Funding search · EIN 200414455 · Milwaukee, WI

Ellie'S Foundation

Name: Ellie'S 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.

65
grants reported: $2.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,600
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.

What they fund

education research

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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 · $884,617
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois4 grants · $875,235
Nch Healthcare System4 grants · $49,927
Resurrection Lutheran Church4 grants · $47,469
Greater Chicago Food Depository4 grants · $33,926
Emmanuel Lutheran Church4 grants · $14,012
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls4 grants · $13,018
Grace Place for Children and Families4 grants · $12,000
First Presbyterian Church4 grants · $10,100
Pine Mountain Music Festival4 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$459,649

2022

$477,987

2023

$483,569

2024

$550,806

2025

Grant history

All 65 reported grants, largest first.

$269,324
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purposes
$226,472
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois · Des Plaines, IL · 2025
Charitable purposes
$225,041
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois · Des Plaines, IL · 2024
Charitable purposes
$222,093
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois · Des Plaines, IL · 2023
Charitable purposes
$211,396
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Research and education
$206,432
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Research and education
$201,629
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois · Des Plaines, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$197,465
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Research and education
$19,766
Nch Healthcare System · Naples, FL · 2023
Charitable purposes
$12,000
Resurrection Lutheran Church · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purposes
$11,983
Resurrection Lutheran Church · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable purposes
$11,838
Resurrection Lutheran Church · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable purposes
$11,648
Resurrection Lutheran Church · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$10,201
Nch Healthcare System · Naples, FL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$10,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
$10,000
Nch Healthcare System · Naples, FL · 2025
Charitable purposes
$9,960
Nch Healthcare System · Naples, FL · 2024
Charitable purposes
$7,997
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$7,989
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$7,940
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Emmanuel Lutheran Church · Naples, FL · 2025
Charitable purposes
$4,000
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purposes
$3,078
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$3,067
Emmanuel Lutheran Church · Naples, FL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$3,000
Grace Place for Children and Families · Naples, FL · 2025
Charitable purposes
$3,000
Emmanuel Lutheran Church · Naples, FL · 2024
Charitable purposes
$3,000
Grace Place for Children and Families · Naples, FL · 2024
Charitable purposes
$3,000
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable purposes
$3,000
Grace Place for Children and Families · Naples, FL · 2023
Charitable purposes
$3,000
Grace Place for Children and Families · Naples, FL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$2,945
Emmanuel Lutheran Church · Naples, FL · 2023
Charitable purposes
$2,940
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable purposes
$2,600
First Presbyterian Church · Florence, WI · 2022
Charitable purposes
$2,500
Bethlehem Lutheran Church · Florence, WI · 2025
Charitable purposes
$2,500
First Presbyterian Church · Florence, WI · 2025
Charitable purposes
$2,500
Pine Mountain Music Festival · Houghton, MI · 2025
Charitable purposes
$2,500
First Presbyterian Church · Florence, WI · 2024
Charitable purposes
$2,500
Pine Mountain Music Festival · Houghton, MI · 2024
Charitable purposes
$2,500
Bethlehem Lutheran Church · Florence, WI · 2023
Charitable purposes
$2,500
First Presbyterian Church · Florence, WI · 2023
Charitable purposes
$2,500
Pine Mountain Music Festival · Houghton, MI · 2023
Charitable purposes
$2,500
Bethlehem Lutheran Church · Florence, WI · 2022
Charitable purposes
$2,500
Pine Mountain Music Festival · Houghton, MI · 2022
Charitable purposes
$1,071
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$1,066
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$1,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$1,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purposes
$1,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$1,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable purposes
$1,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$1,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable purposes
$1,000
Historic Preservation Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$700
Arcs · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purposes
$650
Arcs · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$500
Misericordia Home · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purposes
$500
Arcs · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable purposes
$500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
General operations
$500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
General operations
$500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General operations
$310
Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purposes
$300
Chicago Architecture Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$200
Chicago Historical Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$200
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$110
Chicago Historical Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes
$100
The Boulevard · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purposes

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