Funding search · EIN 366115950 · Park Ridge, IL

McCortney Foundation

Name: McCortney 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.

71
grants reported: $364,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $42,000
Our Lady of Tepeyac High School3 grants · $34,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository4 grants · $32,500
The Food Bank of Central and Ne Mo4 grants · $32,500
The Night Ministry4 grants · $24,500
Heart of Missouri - Casa4 grants · $18,000
True North of Columbia4 grants · $17,000
Have Dreams4 grants · $16,500
Lambs4 grants · $15,500
Casa Central3 grants · $14,500

Giving over time

$72,000

2022

$72,000

2023

$90,000

2024

$130,000

2025

Grant history

All 71 reported grants, largest first.

$12,000
Our Lady of Tepeyac High School · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$12,000
Our Lady of Tepeyac High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$11,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
General
$11,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
General
$10,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$10,000
The Food Bank of Central and Ne Mo · Columbia, MO · 2025
General
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
General
$10,000
Our Lady of Tepeyac High School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General
$10,000
Our Lady of Tepeyac Hs · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$8,500
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$8,500
The Food Bank of Central and Ne Mo · Columbia, MO · 2024
General
$8,000
The Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$7,000
True North of Columbia · Columbia, MO · 2025
General
$7,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$7,000
The Food Bank of Central and Ne Mo · Columbia, MO · 2023
General
$7,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$7,000
The Food Bank of Central and Ne Mo · Columbia, MO · 2022
General
$6,500
The Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$6,000
Casa Central · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$6,000
Heart of Missouri - Casa · Columbia, MO · 2025
General
$5,000
Art Helps Heal · Palatine, IL · 2025
General
$5,000
City of Refuge · Columbia, MO · 2025
General
$5,000
Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture · Columbia, MO · 2025
General
$5,000
Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministies · Columbia, MO · 2025
General
$5,000
Have Dreams · Park Ridge, IL · 2025
General
$5,000
Kbia University of Mo · Columbia, MO · 2025
General
$5,000
Kmos Univ of Central Mo · Warrensburg, MO · 2025
General
$5,000
Kopn Univ of Cental Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2025
General
$5,000
Lambs · Libertyville, IL · 2025
General
$5,000
Share Our Spare · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$5,000
Wbez · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$5,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$5,000
Casa Central · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture · Columbia, MO · 2024
General
$5,000
Heart of Missouri - Casa · Columbia, MO · 2024
General
$5,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Columbia · Columbia, MO · 2023
General
$5,000
The Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Columbia · Columbia, MO · 2022
General
$5,000
The Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$4,500
Have Dreams · Park Ridge, IL · 2024
General
$4,500
Lambs · Libertyville, IL · 2024
General
$4,000
True North of Columbia · Columbia, MO · 2024
General
$3,500
Share Our Spare · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$3,500
Casa Central · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$3,500
Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture · Columbia, MO · 2023
General
$3,500
Have Dreams · Park Ridge, IL · 2023
General
$3,500
Heart of Missouri - Casa · Columbia, MO · 2023
General
$3,500
Casa of Cook County · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$3,500
Child'S Voice · Wooddale, IL · 2022
General
$3,500
Have Dreams · Park Ridge, IL · 2022
General
$3,500
Heart of Missouri - Casa · Columbia, MO · 2022
General
$3,000
Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministies · Columbia, MO · 2024
General
$3,000
Lambs · Libertyville, IL · 2023
General
$3,000
Rainbow House · Columbia, MO · 2023
General
$3,000
True North of Columbia · Columbia, MO · 2023
General
$3,000
Lambs · Libertyville, IL · 2022
General
$3,000
Rainbow House · Columbia, MO · 2022
General
$3,000
True North of Columbia · Columbia, MO · 2022
General
$2,500
Kbia University of Mo · Columbia, MO · 2024
General
$2,500
Kmos Univ of Central Mo · Warrensburg, MO · 2024
General
$2,000
Art Helps Heal · Palatine, IL · 2024
General
$2,000
Kopn Univ of Cental Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2024
General
$1,500
Kbia University of Mo · Columbia, MO · 2023
General
$1,500
Kmos Univ of Central Mo · Warrensburg, MO · 2023
General
$1,500
Kbia University of Mo · Columbia, MO · 2022
General
$1,500
Kmos Univ of Central Mo · Warrensburg, MO · 2022
General
$1,000
Art Helps Heal · Palatine, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
Wttw-Channel 11 Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
Art Helps Heal · Palatine, IL · 2022
General
$1,000
Wttw-Channel 11 Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General

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