Funding search · EIN 363449960 · Sycamore, IL

Ideal Industries Foundation

Name: Ideal Industries 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.

170
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,500
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.

What they fund

scholarship scholarships

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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.

Habitat for Humanity1 grant · $343,513
Family Services Agency3 grants · $178,176
Philadelphia Youth Basketball1 grant · $125,000
Philadephia Youth Basketball1 grant · $125,000
Rebuilding Together1 grant · $100,000
Family Service Agency1 grant · $68,867
Junior Achievement1 grant · $50,000
Casa3 grants · $49,715
Lowes Foundation1 grant · $49,500
The Home Depot Foundation1 grant · $44,000

Giving over time

$221,452

2022

$251,422

2023

$375,597

2024

$1.1M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 170 grants.

$343,513
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2025
General support
$125,000
Philadephia Youth Basketball · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$125,000
Philadelphia Youth Basketball · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General Operating Support
$100,000
Rebuilding Together · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$80,631
Family Services Agency · Dekalb, IL · 2023
General operating support
$77,545
Family Services Agency · Dekalb, IL · 2025
General support
$68,867
Family Service Agency · Dekalb, IL · 2024
General Operating Support
$50,000
Junior Achievement · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General support
$49,500
Lowes Foundation · Mooresville, NC · 2025
General support
$44,000
The Home Depot Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2025
General support
$26,000
Hope Haven · Dekalb, IL · 2025
General support
$26,000
Rooted for Good · Dekalb, IL · 2025
General support
$25,770
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Cassandra Banks Foundation · Plantation, FL · 2023
General operating support
$21,200
Hope Haven of Dekalb County · Dekalb, IL · 2024
General Operating Support
$20,916
Safe Passage · Dekalb, IL · 2025
General support
$20,000
Dekalb County Economic Development Corp · Dekalb, IL · 2025
General support
$20,000
Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General Operating Support
$20,000
Family Services Agency · Dekalb, IL · 2022
General operating support
$19,560
Dekalb County Community Gardens · Dekalb, IL · 2023
General operating support
$19,280
Safe Passage · Dekalb, IL · 2024
General Operating Support
$19,163
Kishwaukee Family Ymca · Sycamore, IL · 2023
General operating support
$19,155
Dekalb County Community Gardens · Dekalb, IL · 2024
General Operating Support
$18,630
Safe Passage · Dekalb, IL · 2023
General operating support
$18,502
Boys & Girls Club Finchburg Leominster · Leominster, MA · 2025
General support
$18,500
Adverture Works · Dekalb, IL · 2025
General support
$18,500
Casa Dekalb · Sycamore, IL · 2025
General support
$18,500
Kshwaukee Ymca · Sycamore, IL · 2025
General support
$18,000
Safe Passage · Dekalb, IL · 2022
General operating support
$17,595
Hope Haven of Dekalb County · Dekalb, IL · 2023
General operating support
$17,550
Montachusett Regional Vocational School District · Fitchburg, MA · 2025
General support
$17,155
Adventure Works · Dekalb, IL · 2024
General Operating Support
$17,155
Casa · Sycamore, IL · 2024
General Operating Support
$17,155
Kishwaukee Family Ymca · Sycamore, IL · 2024
General Operating Support
$17,000
Hope Haven of Dekalb County · Dekalb, IL · 2022
General operating support
$16,560
Adventure Works · Dekalb, IL · 2023
General operating support
$16,560
Casa · Sycamore, IL · 2023
General operating support
$16,000
Adventure Works · Dekalb, IL · 2022
General operating support
$16,000
Casa · Sycamore, IL · 2022
General operating support
$16,000
Dekalb County Community Gardens · Dekalb, IL · 2022
General operating support
$16,000
Dekalb County Youth Service Bureau · Dekalb, IL · 2022
General operating support
$16,000
Kishwaukee Family Ymca · Sycamore, IL · 2022
General operating support
$13,000
Cradles To Crayons · Newton, MA · 2024
General Operating Support
$12,000
Habitat for Humanity Dekalb County · Sycamore, IL · 2024
General Operating Support
$10,072
Habitat for Humanity of Dekalb County · Sycamore, IL · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Niu Foundation · Dekalb, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Northern Illinois University Foundation (Niu STEM) · Dekalb, IL · 2024
General Operating Support
$7,965
United Way of Racine · Racine, WI · 2022
General operating support
$7,500
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2022
General operating support
$6,250
Voluntary Action Center of Dekalb County · Sycamore, IL · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
Dress for Success · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$5,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$5,000
Worcester County Food Bank · Shrewsbury, MA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Opportunity House · Sycamore, IL · 2024
General Operating Support
$5,000
Chicago Women in the Trades · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Niu STEM · Dekalb, IL · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Anew · Tukwila, WA · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
Chicago Women in the Trades · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
Philadelphia Works · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
Youth Outlook · Naperville, IL · 2022
General operating support
$4,808
Historic Fair Hill · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$4,167
Dekalb County History Center · Sycamore, IL · 2022
General operating support
$4,111
Future Construction Leaders Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2025
General support
$3,000
American Cancer Society · Atlanta, GA · 2025
General support
$3,000
Society of Women Engineers · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Operating Support
$3,000
Niu Society of Woman Engineers · Dekalb, IL · 2023
General operating support
$3,000
Children'S Home & Aid · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$2,908
Future Construction Leaders Foundation · La Mesa, CA · 2023
General operating support
$2,500
Nashville Rescue Mission · Nashville, TN · 2025
General support
$2,500
Future Construction Leaders Foundation · La Mesa, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$2,500
Equine Dreams · Newark, IL · 2022
General operating support
$2,500
Regional Access & Mobilization Project · Rockford, IL · 2022
General operating support
$2,205
Sowa Goat Sanctuary · Harvard, MA · 2025
General support
$2,000
St Jude · Memphis, TN · 2025
General support
$2,000
Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Dekalb, IL · 2022
General operating support
$1,884
Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operating support
$1,722
Nine Pbs St Louis Regional Public Media · St Louis, MO · 2025
General support
$1,630
Dekalb County Nursing Home Foundation · Dekalb, IL · 2024
General Operating Support
$1,580
Sycamore Chamber of Commerce · Sycamore, IL · 2023
General operating support
$1,520
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General operating support
$1,520
Regional Access & Mobilization Project · Rockford, IL · 2023
General operating support
$1,500
Am - North Carolina University Chap · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Az - Kelkey School of Business Indi · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Cc - Kishwaukee College · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Ck - Saint Mary'S College Notre Dam · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Cm - Sam Houston State University · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Cm - University of Illinois in Cham · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Cw - Illinois Central College · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Cw - Kishwaukee College · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Dr - Kishwaukee College · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Eg - University of Jamestown · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Ek - Waubonsee Community College · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Em - Kishwaukee College · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Fm - University of Illinois Urbana- · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Ja - Illinois State University · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Jl - Baylor Universtiy · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Kn - Uw-Milwaukee · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Lf - Miami University · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Lg - Michigan State University · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Mb - Indiana University - Bloomingt · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Scholarship

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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.