Funding search · EIN 810839186 · Lake Forest, IL

Robin and Sandy Stuart 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.

73
grants reported
$1.5M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Ragdale Foundation3 grants · $150,000
  • Heterodox Academy2 grants · $125,000
  • Episcopal Church of Nashville3 grants · $100,000
  • Foundation for Individual Rights in Education3 grants · $90,000
  • Institute of Politics at University of Chicago3 grants · $85,000
  • Savannah Music Festival3 grants · $75,000
  • James Madison Program3 grants · $75,000
  • Future Caucus2 grants · $75,000
  • Garden Club of America3 grants · $61,000
  • Allies for Community Business3 grants · $60,000

Giving over time

$420,500
2022
$472,500
2023
$569,000
2024

Grant history

All 73 reported grants, largest first.

  • $75,000

    Heterodox Academy · New York, NY · 2024

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Council of Independent Colleges · Washington, DC · 2024

    Campus Free Expression

  • $50,000

    Ragdale Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2024

    Pledge Payment

  • $50,000

    Heterodox Academy · New York, NY · 2023

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Ragdale Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023

    Pledge Payment

  • $50,000

    Ragdale Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2022

    Pledge Payment

  • $45,000

    Future Caucus · Washington, DC · 2024

    general support

  • $42,000

    History Society of Lake Forest Lake Bluff · Lake Forest, IL · 2024

    Pledge Payment

  • $40,000

    Foundation for Individual Rights in Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General Support

  • $40,000

    James Madison Program · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    General Support

  • $40,000

    Garden Club of America · New York, NY · 2022

    Pledge Payment

  • $35,000

    Episcopal Church of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General Support

  • $35,000

    Episcopal Church of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023

    General Support

  • $30,000

    Institute of Politics at University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Internship Program

  • $30,000

    Future Caucus · Washington, DC · 2023

    General Support

  • $30,000

    Institute of Politics at University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Internship Program

  • $30,000

    Episcopal Church of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022

    General Support

  • $25,000

    Chicago Abortion Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General Support

  • $25,000

    Savannah Music Festival · Savannah, GA · 2024

    General Support

  • $25,000

    Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    Campus Free Expression

  • $25,000

    Foundation for Individual Rights in Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General Support

  • $25,000

    Savannah Music Festival · Savannah, GA · 2023

    General Support

  • $25,000

    Foundation for Individual Rights in Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General Support

  • $25,000

    Heterdox Academy · New York, NY · 2022

    General Support

  • $25,000

    Institute of Politics at University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Internship Program

  • $25,000

    Reading Power · Lake Forest, IL · 2022

    General Support

  • $25,000

    Savannah Music Festival · Savannah, GA · 2022

    General Support

  • $20,000

    Allies for Community Business · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Neighborhood Entrepreneurship Lab

  • $20,000

    Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2024

    General Support

  • $20,000

    Allies for Community Business · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Neighborhood Entrepreneurship Lab

  • $20,000

    Chicago Abortion Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General Support

  • $20,000

    Garden Club of America · New York, NY · 2023

    Pledge Payment

  • $20,000

    Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2023

    General Support

  • $20,000

    James Madison Program · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    General Support

  • $20,000

    Allies for Community Business · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Neighborhood Entrepreneurship Lab

  • $20,000

    Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    Campus Free Expression

  • $20,000

    Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2022

    General Support

  • $20,000

    Millenial Action Project · Washington, DC · 2022

    General Support

  • $20,000

    The Nature Conservancy of South Carolina · Mount Pleasant, SC · 2022

    Pledge Payment

  • $15,000

    James Madison Program · Princeton, NJ · 2022

    General Support

  • $12,000

    Princeton Internships in Civil Service · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    general support

  • $12,000

    Princeton Internships in Civil Service · Princeton, NJ · 2022

    general support

  • $10,000

    American Writer'S Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Onward Project

  • $10,000

    Buffalo Bill Center of the West · Cody, WY · 2024

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Millennium Park Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General Support

  • $10,000

    The Nature Conservancy of South Carolina · Mount Pleasant, SC · 2024

    Pledge Payment

  • $10,000

    Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2024

    General Support

  • $10,000

    American Writer'S Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Onward Project

  • $10,000

    Buffalo Bill Center of the West · Cody, WY · 2023

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Govern for America · Washington, DC · 2023

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Millennium Park Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General Support

  • $10,000

    The Nature Conservancy of South Carolina · Mount Pleasant, SC · 2023

    Pledge Payment

  • $10,000

    Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Yellowstone Forever · Yellowstone Park, WY · 2023

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Buffalo Bill Center of the West · Cody, WY · 2022

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Millennium Park Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Yellowstone Forever · Yellowstone Park, WY · 2022

    General Support

  • $6,000

    Lake Forest Open Lands · Lake Forest, IL · 2024

    General Support

  • $6,000

    Lake Forest Open Lands · Lake Forest, IL · 2023

    General Support

  • $6,000

    Lake Forest Open Lands · Lake Forest, IL · 2022

    General Support

  • $5,000

    Colorado Coalition for the Homeless · Denver, CO · 2024

    general support

  • $5,000

    Yellowstone Forever · Yellowstone Park, WY · 2024

    General Support

  • $5,000

    Colorado Coalition for the Homeless · Denver, CO · 2023

    general support

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2023

    General Support

  • $5,000

    Uscb Chamber Music · Beaufort, SC · 2022

    general support

  • $5,000

    Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2022

    General Support

  • $2,500

    The Nature Conservancy of South Carolina · Mount Pleasant, SC · 2024

    General Support

  • $2,500

    Uscb Chamber Music · Beaufort, SC · 2024

    General Support

  • $2,500

    The Nature Conservancy of South Carolina · Mount Pleasant, SC · 2023

    General Support

  • $2,500

    The Nature Conservancy of South Carolina · Mount Pleasant, SC · 2022

    General Support

  • $1,000

    Garden Club of America · New York, NY · 2024

    General Support

  • $1,000

    Everytown for Gun Safety Support · New York, NY · 2023

    General Support

  • $1,000

    Mixteca · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    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.