Full Circle Foundation

What they fund

communitychildrenpromoteadultsincomehealthliferights

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.

• McHenry Co College1 grant · $280,000
• Nrdc4 grants · $200,000
• Open Lands4 grants · $180,000
• Environmental Law Policy4 grants · $165,000
• Cooperative Development Services1 grant · $150,000
• Carter Center4 grants · $125,000
• Southern Poverty4 grants · $125,000
• Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $125,000
• Wetlands Initiative4 grants · $106,000
• Northern Ill Food5 grants · $90,263

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 257 grants.

• $280,000

  McHenry Co College · Crystal Lake, IL · 2025

  Support students from disadvantaged backgrounds in academic preparation for college thru the TRIO program

• $150,000

  Cooperative Development Services · Eagan, MN · 2023

  Providing innovative results-oriented cost-effective services to cooperatives and related organizations

• $80,000

  Environmental Law Policy · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Promote clean energy and transportation

• $80,000

  Nrdc · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Ensure rights of all people to clean air and water

• $60,000

  Pads of McHenry County · McHenry, IL · 2023

  Emergency and transitional housing

• $55,000

  Open Lands · Chicago, IL · 2022

  Preserve open space

• $50,000

  Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2025

  Commitment to human rights and alleviation of human suffering

• $50,000

  Open Lands · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Preserve open space

• $50,000

  Southern Poverty · Montgomery, AL · 2025

  Civil rights

• $50,000

  Wetlands Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Restore wetlands resources

• $50,000

  Open Lands · Chicago, IL · 2023

  Preserve open space

• $45,000

  Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023

  Provide life saving medical and humanitarian care

• $40,500

  Cycling Without Age · Crystal Lake, IL · 2025

  Provides recreational rides to seniors on trishaws

• $40,000

  All Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Unite community and resources to ensure and sustain stability of home

• $40,000

  Casa of McHenry County · Crystal Lake, IL · 2025

  Volunteer advocates for children

• $40,000

  Family Health Partnership Clinic · Crystal Lake, IL · 2025

  Provides high quality health care to uninsured adults

• $40,000

  Nature Conservancy in Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Conserve land and water

• $40,000

  Turning Point · Woodstock, IL · 2025

  Programs and services for individuals and families impacted by domestic violence

• $40,000

  Tutoring Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Foster pathways for success of school children

• $40,000

  Nrdc · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Ensure rights of all people to clean air and water

• $40,000

  Nrdc · Chicago, IL · 2023

  Ensure rights of all people to clean air and water

• $40,000

  Nrdc · Chicago, IL · 2022

  Ensure rights of all people to clean air and water

• $35,000

  Imentor · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Enhance first generation students from low income communitiies to graduate high school, succeed in college and achieve their ambitions

• $35,000

  La Casa Norte · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Serving youth and families confronting homelessness

• $35,000

  Nami McHenry County · Crystal Lake, IL · 2025

  Assistance with mental health

• $35,000

  Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022

  Provide life saving medical and humanitarian care

• $32,000

  Harvard Community Senior Center · Harvard, IL · 2025

  Provides services for seniors in the community

• $30,000

  Chicago Lights · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Support needs of children and adults facing poverty

• $30,000

  Gigis Playhouse · Hoffman Estates, IL · 2025

  Program for those with Down Syndrome

• $30,000

  Ic Stars · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Opportunities for inner-city young adults

• $30,000

  Independence Health Therapy · Woodstock, IL · 2025

  Promoting independence and improving lives

• $30,000

  New Directions - Illinois · Woodstock, IL · 2025

  Support people struggling with addiction

• $30,000

  Environmental Law Policy · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Promote clean energy and transportation

• $30,000

  American Red Cross · Crystal Lake, IL · 2023

  Provide disaster assistance

• $30,000

  Environmental Law Policy · Chicago, IL · 2023

  Promote clean energy and transportation

• $29,000

  Consumer Counseling of Northern Il · Woodstock, IL · 2025

  Strenghten communities thru couseling and educating

• $28,000

  McHenry County Conservation · Richmond, IL · 2025

  To protect natural resources and enhance outdoor experiences

• $26,250

  Care · Atlanta, GA · 2022

  Assistance and relief everywhere

• $26,000

  Farmworker and Landscaper Advocates · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Improve working conditions for low-income farmworkers, nursery, greenhouse, landscapers

• $25,263

  Northern Ill Food · Geneva, IL · 2025

  Food assistance

• $25,000

  Cooperative Development Fund Cds · Eagan, MN · 2025

  Support the growth of cooperative businesses in all stages

• $25,000

  Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025

  Provide life saving medical and humanitarian care

• $25,000

  Prairie State Legal Services · Woodstock, IL · 2025

  Free legal services for low income

• $25,000

  Ptg Community Center · Spring Grove, IL · 2025

  Place to gather, explore, relax and enjoy nature and outdoors

• $25,000

  Woodstock Food Pantry · Woodstock, IL · 2025

  Provide food assistance for area residents

• $25,000

  Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2024

  Commitment to human rights and alleviation of human suffering

• $25,000

  Open Lands · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Preserve open space

• $25,000

  Southern Poverty · Montgomery, AL · 2024

  Civil rights

• $25,000

  Turning Point · Woodstock, IL · 2024

  Confront domestic violence in McHenry County

• $25,000

  Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2023

  Commitment to human rights and alleviation of human suffering

• $25,000

  Southern Poverty · Montgomery, AL · 2023

  Civil rights

• $25,000

  Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2022

  Commitment to human rights and alleviation of human suffering

• $25,000

  Environmental Law Policy · Chicago, IL · 2022

  Promote clean energy and transportation

• $25,000

  Southern Poverty · Montgomery, AL · 2022

  Civil rights

• $24,000

  Facing Forward · Chicago, IL · 2025

  End homelessness

• $22,500

  Seven Generations Ahead · Oak Park, IL · 2025

  Promote sustainable and healthy communities

• $22,000

  Housing Opportunities for the Elder · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Foster independence joy and connection for seniors with low income

• $20,250

  American Red Cross · Crystal Lake, IL · 2025

  Provide disaster assistance

• $20,000

  Anti Defamation League · New York City, NY · 2025

  Stop defamation of the Jewish people and secure justsice and fair treatment to all

• $20,000

  Delta Institute · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Solve complex environmental challenges

• $20,000

  Food Coop Initiative · Londonderry, VT · 2025

  Paves the way to food coop excellence

• $20,000

  Hunger Resource Network · Northbrook, IL · 2025

  Aid in the alleviation of hunger

• $20,000

  Journeys - the Road Home · Palatine, IL · 2025

  Provides shelter and social services to the homeless

• $20,000

  Land Conservancy of McHenry County · Woodstock, IL · 2025

  Protects forested lands

• $20,000

  Leadership Greater McHenry County · Woodstock, IL · 2025

  Foster and develop community leaders

• $20,000

  Math Circles of Chicago · Richmond, IL · 2025

  Equipment for the fire dept

• $20,000

  Northern Ill Food · Geneva, IL · 2025

  Food assistance

• $20,000

  Pads of McHenry County · McHenry, IL · 2025

  Emergency and transitional housing

• $20,000

  Veterans Path To Hope · Crystal Lake, IL · 2025

  Provide hope, strengthen confidence and improve family life for miliary veterans

• $20,000

  Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024

  Provide life saving medical and humanitarian care

• $20,000

  Family Health Partnership Clinic · Crystal Lake, IL · 2024

  Provides high quality health care to uninsured adults

• $20,000

  Independence Health Therapy · Woodstock, IL · 2024

  Promoting independence and improving lives

• $20,000

  Leadership Greater McHenry County · Woodstock, IL · 2024

  Foster and develop community leaders

• $20,000

  Tutoring Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Foster pathways for success of school children

• $20,000

  Wetlands Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Restore wetlands resources

• $20,000

  Food Coop Initiative · Londonderry, VT · 2023

  Paves the way to food coop excellence

• $20,000

  Independence Health Therapy · Woodstock, IL · 2023

  Promoting independence and improving lives

• $20,000

  Leadership Greater McHenry County · Woodstock, IL · 2023

  Foster and develop community leaders

• $20,000

  American Red Cross · Crystal Lake, IL · 2022

  Provide disaster assistance

• $20,000

  Food Coop Initiative · Londonderry, VT · 2022

  Paves the way to food coop excellence

• $20,000

  Swiss Red Cross · 2022

  Work for greater humanity

• $18,100

  Richmond Township Fpd · Richmond, IL · 2025

  Equipment for fire department

• $18,000

  Turning Point · Woodstock, IL · 2024

  Programs and services for individuals and families impacted by domestic violence

• $18,000

  Wetlands Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2023

  Restore wetlands resources

• $18,000

  Wetlands Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2022

  Restore wetlands resources

• $17,000

  Youth Family Center of McHenry Coiu · McHenry, IL · 2023

  Empowerment and growth for youth and families

• $16,000

  Community Health · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Provide free medical health centers

• $16,000

  Dental Lifeline · Peoria, IL · 2025

  Assist dental treatment to those with disability,elderly or fragile

• $15,000

  Beacon Place · Waukegan, IL · 2025

  Neighborhood community center

• $15,000

  Chicago Hopes for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Provides educational support for children living in Chicago homeless shelters

• $15,000

  Clearbrook · Crystal Lake, IL · 2025

  Empower those with intellectual/developmental disabilities to live their fullest lives possible

• $15,000

  Growing Home · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Providing community access to organic produce

• $15,000

  Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2025

  Preserve legacy of the holocaust

• $15,000

  Inspiration Corp · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Homeless employment

• $15,000

  Midwest Shelter for Homeless Vets · Wheaton, IL · 2025

  Provide housing, support services and community outreach to help homeless and at risk veterans

• $15,000

  Uptown Voice · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Promote, provide and support affordable housing

• $15,000

  All Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Unite community and resources to ensure and sustain stability of home

• $15,000

  Casa of McHenry County · Crystal Lake, IL · 2024

  Volunteer advocates for children

• $15,000

  Chicago Lights · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Support needs of children and adults facing poverty

• $15,000

  Growing Home · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Providing community access to organic produce

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