Funding search · EIN 363993797 · Lake Geneva, WI

The Louis Stewart Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

44
grants reported
$969,500
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educationenvironmentalmedicalsocialwelfareeducationaleducationeducational

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Top recipients

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  • Charities Aid Foundation American Donor Fund4 grants · $390,000
  • Rainforest Trust4 grants · $280,000
  • Fauna & Flora International USA3 grants · $140,000
  • Saving Nature4 grants · $85,000
  • Mayo Clinic3 grants · $30,000
  • Pams Foundation4 grants · $10,000
  • Cable Natural History Museum4 grants · $7,000
  • Hadley School for the Blind4 grants · $6,500
  • Chapel and York US Foundation1 grant · $5,000
  • Northwestern University Film Department4 grants · $4,500

Giving over time

$230,500
2022
$199,000
2023
$287,000
2024
$253,000
2025

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

  • $122,000

    Charities Aid Foundation American Donor Fund · 2022

    Social welfare

  • $101,000

    Charities Aid Foundation American Donor Fund · 2025

    Social welfare

  • $100,000

    Rainforest Trust · Warrenton, VA · 2025

    Environmental

  • $100,000

    Charities Aid Foundation American Donor Fund · 2023

    Social welfare

  • $90,000

    Fauna & Flora International USA · Washington, DC · 2024

    Environmental

  • $90,000

    Rainforest Trust · Warrenton, VA · 2024

    Environmental

  • $67,000

    Charities Aid Foundation American Donor Fund · 2024

    Social welfare

  • $50,000

    Rainforest Trust · Warrenton, VA · 2023

    Environmental

  • $40,000

    Fauna & Flora International USA · Washington, DC · 2022

    Environmental

  • $40,000

    Rainforest Trust · Warrenton, VA · 2022

    Environmental

  • $30,000

    Saving Nature · Durham, NC · 2025

    General

  • $20,000

    Saving Nature · Durham, NC · 2024

    General

  • $20,000

    Saving Nature · Durham, NC · 2023

    General

  • $15,000

    Saving Nature · Durham, NC · 2022

    General

  • $10,000

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2025

    General

  • $10,000

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024

    General

  • $10,000

    Fauna & Flora International USA · Washington, DC · 2023

    Environmental

  • $10,000

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023

    General

  • $5,000

    Chapel and York US Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General

  • $4,000

    Pams Foundation · Eureka, CA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    American Friends of Canadian Nature · Buffalo, NY · 2025

    General

  • $2,000

    Cable Natural History Museum · Cable, WI · 2025

    Education

  • $2,000

    Hadley School for the Blind · Winnetka, IL · 2025

    Education

  • $2,000

    Pams Foundation · Eureka, CA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Cable Natural History Museum · Cable, WI · 2024

    Education

  • $2,000

    Hadley School for the Blind · Winnetka, IL · 2024

    Education

  • $2,000

    North Shore University Health System Evanston Hospital · Evanston, IL · 2024

    Medical

  • $2,000

    Pams Foundation · Eureka, CA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Hadley School for the Blind · Winnetka, IL · 2023

    Educationeducational

  • $2,000

    Pams Foundation · Eureka, CA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $1,500

    Cable Natural History Museum · Cable, WI · 2023

    Education

  • $1,500

    Northwestern University Film Department · Evanston, IL · 2023

    Education

  • $1,500

    Cable Natural History Museum · Cable, WI · 2022

    Education

  • $1,000

    North Shore Country Day School · Winnetka, IL · 2025

    Education

  • $1,000

    Northshore Hospitals Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2025

    Medical

  • $1,000

    Northwestern University Film Department · Evanston, IL · 2025

    Education

  • $1,000

    North Shore Country Day School · Winnetka, IL · 2024

    Education

  • $1,000

    Northwestern University Film Department · Evanston, IL · 2024

    Education

  • $1,000

    North Shore Country Day School · Winnetka, IL · 2023

    Education

  • $1,000

    North Shore University Health System Evanston Hospital · Evanston, IL · 2023

    Medical

  • $1,000

    North Shore Country Day School · Winnetka, IL · 2022

    Education

  • $1,000

    Northwestern University Film Department · Evanston, IL · 2022

    Education

  • $500

    Hadley School for the Blind · Winnetka, IL · 2022

    Educational

  • $500

    North Shore University Health System Evanston Hospital · Evanston, IL · 2022

    Medical

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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.