Funding search · EIN 276362159 · Chicago, IL

Raymond F and Judith K McCaskey 2003

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

129
grants reported
$1.8M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
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

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Chicago Shakespeare Theater4 grants · $400,000
  • Lincoln Presidential Foundation3 grants · $300,000
  • Erikson Institute3 grants · $150,000
  • Chicago Humanities Festival4 grants · $100,000
  • Opera House Arts3 grants · $80,000
  • Historic Preservation Foundation of the Fortnightly4 grants · $75,000
  • Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind3 grants · $65,000
  • Holy Family Ministries3 grants · $65,000
  • Elca1 grant · $50,000
  • United Society of Shakers Sabbathday Lake2 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$460,500
2022
$392,500
2023
$402,500
2024
$575,000
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 129 grants.

  • $100,000

    Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Programs to promote theater and the arts

  • $100,000

    Lincoln Presidential Foundation · Springfield, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $100,000

    Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Programs to promote theater and the arts

  • $100,000

    Lincoln Presidential Foundation · Springfield, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Programs to promote theater and the arts

  • $100,000

    Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Programs to promote theater and the arts

  • $100,000

    Lincoln Presidential Foundation · Springfield, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    Erikson Institute · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $50,000

    Opera House Arts · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $50,000

    Elca · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Erikson Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Erikson Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Chicago Humanities Festival · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $25,000

    Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $25,000

    Holy Family Ministries · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $25,000

    Chicago Humanities Festival · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind Or Visually Impaired · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Chicago Humanities Festival · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Chicago Humanities Festival · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Historic Preservation Foundation of the Fortnightly · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    After School Matters · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Support of after school programs for children

  • $20,000

    Chinese American Service League · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $20,000

    Elca World Hunger · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $20,000

    Historic Preservation Foundation of the Fortnightly · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $20,000

    United Society of Shakers Sabbathday Lake · New Gloucester, ME · 2025

    General support

  • $20,000

    Evangelical Lutheran Church in America · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    United Society of Shakers Sabbathday Lake · New Gloucester, ME · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Holy Family Ministries · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support religious education of families and youth

  • $20,000

    United Society of Shakers Sabbath Lane · New Gloucester, ME · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    Holy Family Ministries · Chicago, IL · 2022

    To support religious education of families and youth

  • $20,000

    United Society of Shakers Sabbath Lane · New Gloucester, ME · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    After School Matters · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Support of after school programs for children

  • $15,000

    Historic Preservation Foundation of the Fortnightly · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    After School Matters · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Support of after school programs for children

  • $15,000

    Historic Preservation Foundation of the Fortnightly · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Opera House Arts · Stonington, ME · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    After School Matters · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Support of after school programs for children

  • $15,000

    Opera House Arts · Stonington, ME · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    Bagaduce Music · Blue Hill, ME · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Homeport · Columbus, OH · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Island Heritage Trust · Deer Isle, ME · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Island Workforce Housing · Deer Isle, ME · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Memorial Ambulance Corps · Deer Isle, ME · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    The Dwelling · Porter, TX · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Chinese American Service League · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    City With Dwellings Community First Initiative · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Island Heritage Trust · Deer Isle, ME · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Memorial Ambulance Corps · Deer Isle, ME · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Chinese American Service League · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Island Heritage Trust · Deer Isle, ME · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Life Directions · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Chinese American Service League · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    Island Heritage Trust · Deer Isle, ME · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    Life Directions · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    American Folk Art Museum · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Historic Deerfield · Deerfield, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries · Stonington, ME · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Historic Deerfield · Deerfield, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Island Workforce Housing · Deer Isle, ME · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries · Stonington, ME · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Historic Deerfield Ma · Deerfield, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Landmarks Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Safer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Historic Deerfield Ma · Deerfield, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Landmarks Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Safer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $2,500

    American Folk Art Museum · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    Friends of Historic Second Church · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $2,000

    Friends of White Water Shaker Village · Harrison, OH · 2025

    General support

  • $2,000

    Galena-Jo Daviess County Historical Society · Galena, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $2,000

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $2,000

    Shaker Museum and Library · Chatham, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $2,000

    South Union Shaker Village · Auburn, KY · 2025

    General support

  • $2,000

    Stonington Firefighters Association · Stonington, ME · 2025

    General support

  • $2,000

    Chosen Vale Inc (Dba Enfield Shaker Museum) · Enfield, NH · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    Friends of Historic Second Church · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    Friends of White Water Shaker Village · Harrison, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    Galena-Jo Daviess County Historical Society · Galena, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    Shaker Museum and Library · Chatham, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    Shakertown Revisited · Auburn, KY · 2024

    General support

  • $1,500

    Healthy Island Project · Deer Isle, ME · 2025

    General support

  • $1,500

    Island Pantry · Deer Isle, ME · 2025

    General support

  • $1,500

    Healthy Island Project · Deer Isle, ME · 2024

    General support

  • $1,500

    Island Pantry · Deer Isle, ME · 2024

    General support

  • $1,500

    American Folk Art Museum · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $1,500

    Healthy Island Project · Deer Isle, ME · 2023

    General support

  • $1,500

    Island Pantry · Deer Isle, ME · 2023

    General support

  • $1,500

    American Folk Art Museum · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $1,500

    Healthy Island Project · Deer Isle, ME · 2022

    General support

  • $1,500

    Island Pantry · Deer Isle, ME · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Deer Isle Stonington Historical Society · Deer Isle, ME · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Island Community Center · Stonington, ME · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Stonington Public Library · Stonington, ME · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Deer Isle Stonington Historical Society · Deer Isle, ME · 2024

    General support

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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.