Funding search · EIN 204521801 · Homer Glen, IL

Peggy and Steve Fossett Foundation

Name: Peggy and Steve Fossett 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.

196
grants reported: $5.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $14,600
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

youth purposegeneral area college counselors dept flight fossett

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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.

The Ark4 grants · $508,295
Museum of Flight4 grants · $400,000
Adler Planetarium4 grants · $400,000
Chicago Area Council Bsa4 grants · $400,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children Chicago4 grants · $368,000
Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum4 grants · $200,000
Hatzalah Chicago1 grant · $190,000
American Friends of Shalva4 grants · $180,000
Simon Wiesenthal Center3 grants · $168,000
One Love Global Wellness Foundation4 grants · $162,590

Giving over time

$1.2M

2022

$1.3M

2023

$1.4M

2024

$1.4M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 196 grants.

$190,000
Hatzalah Chicago · Lincolnwood, IL · 2022
General purpose
$141,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$138,100
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$121,195
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$108,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$105,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$100,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2025
Far horizons program
$100,000
Arie Crown Hebrew Day School · Skokie, IL · 2025
General purpose
$100,000
Chicago Area Council Bsa · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$100,000
Museum of Flight · Seattle, WA · 2025
Flight zone - youth area
$100,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2024
Far horizons program
$100,000
Chicago Area Council Bsa · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
Museum of Flight · Seattle, WA · 2024
Flight zone - youth area
$100,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2023
Far horizons program
$100,000
Chicago Area Council Bsa · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
Museum of Flight · Seattle, WA · 2023
Flight zone - youth area
$100,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2022
Far horizons program
$100,000
Chicago Area Council Bsa · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$100,000
Museum of Flight · Seattle, WA · 2022
Flight zone - youth area
$85,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$78,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$68,000
Simon Wiesenthal Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
American Friends of Shalva · New York, NY · 2025
General purpose
$50,000
Simon Wiesenthal Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$50,000
Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum · Denver, CO · 2025
General purpose
$50,000
American Friends of Shalva · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Chicago Mitzvah Campaign · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Simon Wiesenthal Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum · Denver, CO · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum · Denver, CO · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum · Denver, CO · 2022
General purpose
$46,000
One Love Global Wellness Foundation · Orland Park, IL · 2025
General purpose
$41,590
One Love Global Wellness Foundation · Orland Park, IL · 2023
General purpose
$40,000
Casa Lake County · Vernon Hills, IL · 2025
General purpose
$40,000
Casa Lake County · Vernon Hills, IL · 2024
General purposegeneral operations
$40,000
American Friends of Shalva · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$40,000
American Friends of Shalva · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$40,000
Casa Lake County · Vernon Hills, IL · 2022
General purposegeneral operations
$37,500
One Love Global Wellness Foundation · Orland Park, IL · 2024
General purpose
$37,500
One Love Global Wellness Foundation · Orland Park, IL · 2022
General purpose
$37,095
Upward Communities · Chicago, IL · 2023
Restricted - olivia gardner
$36,000
Upward Communities · Chicago, IL · 2025
Restricted - olivia gardner
$36,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$36,000
Upward Communities · Chicago, IL · 2024
Restricted - olivia gardner
$35,000
Meals On Wheels Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Thanksgiving meals
$35,000
Nourshing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$35,000
Meals On Wheels Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Thanksgiving meals
$35,000
Meals On Wheels Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Thanksgiving meals
$35,000
Meals On Wheels Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Thanksgiving meals
$25,000
Brentwood High School Alumni Association · Brentwood, MO · 2025
College scholarships
$25,000
Letzbox Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$25,000
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$25,000
The Chicago Police Memorial · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$25,000
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2025
Dept of physics
$25,000
Webster University · St Louis, MO · 2025
Peggy fossett fund
$25,000
Brentwood High School Alumni Association · Brentwood, MO · 2024
College scholarships
$25,000
Lakeview Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
The Chicago Police Memorial · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2024
Dept of physics
$25,000
Webster University · St Louis, MO · 2024
Peggy fossett fund
$25,000
Brentwood High School Alumni Association · Brentwood, MO · 2023
College scholarships
$25,000
Casa Lake County · Vernon Hills, IL · 2023
General purposegeneral operations
$25,000
Lakeview Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2023
Dept of physics
$25,000
Webster University · St Louis, MO · 2023
Peggy fossett fund
$25,000
Brentwood High School Alumni Association · Brentwood, MO · 2022
College scholarships
$25,000
Lakeview Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Swift Outdoor Accessible Recreation · Mokena, IL · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2022
Dept of physics
$25,000
Webster University · St Louis, MO · 2022
Peggy fossett fund
$22,000
Chicago Chesed Fund · Lincolnwood, IL · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
Park Lawn Association · Oak Lawn, IL · 2025
General purpose
$20,000
Swift Outdoor Accessible Recreation · Mokena, IL · 2025
General purpose
$20,000
Chicagoland Toys for Tots · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
Shady Oaks Camp for People With Disabilities · Homer Glen, IL · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
Swift Outdoor Accessible Recreation · Mokena, IL · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Shady Oaks Camp for People With Disabilities · Homer Glen, IL · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Swift Outdoor Accessible Recreation · Mokena, IL · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Kids Can Foundation · Aurora, IL · 2022
Restricted - olivia gardner
$20,000
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$19,000
The Chicago Police Memorial · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$18,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$18,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$18,000
Jewish United Fund Emergency Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$17,000
Chicagoland Toys for Tots · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$17,000
Chicagoland Toys for Tots · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$15,000
Brother Rice High School · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$15,000
Chicagoland Toys for Tots · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$15,000
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$15,000
St Linus Catholic School · Oak Lawn, IL · 2025
General purpose
$15,000
Brother Rice High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
St Linus Catholic School · Oak Lawn, IL · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Saint Ignatius College Prep · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$15,000
The Chicago Police Memorial · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$14,200
Chicago Chesed Fund · Lincolnwood, IL · 2023
General purpose
$12,100
Brother Rice High School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose

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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.