Funding search · EIN 832750234 · Northbrook, IL

Sethness Family 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.

202
grants reported
$865,000
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$2,500
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

campaignschoolunrestictededucationgraduatesocietyreliefbuilding

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Digs With Dignity4 grants · $53,000
  • Nantucket Historical Association5 grants · $50,000
  • Case for Smiles4 grants · $45,000
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering3 grants · $45,000
  • Special Olympics4 grants · $45,000
  • Big Shoulders Fund3 grants · $35,500
  • New England Handicapped Sports Asso4 grants · $35,000
  • International Committee of the Red3 grants · $29,000
  • Hotchkiss School4 grants · $25,000
  • American Red Cross3 grants · $25,000

Giving over time

$260,500
2022
$193,500
2023
$192,000
2024
$219,000
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 202 grants.

  • $25,000

    Case for Smiles · Wayne, PA · 2024

    Capacity building campaign

  • $25,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2022

    $10,000 msk society fall party$10,000 msk society campaign$5,000 msk spring ball

  • $20,000

    Nantucket Historical Association · Nantucket, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $18,000

    Digs With Dignity · Chicago, IL · 2022

    $5,000 unrestricted$10,000 truck$3,000 mac'n'cheese gala

  • $15,000

    Society of Msk · New York, NY · 2025

    Msk society campaign 2023-2025 - $10,000pediatric cancer patient care - $5,000

  • $15,000

    International Committee of the Red · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Digs With Dignity · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2022

    $10,000 unrestricted$5,000 hurricane ian relief

  • $15,000

    Share Our Strength-No Kid Hungry · Washington, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Special Olympics · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $13,500

    Brick Presbyterian Church · Brick Township, NJ · 2025

    Unrestricted - $3,500church school - $10,000

  • $12,500

    St Andrews School · Boca Raton, FL · 2022

    Annual fund

  • $10,000

    Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted - $5,000conservancy women's committee - $5,000

  • $10,000

    Community Fnd of the Texas Hill Cou · Kerrville, TX · 2025

    Kerr county flood relief

  • $10,000

    Digs With Dignity · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Harris Theater of Music Dance · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    International Committee of the Red · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Nantucket Historical Association · Nantucket, MA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Special Olympics · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Digs With Dignity · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Hotchkiss School · Lakeville, CT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2024

    Msk society campaign

  • $10,000

    Nantucket Historical Association · Nantucket, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    New England Handicapped Sports Asso · Newberry, NH · 2024

    Unresticted

  • $10,000

    Special Olympics · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Concern Worldwide US · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2023

    Msk society campaign

  • $10,000

    New England Handicapped Sports Asso · Newberry, NH · 2023

    Unresticted

  • $10,000

    Special Olympics · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Case for Smiles · Wayne, PA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    New England Handicapped Sports Asso · Newberry, NH · 2022

    Unresticted

  • $10,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of Am · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    New London Barn Playhouse · New London, NH · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Community Fund of New Jersey · Morristown, NJ · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,500

    Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2025

    Disaster relief jamaica

  • $5,000

    Case for Smiles · Wayne, PA · 2025

    Capacity building campaign

  • $5,000

    Colby-Sawyer College · New London, NH · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Hotchkiss School · Lakeville, CT · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    National Alliance To End Homelessne · Washington, DC · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    New England Handicapped Sports Asso · Newberry, NH · 2025

    Unresticted

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of Am · Seattle, WA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    School of American Ballet · New York, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    St Andrews School · Boca Raton, FL · 2025

    Saints fund

  • $5,000

    St Lawrence University · Canyon, NY · 2025

    Annual fund

  • $5,000

    Nantucket Historical Association · Nantucket, MA · 2024

    A nantucket night

  • $5,000

    New London Barn Playhouse · New London, NH · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of Am · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    St Andrews School · Boca Raton, FL · 2024

    Annual fund

  • $5,000

    St Lawrence University · Canyon, NY · 2024

    Annual fund

  • $5,000

    American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2023

    Earthquake syria turkey

  • $5,000

    Case for Smiles · Wayne, PA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Hotchkiss School · Lakeville, CT · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    John'S Island Comm Service League · Vero Beach, FL · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Lehigh University · Bethlehem, PA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    New London Barn Playhouse · New London, NH · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of Am · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    St Lawrence University · Canyon, NY · 2023

    Annual fund

  • $5,000

    Voices Project USA · Portland, OR · 2023

    White helmets earthquake

  • $5,000

    Christopher Coffland Memorial · Lutherville, MD · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Cleveland Clinic Indian River Found · Vero Beach, FL · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Food Bank for Ny City · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Hotchkiss School · Lakeville, CT · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    John'S Island Comm Service League · Vero Beach, FL · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Lehigh University · Bethlehem, PA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Lincoln Park Zoological Society · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Nantucket Historical Association · Nantucket, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    St Huberts Animal Welfare · Madison, NJ · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    St Lawrence University · Canyon, NY · 2022

    Annual fund

  • $5,000

    Unicef USA · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Upper Valley Humane Society · Enfield, NH · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $4,500

    Kearsarge Food Hub · Bradford, NH · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    International Committee of the Red · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Kent Place School · Summot, NJ · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $3,500

    Cleveland Clinic Indian River Found · Vero Beach, FL · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,500

    Paws · Highland Park, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    John'S Island Comm Service League · Vero Beach, FL · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    John'S Island Comm Service League · Vero Beach, FL · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Chicago Children'S Charities · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Kent Place School · Summot, NJ · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Tr · New London, NH · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Catch a Lift Fund · Timonium, MD · 2025

    Chistopher coffland memorial fund

  • $2,500

    First Presbyterian Church in the Ci · New York, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Kent Place School · Summot, NJ · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Lincoln Park Zoological Society · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    St Huberts Animal Welfare · Madison, NJ · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2025

    Graduate school of education

  • $2,500

    Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Tr · New London, NH · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Brick Presbyterian Church · Brick Township, NJ · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Catch a Lift Fund · Timonium, MD · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Cleveland Clinic Indian River Found · Vero Beach, FL · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Colby-Sawyer College · New London, NH · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Concern Worldwide US · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    First Presbyterian Church in the Ci · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Kearsarge Food Hub · Bradford, NH · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Kent Place School · Summot, NJ · 2024

    Unrestricted

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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.