Funding search · EIN 371404507 · Quincy, IL

The Jw Gardner Ii Foundation

Name: The Jw Gardner Ii 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.

97
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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

expense educational children expenses opera sponsorship summer youth

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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.

Salvation Army5 grants · $166,542
Quincy University Corporation4 grants · $131,043
Good Samaritan Home3 grants · $85,000
Cheerful Home3 grants · $60,000
Jackson Lincoln Pool4 grants · $60,000
Quincy Humane Society4 grants · $52,042
United Way of Adams County4 grants · $51,900
Chaddock2 grants · $50,000
Make-a-Wish Illinois4 grants · $50,000
Advocacy Network for Children2 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$342,342

2022

$278,098

2023

$298,108

2024

$330,035

2025

Grant history

All 97 reported grants, largest first.

$51,542
Salvation Army · Quincy, IL · 2022
Summer youth program
$47,135
Quincy University Corporation · Quincy, IL · 2025
Educational
$40,000
Good Samaritan Home · Quincy, IL · 2025
General operating
$40,000
Good Samaritan Home · Quincy, IL · 2023
Hvac systems
$40,000
Quincy University Corporation · Quincy, IL · 2022
General operating expense
$38,908
Quincy University Corporation · Quincy, IL · 2024
Educational
$37,042
Quincy Humane Society · Quincy, IL · 2022
General operating expense
$36,500
Salvation Army · Quincy, IL · 2025
General operating
$34,500
Salvation Army · Quincy, IL · 2024
Family services/emergency shelter
$32,900
United Way of Adams County · Quincy, IL · 2022
General operating expense
$30,000
Quincy Family Ymca · Quincy, IL · 2025
General operating
$25,000
Jackson Lincoln Pool · Quincy, IL · 2025
General operating
$25,000
Chaddock · Quincy, IL · 2023
It infrastructure
$25,000
Chaddock · Quincy, IL · 2022
General support
$24,000
Salvation Army · Quincy, IL · 2023
Family services/emergency shelter
$23,300
Transitions of Western Illinois · Quincy, IL · 2023
Group home pergola
$23,000
Young Life · Quincy, IL · 2024
General operating
$20,000
Advocacy Network for Children · Quincy, IL · 2025
General operating
$20,000
Down Country · Taylor, MO · 2025
General operating
$20,000
Love Foundation · Quincy, IL · 2025
General operating
$20,000
Make-a-Wish Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating
$20,000
Cheerful Home · Quincy, IL · 2024
General operating
$20,000
Jackson Lincoln Pool · Quincy, IL · 2024
General operating
$20,000
Advocacy Network for Children · Quincy, IL · 2023
General operating expense
$20,000
Cheerful Home · Quincy, IL · 2023
General operating expense
$20,000
Salvation Army · Quincy, IL · 2023
Summer youth program
$20,000
Cheerful Home · Quincy, IL · 2022
General operating expense
$20,000
Young America'S Foundation · Reston, VA · 2022
General operating expenses
$15,000
Connect Child and Family Solutions · Quincy, IL · 2024
General operating
$13,000
John Wood Cc Foundation · Quincy, IL · 2024
Educational
$11,400
Horizons Social Services · Quincy, IL · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Cornerstone Foundation for Families · Quincy, IL · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Quincy Art Center · Quincy, IL · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Bella Ease · Quincy, IL · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Boy Scouts of America · Quincy, IL · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Cornerstone Foundation for Families · Quincy, IL · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Junior Achievement in Ne Mo & Wc Il · Quincy, IL · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Make-a-Wish Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Quincy Children'S Museum · Quincy, IL · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Transitions of Western Illinois · Quincy, IL · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Ywca Quincy · Quincy, IL · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Boy Scouts of America · Quincy, IL · 2023
General operating expense
$10,000
Jackson Lincoln Pool · Quincy, IL · 2023
General operating expense
$10,000
Make-a-Wish Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating expense
$10,000
Mary Weems Barton Qpl Foundation · Quincy, IL · 2023
Mobile library
$10,000
Young Life · Quincy, IL · 2023
Youth camp scholarships
$10,000
Boy Scouts of America · Quincy, IL · 2022
General operating expense
$10,000
Cornerstone Foundation for Families · Quincy, IL · 2022
General support
$10,000
Make-a-Wish Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating expense
$10,000
Mary Weems Barton Qpl Foundation · Quincy, IL · 2022
Mobile library
$10,000
Quincy Children'S Museum · Quincy, IL · 2022
General support
$10,000
Quincy Family Ymca · Quincy, IL · 2022
General operating expenses
$10,000
The Quincy Museum · Quincy, IL · 2022
General operating expense
$9,600
Junior Achievement of Ne Mo & Wc Il · Quincy, IL · 2022
General operating expense
$8,000
Quincy Art Center · Quincy, IL · 2024
General operating
$8,000
Wgca-Fm · Quincy, IL · 2024
General operating
$7,500
Quincy Symphony Orchestra Assoc · Quincy, IL · 2022
General operating expense
$7,000
United Way of Adams County · Quincy, IL · 2025
General operating
$7,000
United Way of Adams County · Quincy, IL · 2024
General operating
$6,000
Quincy Montessori School · Quincy, IL · 2024
Educational
$5,898
Wgca-Fm · Quincy, IL · 2023
Audio vault system
$5,600
Quincy Area Project · Quincy, IL · 2022
General operating expenses
$5,500
Arts Quincy · Quincy, IL · 2025
General operating
$5,200
Quest · Orlando, FL · 2022
General operating expense
$5,000
Quincy Children'S Museum · Quincy, IL · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Quincy Humane Society · Quincy, IL · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Quincy Public School Foundation · Quincy, IL · 2025
Educational
$5,000
Scouting America · Quincy, IL · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Blessing Rieman College · Quincy, IL · 2024
Educational
$5,000
Muddy River Opera Company · Quincy, IL · 2024
Children's opera
$5,000
Quincy Humane Society · Quincy, IL · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Quincy Public School Foundation · Quincy, IL · 2024
Educational
$5,000
Cornerstone Foundation for Families · Quincy, IL · 2023
Cys program
$5,000
Friends of the Performing Arts · Quincy, IL · 2023
Spotlights
$5,000
Muddy River Opera Company · Quincy, IL · 2023
Children's opera
$5,000
Quincy Humane Society · Quincy, IL · 2023
Furball sponsorship
$5,000
Quincy Public School Foundation · Quincy, IL · 2023
Dream big annual campaign
$5,000
Quincy University Corporation · Quincy, IL · 2023
Men's basketball sponsorship
$5,000
United Way of Adams County · Quincy, IL · 2023
2023 shoe fund
$5,000
Good Samaritan Home · Quincy, IL · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Jackson Lincoln Pool · Quincy, IL · 2022
General operating expense
$4,500
Muddy River Opera Company · Quincy, IL · 2022
Children's opera
$4,000
John Wood Cc Foundation · Quincy, IL · 2023
College for life program
$3,000
Care Net Pregnancy Services · Quincy, IL · 2025
General operating
$3,000
Tri To Help Triathlon · Quincy, IL · 2025
General operating
$3,000
Special Olympics Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating expense
$3,000
Young Life · Quincy, IL · 2023
Triathlon sponsorship
$2,000
National Child Safety Council · Michigan Center, MI · 2024
Child safety
$2,000
Quincy Area Project · Quincy, IL · 2023
Summer lunch program
$2,000
Young Life · Quincy, IL · 2022
General operating expense
$1,500
Quincy Symphony Orchestra Assoc · Quincy, IL · 2025
General operating
$1,500
Quincy Symphony Orchestra Assoc · Quincy, IL · 2024
General operating
$1,500
Quincy Symphony Orchestra Assoc · Quincy, IL · 2023
General operating expense
$1,400
Friends of the Log Cabins · Quincy, IL · 2023
Handicap ramps
$1,200
Quincy Community Theatre · Quincy, IL · 2024
Community theater
$1,200
Quincy Community Theatre · Quincy, IL · 2022
General support
$258
Blessing Health System · Quincy, IL · 2022
Quincy hospitality house

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