Funding search · EIN 366138250 · Elk Grove Village, IL

Charles and Frances Kempler

Name: Charles and Frances Kempler grants, 2022–2025
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A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

83
grants reported: $113,110
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $350
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.

Northwestern Memorial Foundation4 grants · $30,500
Ann & Robert Lurie Childrens Hospit4 grants · $15,500
Alzheimer'S Association4 grants · $13,060
Shriners Hospitals for Children4 grants · $11,750
Alzheimer'S Assoc Greater Il Chapt3 grants · $10,000
Nami4 grants · $7,500
Idf2 grants · $4,000
Austin D Lucas Scholarship Fund4 grants · $3,150
Jewish United Fund4 grants · $3,000
The Center for Reproductive Rights4 grants · $2,600

Giving over time

$24,475

2022

$27,850

2023

$29,150

2024

$31,635

2025

Grant history

All 83 reported grants, largest first.

$8,250
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024
General support
$7,750
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2025
General support
$7,500
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2023
General support
$7,025
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$7,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2022
General support
$5,535
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
Ann & Robert Lurie Childrens Hospit · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$5,000
Alzheimer'S Assoc Greater Il Chapt · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Alzheimer'S Assoc Greater Il Chapt · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$4,250
Ann & Robert Lurie Childrens Hospit · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$4,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$3,250
Ann & Robert Lurie Childrens Hospit · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$3,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$3,000
Ann & Robert Lurie Childrens Hospit · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$2,500
Idf · New York, NY · 2025
General purpose
$2,500
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$2,250
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$2,000
Nami · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$2,000
Nami · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$2,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom · Northbrook, NY · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$1,750
Nami · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$1,750
Nami · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$1,500
Idf · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$1,150
Austin D Lucas Scholarship Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Nw University Feinberg School of Medicine · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
The Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$1,000
Austin D Lucas Scholarship Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Austin D Lucas Scholarship Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General support
$700
The Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$500
Aclu of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$500
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$500
Illinois Coaltion for Immigrant and Refugee Rights · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$500
Operation Walk Chicago · Rosemont, IL · 2025
General purpose
$500
Aclu of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$500
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$500
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$500
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$500
The Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$400
Aclu of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$400
The Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$350
Special Olympics Illinois · Normal, IL · 2025
General purpose
$350
Special Olympics Illinois · Normal, IL · 2024
General purpose
$350
Operation Walk Chicago · Rosemont, IL · 2023
General purpose
$350
Operation Walk Chicago · Rosemont, IL · 2022
General purpose
$300
Aclu of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$300
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$300
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$250
Leukemia & Lymphoma Sociiety · Detroit, MI · 2025
General purpose
$250
New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Pr · Manchester, MI · 2025
General support
$250
Foundation Fighting Blindness · Columbia, MD · 2024
General purpose
$250
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$250
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$250
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$250
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2023
General purpose
$250
Oligo Nation · Sebastopol, CA · 2023
General purpose
$250
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$200
Rise Together Counseling and Wellness · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$200
Special Olympics Illinois · Normal, IL · 2023
General purpose
$200
Special Olympics Illinois · Normal, IL · 2022
General purpose
$175
New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Pr · Manchester, MI · 2022
General support
$125
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2024
General purpose
$100
Arbor Terrace Highland Park · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General support
$100
Florida Sheriffs Association · Talahassee, FL · 2023
General purpose
$100
Soaring Eagle Academy · Lombard, IL · 2023
General support
$100
Friendship Circle of Illinois · Northbrook, IL · 2022
General purpose
$100
Soaring Eagle Academy · Lombard, IL · 2022
General support
$100
The Pap Corps · Deerfield Beach, FL · 2022
General purpose
$100
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$0
Alzheimer'S Assoc Greater Il Chapt · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$0
American Friends of Magen David Adom · Northbrook, NY · 2025
General purpose
$0
Arbor Terrace Highland Park · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General support
$0
Austin D Lucas Scholarship Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2025
General support
$0
Florida Sheriffs Association · Talahassee, FL · 2025
General purpose
$0
Foundation Fighting Blindness · Columbia, MD · 2025
General purpose
$0
Friendship Circle of Illinois · Northbrook, IL · 2025
General purpose
$0
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$0
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General purpose
$0
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2025
General purpose
$0
Rise Together Counseling and Wellness · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$0
Soaring Eagle Academy · Lombard, IL · 2025
General support
$0
The Pap Corps · Deerfield Beach, FL · 2025
General purpose
$0
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose

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