Funding search · EIN 821367726 · Lake Bluff, IL

Malinski Family Foundation

Name: Malinski Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

57
grants reported: $979,150
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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.

Twin Lakes Rescue Squad2 grants · $155,000
Paws Chicago3 grants · $150,000
Blue Cap Foundation1 grant · $80,000
Twin Lakes Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad1 grant · $65,000
Aquanuts Water Shows1 grant · $60,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository1 grant · $50,000
The Breast Cancer Research Foundati1 grant · $50,000
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $45,000
Mercy Home for Boys Girls2 grants · $30,500
Tunnels To Towners Foundation1 grant · $30,000

Giving over time

$350,000

2022

$324,150

2023

$305,000

2024

Grant history

All 57 reported grants, largest first.

$80,000
Twin Lakes Rescue Squad · Twin Lakes, WI · 2024
General Purpose
$80,000
Blue Cap Foundation · Blue Island, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$75,000
Twin Lakes Rescue Squad · Twin Lakes, WI · 2023
General Purpose
$70,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Purpose
$65,000
Twin Lakes Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad · Twin Lakes, WI · 2022
General Purposes
$60,000
Aquanuts Water Shows · Twins Lakes, WI · 2024
General Purpose
$50,000
The Breast Cancer Research Foundati · New York, NY · 2023
General Purpose
$50,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$50,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$30,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$30,000
Tunnels To Towners Foundation · Staten Islanad, NY · 2024
General Purpose
$25,000
Blue Island Citizens for Persons With Developmental Disabilities (Mercy Hom · Blue Island, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$20,000
Illinois Club for Catholic Women · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$20,000
Auquanuts Water Shows · Twins Lakes, WI · 2023
General Purpose
$15,500
Mercy Home for Boys Girls · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$15,000
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$15,000
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Purpose
$15,000
Mercy Home for Boys Girls · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Purpose
$15,000
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$14,150
Irish American Heritage Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Purpose
$10,000
Ballet Palm Beach · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2024
General Purpose
$10,000
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Purpose
$10,000
Nicklaus Children'S Health Care Fou · N Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General Purpose
$10,000
Preservation Foundation of the Lcfp · Libertyville, IL · 2023
General Purpose
$10,000
Auquanuts Water Shows · Twin Lakes, WI · 2022
General Purposes
$7,500
Chicago Horticulture Society · Glencoe, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$5,000
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$5,000
Equestrian Connection · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$5,000
Fill a Heart 4 Kids · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$5,000
Have Dreams · Evanston, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$5,000
Lake Forest High School Boosters Cl · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$5,000
Nicklaus Children'S Health Care Fou · N Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General Purpose
$5,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$5,000
The Bilgrav School · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General Purpose
$5,000
Ballet Palm Beach · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2023
General Purpose
$5,000
Feed My Starving Children · Schaumburg, IL · 2023
General Purpose
$5,000
Fill a Heart 4 Kids · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
General Purpose
$5,000
Forum Dance Theatre · Libertyville, IL · 2023
General Purpose
$5,000
Northbrook Hockey League · Northbrook, IL · 2023
General Purpose
$5,000
The Bilgrav School · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General Purpose
$5,000
Ballet Palm Beach · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2022
General Purposes
$5,000
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club of Lake County · Waukegan, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$5,000
Misericordia Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$5,000
Paws for Patrick · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$5,000
The Bilgrav School · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General Purposes
$5,000
Youth & Family Services · Libertyville, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$2,500
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Purpose
$2,500
Chicago Horticulture Society · Glencoe, IL · 2023
General Purpose
$2,500
Dan Green'S Touch a Life Heal a Heart · Fontana, WI · 2022
General Purposes
$2,500
Footprints Tap Ensemble · Libertyville, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$2,500
Forum Dance Theatre · Libertyville, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$2,500
Nicklaus Children'S Health Care Foundation · N Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General Purposes
$2,500
The Benjamin Private School · N Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General Purposes
$2,000
St Mary of Perpetual Help · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$1,800
Chicago Horticultural Society · Glencoe, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$700
Connections for Abused Women Childr · Chiago, IL · 2024
General Purpose

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