Funding search · EIN 206368876 · Rockford, IL

The Kjellstrom Family Foundation

Name: The Kjellstrom Family 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.

171
grants reported: $2.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $11,000
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

social welfare education religious

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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.

Northern Il Center for Nonprofit Excellence4 grants · $232,393
Severson Dells Nature Center4 grants · $116,916
Boys & Girls Club3 grants · $85,000
Rockford Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $83,978
Shelter Care4 grants · $75,000
Discovery Center Museum3 grants · $71,352
Rockford Promise2 grants · $62,285
Easterseals3 grants · $55,465
Rockford Area Arts Council4 grants · $50,000
Burpee Museum of Natural History2 grants · $49,550

Giving over time

$456,807

2022

$631,704

2023

$710,866

2024

$710,460

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 171 grants.

$82,459
Northern Il Center for Nonprofit Excellence · Rockford, IL · 2025
Education
$67,497
Northern Il Center for Nonprofit Excellence · Rockford, IL · 2022
Education
$53,152
Northern Il Center for Nonprofit Excellence · Rockford, IL · 2024
Education
$50,000
Boys & Girls Club · Rockford, IL · 2023
Social welfare
$44,820
Ramp · Rockford, IL · 2023
Social welfare
$40,000
Severson Dells Nature Center · Rockford, IL · 2024
Education
$39,965
Farmers Rising Rockford · Rockford, IL · 2025
Education
$39,416
Severson Dells Nature Center · Rockford, IL · 2022
Education
$35,852
Discovery Center Museum · Rockford, IL · 2024
Education
$35,000
Rockford Promise · Rockford, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$33,070
Youth Services Network · Rockford, IL · 2023
Social welfare
$33,000
Rockford Symphony Orchestra · Rockford, IL · 2023
Education
$30,000
Zion Development · Rockford, IL · 2022
Social welfare
$29,450
Nwcc · Rockford, IL · 2022
Social welfare
$29,310
Brooke Road United Methodist Church · Rockford, IL · 2022
Social welfare
$29,285
Northern Il Center for Nonprofit Excellence · Rockford, IL · 2023
Education
$27,955
Patriots Gateway Community Center · Rockford, IL · 2022
Social welfare
$27,285
Rockford Promise · Rockford, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$26,861
Ywca · Rockford, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$26,792
Salvation Army · Rockford, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$26,572
Goldie Floberg Center · Rockford, IL · 2023
Social welfare
$26,000
Burpee Museum of Natural History · Rockford, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$25,597
Easterseals · Rockford, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$25,000
Keith Country Day School · Rockford, IL · 2025
Education
$25,000
Shelter Care · Rockford, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$25,000
Freeport Art Museum · Freeport, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$25,000
Kfact · Rockford, IL · 2023
Education
$25,000
Shelter Care · Rockford, IL · 2023
Social welfare
$25,000
Ymca · Rockford, IL · 2023
Social welfare
$24,984
Easterseals · Rockford, IL · 2023
Social welfare
$24,553
Rockford Symphony Orchestra · Machesney Park, IL · 2025
Education
$23,970
The Music Academy · Rockford, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$23,550
Burpee Museum of Natural History · Rockford, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$20,000
Children'S Safe Harbor · Rockford, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$20,000
Jackson Charter School · Rockford, IL · 2025
Education
$20,000
Ramp Disability Resources & Services · Rockford, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$20,000
Rock River Valley Pantry · Rockford, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$20,000
Boys & Girls Club · Rockford, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$20,000
Center for Sight and Hearing · Rockford, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$20,000
Pec Playhouse Theatre · Pecatonica, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$20,000
Special Olympics · Rockford, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$20,000
Starlight Theater · Rockford, IL · 2024
Education
$20,000
Life Decisions · Rockford, IL · 2023
Social welfare
$20,000
Rockford Sexual Assault Counseling · Rockford, IL · 2023
Social welfare
$20,000
Severson Dells Nature Center · Rockford, IL · 2023
Education
$19,000
Riverfront Museum Park · Rockford, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$19,000
Discovery Center Museum · Rockford, IL · 2022
Education
$18,000
Rockford Barbell · Rockford, IL · 2023
Social welfare
$17,500
Severson Dells Nature Center · Rockford, IL · 2025
Education
$17,425
Rockford Symphony Orchestra · Rockford, IL · 2022
Education
$17,000
Nikolas Ritschel Foundation · Rockford, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$17,000
Rockford Art Musuem · Rockford, IL · 2023
Education
$16,500
Discovery Center Museum · Rockford, IL · 2023
Education
$16,043
Rvc Foundation · Rockford, IL · 2025
Education
$15,163
Northwest Community Center · Rockford, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club · Rockford, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$15,000
The Arc Winnebago Boone & Ogle · Rockford, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$15,000
The Baby Bank · Belvidere, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$15,000
The Ymca of Rock River Valley · Rockford, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$15,000
Stateline Youth for Christ · Rockford, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$15,000
Racvb · Rockford, IL · 2023
Education
$15,000
Rockford Area Arts Council · Rockford, IL · 2023
Education
$15,000
Starlight Theater · Rockford, IL · 2023
Education
$15,000
Angelic Organics · Caledonia, IL · 2022
Social welfare
$15,000
Rockford Area Arts Council · Rockford, IL · 2022
Education
$15,000
Rockford University · Rockford, IL · 2022
Education
$15,000
Shelter Care · Rockford, IL · 2022
Social welfare
$15,000
Youth for Christ · Rockford, IL · 2022
Religious
$14,550
Midway Village Museum · Rockford, IL · 2024
Education
$14,000
Rockford Barbell · Rockford, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$13,500
Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity · Loves Park, IL · 2023
Social welfare
$13,083
Rock Valley College Foundation · Rockford, IL · 2023
Education
$13,000
Ethnic Heritage Museum · Rockford, IL · 2025
Education
$12,500
Midway Village Museum · Rockford, IL · 2025
Education
$12,500
Brightpoint · Rockford, IL · 2024
Education
$12,500
Children'S Home & Aid Society · Rockford, IL · 2023
Social welfare
$12,418
Brightpoint · Rockford, IL · 2025
Education
$12,355
Children'S Theater Project · Rockford, IL · 2023
Education
$12,000
Milestone · Loves Park, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$12,000
League of Women Voters · Rockford, IL · 2024
Education
$12,000
Milestone · Loves Park, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$12,000
Rockford Park District · Rockford, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$12,000
Casa-Winnebago County · Rockford, IL · 2023
Social welfare
$11,623
Westside Showroom · Rockford, IL · 2025
Education
$11,190
Northern Il Food Bank · Rockford, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$11,000
Rock Valley College Foundation · Rockford, IL · 2022
Education
$10,250
Tommy Corral Memorial Foundation · Machesney Park, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$10,000
Friends of the Coronado · Rockford, IL · 2025
Education
$10,000
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden · Rockford, IL · 2025
Education
$10,000
Lutheran Social Services · Rockford, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$10,000
Nami Northern Illinois · Rockford, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$10,000
Northwest Community Center · Rockford, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$10,000
Rockford Area Arts Council · Rockford, IL · 2025
Education
$10,000
Rockford Art Musuem · Rockford, IL · 2025
Education
$10,000
Boone-Winnebago County Regional Office of Ed · Loves Park, IL · 2024
Education
$10,000
Boylan High School · Rockford, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$10,000
Nicne Fbo Food Insecurity · Rockford, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$10,000
Nikolas Ritschel Foundation · Rockford, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$10,000
Racvb · Rockford, IL · 2024
Education
$10,000
Rockford Area Arts Council · Rockford, IL · 2024
Education

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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.