Funding search · EIN 207034733 · Elmhurst, IL

The Fermata Charitable Foundation

Name: The Fermata Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

70
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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.

St Paul Lutheran Church2 grants · $610,400
St Paul Lutheran Church2 grants · $110,400
Northern Illinois Food Bank2 grants · $44,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank2 grants · $40,000
Dupage Pads2 grants · $30,000
Dupage Pads2 grants · $30,000
Nami Johnson County2 grants · $18,000
Nami Johnson County2 grants · $16,000
Nami Dupage Community Center2 grants · $16,000
Nami Dupage2 grants · $16,000

Giving over time

$318,400

2022

$380,700

2023

$388,200

2024

Grant history

All 70 reported grants, largest first.

$305,200
St Paul Lutheran Church · Villa Park, IL · 2024
Program Support
$305,200
St Paul Lutheran Church · Villa Park, IL · 2023
Program Support
$55,200
St Paul Lutheran Church · Villa Park, IL · 2022
Program support
$55,200
St Paul Lutheran Church · Villa Park, IL · 2022
Program support
$22,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2022
Program support
$22,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2022
Program support
$20,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2024
Program Support
$20,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2023
Program Support
$15,000
Dupage Pads · Wheaton, IL · 2024
Program Support
$15,000
Dupage Pads · Wheaton, IL · 2023
Program Support
$15,000
Dupage Pads · Wheaton, IL · 2022
Program support
$15,000
Dupage Pads · Wheaton, IL · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Nami Johnson County · Iowa City, IA · 2024
Program Support
$8,000
Nami Dupage Community Center · Wheaton, IL · 2024
Program Support
$8,000
Nami Dupage Community Center · Wheaton, IL · 2023
Program Support
$8,000
Nami Johnson County · Iowa City, IA · 2023
Program Support
$8,000
Nami Dupage · Wheaton, IL · 2022
Program support
$8,000
Nami Dupage · Wheaton, IL · 2022
Program support
$8,000
Nami Johnson County · Iowa City, IA · 2022
Program support
$8,000
Nami Johnson County · Iowa City, IA · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Emma Goldman Clinic · Iowa City, ID · 2024
Program Support
$5,000
Esther'S Friends · Chicago, ID · 2024
Program Support
$5,000
Bridge Communities · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2023
Program Support
$5,000
Emma Goldman Clinic · Iowa City, ID · 2023
Program Support
$5,000
Esther'S Friends · Chicago, ID · 2023
Program Support
$5,000
Augustana College Cross Country · Rock Island, IL · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Augustana College Cross Country · Rock Island, IL · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Bridge Communities · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Bridge Communities · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Esther'S Friends · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Esther'S Friends · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Iowa Harm Reduction Center · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Iowa Harm Reduction Center · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Lutheran Disaster Response · Merrifield, VA · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Lutheran Disaster Response · Merrifield, VA · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Outreach House · Lombard, IL · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Outreach House · Lombard, IL · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Rhonda'S House · Dewitt, IA · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Rhonda'S House · Dewitt, IA · 2022
Program support
$4,000
Breakthrough T1d · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Program Support
$4,000
Misericordia Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program Support
$4,000
Misercordia · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$4,000
Misercordia · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Chicago Public Media (Wbez) · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program Support
$3,000
Chicago Public Media (Wbez) · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program Support
$3,000
Chicago Public Media (Wbez) · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Chicago Public Media (Wbez) · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Womens Health Project · Iowa City, IA · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Womens Health Project · Iowa City, IA · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Outreach House · Lombard, IL · 2024
Program Support
$2,000
Roger Baldwin Foundation (Aclu) · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program Support
$2,000
Outreach House · Lombard, IL · 2023
Program Support
$2,000
American Civil Liberties Union · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$2,000
American Civil Liberties Union · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Planned Parenthood · St Paul, MN · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Planned Parenthood · St Paul, MN · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Iowa Driftless Water Defenders · Iowa City, IA · 2024
Program Support
$1,000
League of Womens Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Program Support
$1,000
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network · Boone, IA · 2024
Program Support
$1,000
Scarce · Addison, IL · 2024
Program Support
$1,000
Shelter House · Iowa City, IA · 2024
Program Support
$1,000
Domestic Violence Intervention Program · Iowa City, IA · 2023
Program Support
$1,000
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Program Support
$1,000
Scarce · Addison, IL · 2023
Program Support
$1,000
United African Organization · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program Support
$1,000
Domestic Violence Intervention Program · Iowa City, IA · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Domestic Violence Intervention Program · Iowa City, IA · 2022
Program support
$1,000
United African Organization · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$1,000
United African Organization · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$500
Family Folk Machine · Iowa City, IA · 2023
Program Support

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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.