

    Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley · St Charles, IL · 2025

    Charitable

  • $11,000

    Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley · St Charles, IL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health · Hoffman Estates, IL · 2025

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Camp Courageous · Monticello, IA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Foster Pride · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Imerman Angels · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Sharing Center · Trevor, WI · 2025

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Boys and Girls Clubs of Dundee · Carpentersville, IL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Northern Il Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Waukegan To College · Waukegan, IL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Imerman Angels · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley · St Charles, IL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Mike Rowe Works Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Northern Il Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Sharing Center · Trevor, WI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Waukegan To College · Waukegan, IL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Boys and Girls Clubs of Dundee · Carpentersville, IL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Hope for the Day · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Imerman Angels · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Make a Wish - Wisconsin · Wauwatosa, WI · 2022

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Mike Rowe Works Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Rcosa · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Salvation Army - Elgin · Elgin, IL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Waukegan To College · Waukegan, IL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $7,000

    Brooklyn Public Library · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $7,000

    Camp Courageous · Monticello, IA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Doctors of Recital Partners · Suamico, WI · 2025

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Kenosha Welcome Center · Pleasant Prairie, WI · 2025

    Chartiable

  • $5,000

    American Cancer Society · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Sharing Center · Trevor, WI · 2024

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    No Kid Hungry Dba Share Our Strengh · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley · St Charles, IL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Casa of the River Region · Louisville, KY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Shalom Center · Kenosha, WI · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Culinary Care · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Kenosha Area Family Aging · Kenosha, WI · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Shalom Center · Kenosha, WI · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Kenosha Area Family Aging · Kenosha, WI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Shalom Center · Kenosha, WI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Culinary Care · Chicago, IL · 2024

    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.