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 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
campaignschoolunrestictededucationgraduatesocietyreliefbuilding
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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.
- 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
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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