Funding search · EIN 366162494 · Chicago, IL

The Griffith Family Foundation

Name: The Griffith Family 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.

52
grants reported: $796,432
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,181
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.

Net Impact2 grants · $220,000
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum2 grants · $150,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository2 grants · $100,000
Christ in the Desert3 grants · $60,000
Geneva Lake Conservancy3 grants · $52,300
Holiday Home Camp3 grants · $30,203
American Conservation Coalition1 grant · $25,000
Project Drawdown2 grants · $20,748
Alzheimer'S Association2 grants · $20,000
Geneva Area Foundation Horticultura3 grants · $16,500

Giving over time

$211,397

2022

$310,029

2023

$275,006

2024

Grant history

All 52 reported grants, largest first.

$120,000
Net Impact · Oakland, CA · 2022
Exempt purpose
$100,000
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose
$100,000
Net Impact · Oakland, CA · 2023
Exempt purpose
$50,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose
$50,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose
$50,000
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose
$25,000
American Conservation Coalition · Washington, DC · 2024
Exempt purpose
$23,000
Christ in the Desert · Abiquiu, NM · 2024
Exempt purpose
$22,000
Geneva Lake Conservancy · Fontana, WI · 2022
Exempt purpose
$21,000
Christ in the Desert · Abiquiu, NM · 2023
Exempt purpose
$20,000
Geneva Lake Conservancy · Fontana, WI · 2023
Exempt purpose
$16,000
Christ in the Desert · Abiquiu, NM · 2022
Exempt purpose
$10,748
Project Drawdown · St Paul, MN · 2023
Exempt purpose
$10,300
Geneva Lake Conservancy · Fontana, WI · 2024
Exempt purpose
$10,203
Holiday Home Camp · Williams Bay, WI · 2024
Exempt purpose
$10,000
Friends of Kishwauketoe · Williams Bay, WI · 2024
Exempt purpose
$10,000
Project Drawdown · St Paul, MN · 2024
Exempt purpose
$10,000
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose
$10,000
Holiday Home Camp · Williams Bay, WI · 2023
Exempt purpose
$10,000
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose
$10,000
Holiday Home Camp · Williams Bay, WI · 2022
Exempt purpose
$10,000
Lake Geneva Water Safety · Lake Geneva, WI · 2022
Exempt purpose
$9,500
Geneva Area Foundation Horticultura · Lake Geneva, WI · 2023
Exempt purpose
$6,100
Chapel On the Hill · Lake Geneva, WI · 2023
Exempt purpose
$5,181
American Cancer Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose
$5,181
American Cancer Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose
$5,181
American Cancer Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose
$5,050
Geneva Lake Water Safety Patrol · Lake Geneva, WI · 2024
Exempt purpose
$5,000
Dark Sky International · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Exempt purpose
$5,000
Geneva Area Foundation Horticultura · Lake Geneva, WI · 2024
Exempt purpose
$5,000
Higher Ground · Ketchum, ID · 2024
Exempt purpose
$5,000
Meridian Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Exempt purpose
$5,000
Friends of Kishwauketoe · Williams Bay, WI · 2023
Exempt purpose
$5,000
Geneva Lake Water Safety Patrol · Lake Geneva, WI · 2023
Exempt purpose
$5,000
Spur Community Foundation · Ketchum, ID · 2022
Exempt purpose
$5,000
The International Dark Sky Assn · Tuscon, AZ · 2022
Exempt purpose
$2,500
Lake Geneva Country Club Foundation · Lake Geneva, WI · 2024
Exempt purpose
$2,500
Lake Geneva Country Club Foundation · Lake Geneva, WI · 2023
Exempt purpose
$2,216
Chapel On the Hill · Lake Geneva, WI · 2022
Exempt purpose
$2,000
Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Exempt purpose
$2,000
Campus Crusade for Christ · Orlando, FL · 2022
Exempt purpose
$2,000
Geneva Area Foundation Horticultura · Lake Geneva, WI · 2022
Exempt purpose
$1,000
Inspiration Ministries · Walworth, WI · 2024
Exempt purpose
$1,000
Northwestern University Alumni · Evanston, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose
$1,000
Chicago Lighthouse · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose
$1,000
Nols · Lander, WY · 2023
Exempt purpose
$1,000
Northwestern University Alumni · Evanston, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose
$1,000
Northwestern University Alumni · Evanston, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose
$1,000
Wisconsin Historical Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
Exempt purpose
$750
Chicago Lighthouse · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose
$512
Trinity Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024
Exempt purpose
$510
Michigan Trails Fund · Lansing, MI · 2024
Exempt purpose

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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.