Funding search · EIN 474916071 · Chicago, IL

Filkins Family Foundation

Name: Filkins Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

73
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
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.

St Augustines Episcopal Church4 grants · $205,000
Md Anderson Cancer Center2 grants · $200,000
St Michael and All Angels Episcopal4 grants · $180,000
American Cancer Society2 grants · $145,000
Chicago Botanic Garden4 grants · $115,000
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation1 grant · $100,000
Fish of Sancap Initiative4 grants · $65,000
American Red Cross2 grants · $60,000
United Way of Lee County Initiative4 grants · $55,000
Residential Hospice Foundation1 grant · $55,000

Giving over time

$420,000

2022

$530,000

2023

$396,000

2024

$550,000

2025

Grant history

All 73 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
American Cancer Society · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$100,000
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
General
$100,000
Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2023
General
$100,000
Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2022
General
$85,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2023
General
$75,000
St Augustines Episcopal Church · Wilmette, IL · 2024
General support
$60,000
St Augustines Episcopal Church · Wilmette, IL · 2025
General support
$60,000
St Michael and All Angels Episcopal · Sanibel, FL · 2022
General
$55,000
Residential Hospice Foundation · Troy, MI · 2025
General support
$50,000
St Michael and All Angels Episcopal · Sanibel, FL · 2023
General
$45,000
American Cancer Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$45,000
Northshore Hospitals Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2023
General
$35,000
St Michael and All Angels Episcopal · Sanibel, FL · 2025
General support
$35,000
St Michael and All Angels Episcopal · Sanibel, FL · 2024
General support
$35,000
St Augustines Episcopal Church · Wilmette, IL · 2023
General
$35,000
St Michael'S Episcopal Church · Sanibel, FL · 2023
General
$35,000
Fish of Sancap Initiative · Sanibel, FL · 2022
General
$35,000
St Augustines Episcopal Church · Wilmette, IL · 2022
General
$30,000
Alsacst Jude Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$30,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$30,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$25,000
Boys & Girls Club of Lee Co · Fort Myers, FL · 2025
General
$25,000
Chicago Boys & Girls Club · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$25,000
National Alliance · Arlington, VA · 2025
General
$25,000
Captains for Clean Water · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
General
$25,000
San Carlos Park · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
General
$25,000
United Way of Lee County Initiative · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
General
$20,000
Culver Academics · Culver, IN · 2025
General
$20,000
Lurie Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$20,000
Culver Academics · Culver, IN · 2024
General
$20,000
National Alliance · Arlington, VA · 2024
General
$20,000
Culver Educational Foundation · Culver, IN · 2023
General
$20,000
Culver Educational Foundation · Culver, IN · 2022
General
$20,000
Episcopal Charities · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$20,000
Sanibel Sea School · Sanibel, FL · 2022
General
$20,000
Union League Boys & Girls Clubs · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$15,000
Chicago'S Children'S Advocacy Ctr · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$15,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$15,000
Ronald McDonald House · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$15,000
Alsacst Jude Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Lee Co · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
General
$15,000
Chicago Boys & Girls Club · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$15,000
Chicago'S Children'S Advocacy Ctr · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$15,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$15,000
Ronald McDonald House · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$10,000
Adopt · Naperville, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Aspca · New York, NY · 2025
General
$10,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Enchanted Back Pack · Bensenville, IL · 2025
General
$10,000
Fish of Sancap Initiative · Sanibel, FL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation · Sanibel, FL · 2025
General support
$10,000
United Way of Lee County Initiative · Fort Myers, FL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Enchanted Back Pack · Bensenville, IL · 2024
General
$10,000
Fish of Sancap Initiative · Sanibel, FL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Foundation for Lee County Public Schools · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Sanibel Sea School · Sanibel, FL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation · Sanibel, FL · 2024
General support
$10,000
United Way of Lee County Initiative · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Chicago Boys & Girls Club · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Fish of Sancap Initiative · Sanibel, FL · 2023
General
$10,000
Foundation for Lee County Public Schools · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
General
$10,000
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation · Sanibel, FL · 2023
General
$10,000
United Way of Lee County Initiative · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
General
$10,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2022
General
$10,000
Foundation for Lee County Public Schools · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
General
$10,000
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation · Sanibel, FL · 2022
General
$6,000
Aspca · New York, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Big Arts Sanibel · Sanibel Island, FL · 2023
General
$5,000
Community Housing and Resources · Sanibel, FL · 2023
General
$5,000
Big Arts Sanibel · Sanibel Island, FL · 2022
General

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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.