Funding search · EIN 366964673 · Downers Grove, IL

James H & Helen S Knippen

Name: James H & Helen S Knippen grants, 2022–2025
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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: $251,993
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,544
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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Top recipients

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Northwestern Memorial Foundation3 grants · $34,956
St Jude Children'S Research Hospita3 grants · $27,696
St Jude'S Children'S Research1 grant · $20,491
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundati3 grants · $20,479
Primary Childrens Medical Center3 grants · $19,902
Shriners Hospital for Children3 grants · $13,630
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago4 grants · $13,595
Norhwestern Memorial Foundation1 grant · $12,527
Easter Seals Dupage and Fox Valley3 grants · $10,023
Peoples Resource Center3 grants · $10,008

Giving over time

$47,822

2022

$62,105

2023

$67,807

2024

$74,259

2025

Grant history

All 52 reported grants, largest first.

$20,491
St Jude'S Children'S Research · Memphis, TN · 2025
General expenses
$13,336
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Winfield, IL · 2024
General support
$12,527
Norhwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General expenses
$12,215
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Winfield, IL · 2023
General support
$10,566
St Jude Children'S Research Hospita · Memphis, TN · 2024
General support
$9,678
St Jude Children'S Research Hospita · Memphis, TN · 2023
General support
$9,405
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Winfield, IL · 2022
General support
$7,813
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundati · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$7,593
Primary Childrens Medical Center · Lake City, UT · 2024
General support
$7,452
St Jude Children'S Research Hospita · Memphis, TN · 2022
General support
$7,339
Breatkthrough T1d Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2025
General expenses
$7,156
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundati · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$7,132
Primary Children'S Medical Center · Lake City, UT · 2025
General expenses
$6,954
Primary Childrens Medical Center · Lake City, UT · 2023
General support
$5,510
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundati · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$5,355
Primary Childrens Medical Center · Lake City, UT · 2022
General support
$5,200
Shriners Hospital for Children · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$4,885
Shriners Hospital for Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General expenses
$4,763
Shriners Hospital for Children · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$3,824
Easter Seals Dupage and Fox Valley · Naperville, IL · 2024
General support
$3,818
Peoples Resource Center · Washington, IL · 2024
General support
$3,818
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$3,667
Shriners Hospital for Children · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$3,592
Easter Seals Dupage & Fox · Villa Park, IL · 2025
General expenses
$3,587
People'S Resource Center · Wheaton, IL · 2025
General expenses
$3,587
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General expenses
$3,502
Easter Seals Dupage and Fox Valley · Naperville, IL · 2023
General support
$3,497
Peoples Resource Center · Washington, IL · 2023
General support
$3,497
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$2,697
Easter Seals Dupage and Fox Valley · Naperville, IL · 2022
General support
$2,693
Peoples Resource Center · Washington, IL · 2022
General support
$2,693
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$2,512
National Osteoporosis Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$2,512
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
General support
$2,512
Partnership With Native Americans · Addison, TX · 2024
General support
$2,512
Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General support
$2,359
Bone Health & Osteoporosis · Arlington, VA · 2025
General expenses
$2,359
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2025
General expenses
$2,359
Partnership With Native Americans · Addison, TX · 2025
General expenses
$2,359
Salvation Army National C · Alexandria, VA · 2025
General expenses
$2,301
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
General support
$2,301
Partnership With Native Americans · Addison, TX · 2023
General support
$2,300
National Osteoporosis Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$2,300
Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General support
$1,791
Alzheimers Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$1,772
National Osteoporosis Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$1,772
Partnership With Native Americans · Addison, TX · 2022
General support
$1,772
Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General support
$1,771
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
General support
$1,683
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2025
General expenses
$1,641
Alzheimers Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$1,263
Alzheimers Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support

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