Funding search · EIN 362546470 · Chicago, IL
S & E Bramsen 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.
- 77
- grants reported
- $4.5M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $2,500
- 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
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Home Centered Care Institute1 grant · $1.5M
- Home Centered Care Institue (Hcci)1 grant · $1.3M
- Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund1 grant · $900,000
- Chicago Zoological Society2 grants · $300,000
- Hudson Insitute - Award Dinner Sponsor1 grant · $100,000
- The Danish Home1 grant · $100,000
- Junior Achievement of Chicago1 grant · $50,000
- Nature Conservancy of Illinois4 grants · $20,000
- Citizens for Conservation4 grants · $20,000
- Equine Land Conservation Resource4 grants · $20,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 77 reported grants, largest first.
- $1.5M
Home Centered Care Institute · Schaumburg, IL · 2022
Operating needs
- $1.3M
Home Centered Care Institue (Hcci) · Schaumburg, IL · 2025
Operating funds.
- $900,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Operating needs
- $150,000
Chicago Zoological Society · Brookfield, IL · 2023
Operating needs
- $150,000
Chicago Zoological Society · Brookfield, IL · 2022
Operating needs
- $100,000
Hudson Insitute - Award Dinner Sponsor · Washington, DC · 2025
Operating funds.
- $100,000
The Danish Home · Chicago, IL · 2025
Operating funds.
- $50,000
Junior Achievement of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Major gifts campaign
- $5,000
Barrington Area Community Foundation · Barrington, IL · 2025
Major gifts campaign
- $5,000
Citizens for Conservation · Barrington, IL · 2025
Operating needs
- $5,000
Conservation Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2025
Operating needs
- $5,000
Equine Land Conservation Resource · Lexington, KY · 2025
Operating needs
- $5,000
Nature Conservancy of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2025
Operating needs
- $5,000
US Equestrian Team Foundation · Gladstone, NJ · 2025
Operating needs
- $5,000
Barrington Area Community Foundation · Barrington, IL · 2024
Major gifts campaign
- $5,000
Citizens for Conservation · Barrington, IL · 2024
Operating needs
- $5,000
Equine Land Conservation Resource · Lexington, KY · 2024
Operating needs
- $5,000
Nature Conservancy of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating needs
- $5,000
US Equestrian Team Foundation · Gladstone, NJ · 2024
Operating needs
- $5,000
Barrington Area Community Foundation · Barrington, IL · 2023
Major gifts campaign
- $5,000
Citizens for Conservation · Barrington, IL · 2023
Operating needs
- $5,000
Equine Land Conservation Resource · Lexington, KY · 2023
Operating needs
- $5,000
Nature Conservancy of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating needs
- $5,000
US Equestrian Team Foundation · Gladstone, NJ · 2023
Operating needs
- $5,000
Barrington Area Community Foundation · Barrington, IL · 2022
Major gifts campaign
- $5,000
Citizens for Conservation · Barrington, IL · 2022
Operating needs
- $5,000
Equine Land Conservation Resource · Lexington, KY · 2022
Operating needs
- $5,000
Nature Conservancy of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
Operating needs
- $5,000
The Conservation Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2022
Sponsorship donation
- $5,000
US Equestrian Team Foundation · Gladstone, NJ · 2022
Operating needs
- $3,000
Parkinson Research Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2025
Operating needs
- $3,000
US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2025
Operating needs
- $3,000
US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
Operating needs
- $3,000
US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
Operating needs
- $3,000
US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2022
Operating
- $2,960
Glendale Heights Police Department · Glendale Heights, IL · 2025
Operating funds.
- $2,500
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2025
Operating needs
- $2,500
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating needs
- $2,500
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating needs
- $2,500
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2022
Operating needs
- $2,000
Alzheimer'S Disease Research · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2025
Operating funds
- $2,000
Garfield Farm Museum · La Fox, IL · 2025
Operating needs
- $2,000
Museum of Danish America · Elk Horn, IA · 2025
Operating needs
- $2,000
Alzheimer'S Disease Research · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2024
Operating funds
- $2,000
Garfield Farm Museum · La Fox, IL · 2024
Operating needs
- $2,000
Museum of Danish America · Elk Horn, IA · 2024
Operating needs
- $2,000
Parkinson Research Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Operating needs
- $2,000
Museum of Danish America · Elk Horn, IA · 2023
Operating needs
- $2,000
Parkinson Research Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Operating needs
- $2,000
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
Operating needs
- $2,000
Alzheimer'S Disease Research · Clarksburg, MD · 2022
Operating needs
- $2,000
Garfield Farm Museum · Lafox, IL · 2022
Operating needs
- $2,000
Museum of Danish America · Elk Horn, IA · 2022
Operating needs
- $2,000
Parkinson Research Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Operating needs
- $1,000
Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Operating needs
- $1,000
Hooved Animal Rescue & Protection Society · Barrington, IL · 2025
Operating needs
- $1,000
Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2025
Operating needs
- $1,000
Save Ellis Island · Augusta, NJ · 2025
Operating needs
- $1,000
Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Operating needs
- $1,000
Hooved Animal Rescue & Protection Society · Barrington, IL · 2024
Operating needs
- $1,000
Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
Operating needs
- $1,000
Save Ellis Island · Augusta, NJ · 2024
Operating needs
- $1,000
Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Operating needs
- $1,000
Hooved Animal Rescue & Protection Society · Barrington, IL · 2023
Operating needs
- $1,000
Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023
Operating needs
- $1,000
Save Ellis Island · Augusta, NJ · 2023
Operating needs
- $1,000
Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Operating needs
- $1,000
Hooved Animal Rescue & Protection Society · Barrington, IL · 2022
Operating needs
- $1,000
Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2022
Operating needs
- $1,000
Save Ellis Island · Augusta, NJ · 2022
Operating needs
- $250
Illinois Prairie Path · Wheaton, IL · 2025
Operating needs
- $250
Barrington Area Historical Society · Barrington, IL · 2024
Operating needs
- $250
Illinois Prairie Path · Wheaton, IL · 2024
Operating needs
- $250
Barrington Area Historical Society · Barrington, IL · 2023
Operating needs
- $250
Illinois Prairie Path · Wheaton, IL · 2023
Operating needs
- $250
Barrington Area Historical Society · Barrington, IL · 2022
Operating needs
- $250
Illinois Prairie Path · Wheaton, IL · 2022
Operating needs
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