Funding search · EIN 474148161 · Lake Forest, IL

Determan Balk Family Foundation

Name: Determan Balk 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.

82
grants reported: $568,556
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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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unresticted

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Northwestern College of Arts & Sciences3 grants · $75,000
Columbia Law3 grants · $55,000
Refugee One4 grants · $45,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank4 grants · $45,000
Church of the Holy Spirit Food Pantry3 grants · $32,500
Pendragon Theater3 grants · $30,000
Upper Saranac3 grants · $30,000
Michigan State University3 grants · $30,000
Gorton3 grants · $25,000
Adirondack Foundation3 grants · $25,000

Giving over time

$149,258

2022

$128,758

2023

$146,040

2024

$144,500

2025

Grant history

All 82 reported grants, largest first.

$40,000
Columbia Law · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Northwestern College of Arts & Sciences · Evanston, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$25,000
Northwestern College of Arts & Sciences · Evanston, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Northwestern College of Arts & Sciences · Evanston, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Church of the Holy Spirit Food Pantry · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Ragdale Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Refugee One · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Gorton · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Refugee One · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Adirondack Community Foundation · Lake Placid, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Cornell Engineering · Ithaca, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Michigan State University · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Pendragon Theater · Saranac Lake, NY · 2025
Unresticted
$10,000
Wild Center · Tupper Lake, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Columbia Law · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Pendragon Theater · Saranac Lake, NY · 2024
Unresticted
$10,000
Reading Power · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Refugee One · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Upper Saranac · Saranac Lake, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Adirondack Foundation · Lake Placid, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Church of the Holy Spirit Food Pantry · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Pendragon Theater · Saranac Lake, NY · 2023
Unresticted
$10,000
Upper Saranac · Saranac Lake, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Adirondack Foundation · Lake Placid, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Catholic Charities Alexandria · Arlington, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Upper Saranac · Saranac Lake, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Upper Saranac Lake Foundation · Saranac Lake, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Adirondack Foundation · Lake Placid, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Adirondack Foundation Generous Act Fund · Lake Placid, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Camping & Education Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Manna Food Bank · Mills River, NC · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Nc Disaster Relief Fund · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Ragdale · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Wild Center · Tupper Lake, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Columbia Law · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Gorton · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Kooch-I-Ching Camp · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Mother'S Trust · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Ragdale · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Reading Power · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Refugee One · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Wild Center · Tupper Lake, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Gorton · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Reading Power · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Youthbuild · North Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$4,000
Nyr St Jude · Memphis, TN · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Church of the Holy Spirit Food Pantry · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,500
University of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
North Scott High School · Eldridge, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,000
Nyr Hoops for Heart · East Hampton, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Wayland Academy · Beaver Dam, WI · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Eagle Island · Seranac Lake, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Wayland Academy · Beaver Dam, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Wild Center · Tupper Lake, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Adirondack Rail Trail Association · Saranac Lake, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Foundation at Pck · Parker, CO · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Historic Saranac Lake · Saranac Lake, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Foundation at Pck · Parker, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Cornell Engineering · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Frankies Fund for Felines · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory · Tupper Lake, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$500
Columbia Law School · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$500
Deerpath Garden Club · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$500
Wbez Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$500
Deerpath Garden Club of Lake Forest · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Lake Forest Women'S Club · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Regina Catholic Education Center · Iowa City, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory · Tupper Lake, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Clarissa Cook Hospice · Bettendorf, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Lake Forest Women'S Club · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Lake Forest Women'S Club · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Mother'S Trust · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$258
Team Summer · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Unrestricted
$258
Team Summer · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Unrestricted
$40
Minneapolis Insitute of Art · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Unrestricted

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