Funding search · EIN 363487489 · Evanston, IL

Gavlin Family Foundation

Name: Gavlin 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.

379
grants reported: $344,881
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $510
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.

Queer Asterisk4 grants · $40,000
Chicagoland Exotic Animal Rescue4 grants · $10,000
Rmag Foundation3 grants · $10,000
Lincoln Park Zoo4 grants · $9,000
Ada S McKinley Community Services4 grants · $7,250
Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $6,500
National Parks Conservation Assoc4 grants · $6,500
Planned Parenthood4 grants · $6,250
Colorado Gives4 grants · $6,098
Denver Museum of Nature & Science4 grants · $6,034

Giving over time

$80,572

2022

$78,604

2023

$91,700

2024

$94,005

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 379 grants.

$10,000
Queer Asterisk · Boulder, CO · 2025
General assistance
$10,000
Queer Asterisk · Boulder, CO · 2024
General assistance
$10,000
Queer Asterisk · Boulder, CO · 2023
General assistance
$10,000
Queer Asterisk · Boulder, CO · 2022
General assistance
$5,000
Rmag Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
General assistance
$3,500
National Parks Conservation Assoc · Washington, DC · 2025
General assistance
$3,000
Lambda Legal · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$3,000
Religious Action Center · Washington, DC · 2025
General assistance
$3,000
Union for Ref Judaismrelig Act Ctr · New York, NY · 2024
General assistance
$3,000
Union for Ref Judaismrelig Act Ctr · New York, NY · 2023
General assistance
$3,000
McCormick Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General assistance
$3,000
Religious Action Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General assistance
$2,736
Colorado Gives · Arvada, CO · 2025
General assistance
$2,500
Chicagoland Exotic Animal Rescue · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$2,500
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2025
General assistance
$2,500
American Red Cross · Denver, CO · 2024
General assistance
$2,500
Chicagoland Exotic Animal Rescue · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance
$2,500
Rmag Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
General assistance
$2,500
Chicagoland Exotic Animal Rescue · Chicago, IL · 2023
General assistance
$2,500
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2023
General assistance
$2,500
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2023
General assistance
$2,500
Rmag Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
General assistance
$2,500
Ada S McKinley Community Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
General assistance
$2,500
Chicagoland Exotic Animal Rescue · Chicago, IL · 2022
General assistance
$2,500
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2022
General assistance
$2,045
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
General assistance
$2,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
General assistance
$2,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$2,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
General assistance
$2,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance
$2,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance
$2,000
Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance
$2,000
American Red Cross · Denver, CO · 2023
General assistance
$2,000
Be the Match · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General assistance
$1,750
Ada S McKinley Community Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
General assistance
$1,534
Denver Museum of Nature & Science · Denver, CO · 2025
General assistance
$1,520
Colorado Gives · Arvada, CO · 2024
General assistance
$1,505
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General assistance
$1,500
Ada S McKinley Community Services · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,500
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,500
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,500
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2025
General assistance
$1,500
U N Refugee Agency · Washington, DC · 2025
General assistance
$1,500
Ada S McKinley Community Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance
$1,500
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance
$1,500
Denver Museum of Nature & Science · Denver, CO · 2024
General assistance
$1,500
Mercy Corp · Boone, IA · 2024
General assistance
$1,500
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2024
General assistance
$1,500
Univeristy of Illinois Foundation · Urbana, IL · 2024
General assistance
$1,500
Denver Museum of Nature & Science · Denver, CO · 2023
General assistance
$1,500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
General assistance
$1,500
Denver Museum of Nature & Science · Denver, CO · 2022
General assistance
$1,465
Wbez Public Radio · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,332
Colorado Gives · Arvada, CO · 2023
General assistance
$1,254
Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General assistance
$1,200
Rocky Mountain Pbs · Denver, CO · 2025
General assistance
$1,075
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General assistance
$1,057
Undue Medical Debt · Boston, MA · 2024
General assistance
$1,050
Wttw Channel 11 Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance
$1,023
Midwest Access Coalition · Chicago, IL · 2022
General assistance
$1,015
Mercy Corp · Boone, IA · 2022
General assistance
$1,000
American Institute of Steel Constru · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
American Red Cross · Denver, CO · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Black Ensemble Theater Co · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Blood Cancer United · Washington, DC · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Chicago Public Library Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Elevated Access · Champaign, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Energy Outreach Colorado · Denver, CO · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Feed the Children · Oklahoma City, OK · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Humane Colorado · Denver, CO · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Jewish Family Services · Denver, CO · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Krcc Public Radio · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Meals On Wheels Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Mercy Corp · Boone, IA · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Morris Animal Foundation · Denver, CO · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Paleo Research Institute · Golden, CO · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Reading Is Fundamental · Washington, DC · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Sesame Workshop · New York, NY · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Society for Science & the Public · Washington, DC · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
St Judes Childrens Hosp Fdtn · Memphis, TN · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Trans Lifeline · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
U S Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Uniting Voices Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
Westmont College · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General assistance
$1,000
American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2024
General assistance
$1,000
American Institute of Steel Constru · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance
$1,000
Black Ensemble Theater Co · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance
$1,000
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless · Denver, CO · 2024
General assistance
$1,000
Dumb Friends League · Denver, CO · 2024
General assistance
$1,000
Energy Outreach Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
General assistance
$1,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General assistance
$1,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance
$1,000
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2024
General assistance
$1,000
Jewish Family Services · Denver, CO · 2024
General assistance
$1,000
McCormick Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General assistance

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