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Cushing Family Foundation

Name: Cushing Family 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.

104
grants reported: $10.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $50,000
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.

Amref Health Africa in the USA2 grants · $3.5M
Greater Chicago Food Depository3 grants · $1.0M
Shine Global3 grants · $600,000
Theosophical Society in America2 grants · $500,000
Bridge Communities3 grants · $300,000
The Morton Arboretum4 grants · $300,000
Glen Ellyn Food Pantry2 grants · $205,000
St Francis High School2 grants · $200,000
Dupage Pads2 grants · $200,000
American Red Cross3 grants · $185,000

Giving over time

$466,300

2022

$690,000

2023

$1.1M

2024

$8.1M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 104 grants.

$3.3M
Amref Health Africa in the USA · New York, NY · 2025
General purposes
$1.0M
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$400,000
Shine Global · New York, NY · 2023
General purposes
$250,000
Theosophical Society in America · Wheaton, IL · 2025
General purposes
$250,000
Theosophical Society in America · Wheaton, IL · 2024
General purposes
$200,000
Glen Ellyn Food Pantry · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2025
General purposes
$200,000
Amref Health Africa in the USA · New York, NY · 2024
General purposes
$150,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
Beat the Streets Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
Blood Cancer United · Washington, DC · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
Bridge Communities · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
College of Dupage Foundation · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
Dupage Pads · Wheaton, IL · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
Evergreen Climate Innovations · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
Feed My Starving Children · Coon Rapids, MN · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
Helen Keller International · New York, NY · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
Loaves & Fishes Community Services · Naperville, IL · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
Misericordia Home · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
National Public Radio (Npr) · Baltimore, MD · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
One Acre Fund · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
Proximity 2 Humanity · Albemarle, NC · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
Shine Global · New York, NY · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
St Francis High School · Wheaton, IL · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
St Petronille Catholic Church · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
Team Rubicon · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
The Morton Arboretum · Lisle, IL · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
Urban Growers Collective · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
Vision To Learn · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General purposes
$100,000
Bridge Communities · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2024
General purposes
$100,000
Dupage Pads · Wheaton, IL · 2024
General purposes
$100,000
St Francis High School · Wheaton, IL · 2024
General purposes
$100,000
The Morton Arboretum · Lisle, IL · 2024
General purposes
$100,000
Bridge Communities · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2023
General purposes
$100,000
Shine Global · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
$58,000
Humanitarian Service Project · Carol Stream, IL · 2024
General purposes
$50,000
Bhutan Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
Chi-Care Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
Dion'S Chicago Dream · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
Dupage Senior Citizens Council (Kane Senior Council) · Lombard, IL · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
Erika'S Lighthouse · Winnetka, IL · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
Growing Home Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
Humanitarian Service Project · Carol Stream, IL · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
Legal Council for Health Justice · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
Nami Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
Shower Up Chicago · Spring Hill, TN · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
The Forge Charitable Adventures · Lemont, IL · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
The Josselyn Center · Northbrook, IL · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
Thresholds · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
West Point School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
World Bicycle Relief · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
The Morton Arboretum · Lisle, IL · 2023
General purposes
$50,000
The Morton Arboretum · Lisle, IL · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Amigos of Costa Rica · West Chester, PA · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Duly Health and Care Charitable Fund · Downers Grove, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Make-a-Wish · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
March of Dimes · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Maryville Academy · Des Plaines, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Meals On Wheels · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Chicago · Westmont, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Safer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Spark Ventures · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Wbez Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Bhutan Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Misericordia Home · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Humanitarian Service Project · Carol Stream, IL · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
The Humane Society of the United States · Washington, DC · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Alzheimer'S Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Bloodwater · Nashville, TN · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Hcund Inc (Hospitality Committee for United Nations Delegations Inc) · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Humanitarian Service Project · Carol Stream, IL · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Legal Council for Health Justice · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Park Ventures - National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2022
General purposes
$15,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$15,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$15,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$10,300
Action Against Hunger USA · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Duly Health and Care Charitable Fund · Downers Grove, IL · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Hope Fair Housing Center · Wheaton, IL · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Misericordia Home · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$5,000
Cure Jm Foundation · Leesburg, VA · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Friends of the Library - Glen Ellyn · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Alzheimer'S Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Guide Dogs for the Blind · San Rafael, CA · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Safer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes

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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.