Funding search · EIN 472091254 · Lake Bluff, IL

Kiwanis Foundation of Lake Bluff & Lake

Name: Kiwanis Foundation of Lake Bluff & Lake 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.

88
grants reported: $284,202
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
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.

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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.

College of Lake County Foundation3 grants · $40,000
Keeping Families Covered4 grants · $40,000
Friends of Lake Forest Parks and Recreation Foundation1 grant · $35,000
Gigis Playhouse2 grants · $32,500
Bravo Waukegan2 grants · $12,000
Lake Forest High School Foundation4 grants · $9,500
Alliance for Excellence4 grants · $9,500
Spirit of 67 Foundation4 grants · $9,500
Boys and Girls Club4 grants · $9,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank4 grants · $8,500

Giving over time

$40,200

2022

$90,600

2023

$76,756

2024

$76,646

2025

Grant history

All 88 reported grants, largest first.

$35,000
Friends of Lake Forest Parks and Recreation Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$30,000
Gigis Playhouse · Deerfield, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$20,000
College of Lake County Foundation · Grayslake, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$10,000
Bravo Waukegan · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$10,000
College of Lake County Foundation · Grayslake, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$10,000
Keeping Families Covered · Waukegan, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$10,000
College of Lake County Foundation · Grayslake, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$10,000
Keeping Families Covered · Waukegan, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$10,000
Keeping Families Covered · Waukegan, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$10,000
Keeping Families Covered · Waukegan, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$5,000
Mothers' Trust Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Alliance for Excellence · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Bernie'S Book Bank · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Boys and Girls Club · North Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Croya · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Fill a Heart 4 Kids · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Friends of Lake County Children'S Advocacy Center · Gurnee, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Gigis Playhouse · Deerfield, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Glasa · Highland Park, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Josselyn Center · Northbrook, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Lake Forest High School Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Reading Power · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Spirit of 67 Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center · Gurnee, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Alliance for Excellence · Lake Bluff, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Lake Forest High School Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Spirit of 67 Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Boys and Girls Club · North Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Alliance for Excellence · Lake Bluff, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Lake Forest High School Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$2,500
Spirit of 67 Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
John Lewis Middle School · Waukegan, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Boys and Girls Club · North Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Bravo Waukegan · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Croya · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Josselyn Center · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Lake County Children'S Advocacy Center · Gurnee, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center · Gurnee, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Alliance for Excellence · Lake Bluff, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Family Services of South Lake County · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Lake Forest High School Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Spirit of 67 Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Boys and Girls Club · North Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Cool Ministries · Waukegan, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Croya · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Family Services of South Lake County · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Friends of Lake County Children'S Advocacy Center · Gurnee, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$2,000
Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center · Gurnee, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Gorton Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Gorton Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Croya · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Fill a Heart 4 Kids · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Friends of Lake County Children'S Advocacy Center · Gurnee, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Gorton Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Lead · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Mothers' Trust · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Reading Power · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$1,500
Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center · Gurnee, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$1,000
Lake Forest College · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$1,000
Glasa · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$1,000
Mothers' Trust · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$1,000
Fill a Heart 4 Kids · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$1,000
Lead · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$1,000
McKinlock Post Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$1,000
Mothers' Trust · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$1,000
Phoenix Rising Foundation · Lake Bluff, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$1,000
Reading Power · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$1,000
Save the Children - Ukraine Crisis Children'S Relief Fund · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$646
Kiwanis Neuroscience Research Foundation · Bettendorf, IA · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$556
Kiwanis Neuroscience Research Foundation · Bettendorf, IA · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$500
Feed My Starving Children · Libertyville, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$500
Kiwanis Children'S Fund · Indianpolis, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$500
Lake Bluff Park District · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025
Unrestricted donation
$500
Feed My Starving Children · Libertyville, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$500
Kiwanis Children'S Fund · Indianpolis, IN · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$500
Feed My Starving Children · Libertyville, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$500
Kiwanis Children'S Fund · Indianpolis, IN · 2023
Unrestricted donation
$500
Feed My Starving Children · Libertyville, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$500
Kiwanis Children'S Fund · Indianpolis, IN · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$500
Kiwanis Neuroscience Research Foundation · Bloomington, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$200
Grace United Methodist Church · Lake Bluff, IL · 2022
Unrestricted donation
$100
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$100
Grace United Methodist Church · Lake Bluff, IL · 2024
Unrestricted donation
$100
Grace United Methodist Church · Lake Bluff, IL · 2023
Unrestricted donation

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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.