Funding search · EIN 264124633 · Lake Bluff, IL

Sheffield Foundation

Name: Sheffield Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

141
grants reported: $286,340
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
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

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

The Church of the Holy Spirit4 grants · $36,500
Gorton Community Center4 grants · $29,000
Art Institute of Chicago4 grants · $23,000
Shedd Aquarium4 grants · $20,000
Lake Forest Open Lands Association4 grants · $18,000
The Chi Psi Educational Trust4 grants · $17,500
St Paul'S Church4 grants · $17,500
Elawa Farm Foundation4 grants · $14,100
World Wildlife Fund4 grants · $13,500
The Wetlands Institute3 grants · $12,500

Giving over time

$63,990

2022

$74,900

2023

$65,050

2024

$82,400

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 141 grants.

$11,100
Elawa Farm Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
General operations
$10,500
The Church of the Holy Spirit · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
General Operations
$10,000
St Paul'S Church · Nantucket, MA · 2025
General Operations
$10,000
The Church of the Holy Spirit · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
General Operations
$10,000
Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General Operations
$8,000
The Church of the Holy Spirit · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
General Operations
$8,000
The Church of the Holy Spirit · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General Operations
$7,000
Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
General operations
$6,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
$6,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$6,000
Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
General operations
$6,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$6,000
Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
$5,000
World Wildlife Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Operations
$5,000
Lake Forest Open Lands Association · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$5,000
The Chi Psi Educational Trust · Nashville, TN · 2024
General Operations
$5,000
The Wetlands Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Operations
$5,000
Chicago Zoological Society · Brookfield, IL · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Lake Forest Open Lands Association · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$5,000
The Chi Psi Educational Trust · Nashville, TN · 2023
General Operations
$5,000
The Wetlands Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Operations
$5,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$5,000
Lake Forest Open Lands Association · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General operations
$5,000
Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$5,000
The Chi Psi Educational Trust · Nashville, TN · 2022
General Operations
$3,000
Lake Forest Open Lands Association · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
General operations
$3,000
World Wildlife Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Operations
$3,000
The Community Church of Lake Forest · Lake Bluff, IL · 2023
General Operations
$3,000
World Wildlife Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Operations
$2,500
The Chi Psi Educational Trust · Nashville, TN · 2025
General Operations
$2,500
University of Chicago Booth School · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Operations
$2,500
St Paul'S Church · Nantucket, MA · 2024
General Operations
$2,500
St Paul'S Church · Nantucket, MA · 2023
General Operations
$2,500
St Paul'S Church · Nantucket, MA · 2022
General Operations
$2,500
The Community Church of Lake Forest · Lake Bluff, IL · 2022
General Operations
$2,500
The Wetlands Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operations
$2,500
World Wildlife Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operations
$2,000
Lake Bluff Open Lands Association · Lake Bluff, IL · 2023
General operations
$1,500
Friends of the Lake Bluff Library · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025
General operations
$1,500
Friends of the Lake Bluff Library · Lake Bluff, IL · 2024
General operations
$1,300
Friends of the Lake Bluff Library · Lake Bluff, IL · 2023
General operations
$1,300
Friends of the Lake Bluff Library · Lake Bluff, IL · 2022
General operations
$1,000
Achieve Tahoe · Truckee, CA · 2025
General Operations
$1,000
Bernie'S Book Bank · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025
General operations
$1,000
Brain Chemistry Labs · Provo, UT · 2025
General operations
$1,000
Glasa · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
General operations
$1,000
International Fellowship of Christi · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
$1,000
Lake Bluff Open Lands Association · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025
General operations
$1,000
Metrosquash · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Operations
$1,000
National Wildlife Foundation · Merrifield, VA · 2025
General operations
$1,000
Paws for Patrick · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
General operations
$1,000
The Nantucket Land and Water Counci · Nantucket, MA · 2025
General operations
$1,000
The Seeing Eye · Morristown, NJ · 2025
General Operations
$1,000
The Wetlands Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Operations
$1,000
Bernie'S Book Bank · Lake Bluff, IL · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Brain Chemistry Labs · Provo, UT · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Elawa Farm Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Glasa · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
General operations
$1,000
International Fellowship of Christi · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Lake Bluff Open Lands Association · Lake Bluff, IL · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Metrosquash · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Operations
$1,000
Mothers Trust Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Paws for Patrick · Deerfield, IL · 2024
General operations
$1,000
The Community Church of Lake Forest · Lake Bluff, IL · 2024
General Operations
$1,000
The Nantucket Land and Water Counci · Nantucket, MA · 2024
General operations
$1,000
The Seeing Eye · Morristown, NJ · 2024
General Operations
$1,000
University of Chicago Booth School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Operations
$1,000
Bernie'S Book Bank · Lake Bluff, IL · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Elawa Farm Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Glasa · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
General operations
$1,000
International Fellowship of Christi · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Lurie Children'S Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Metrosquash · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Operations
$1,000
Mothers Trust Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Paws for Patrick · Deerfield, IL · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Ruffield Grouse Society · Coraopolis, PA · 2023
General operations
$1,000
The Seeing Eye · Morristown, NJ · 2023
General Operations
$1,000
University of Chicago Booth School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Bernie'S Book Bank · Lake Bluff, IL · 2022
General operations
$1,000
Elawa Farm Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General operations
$1,000
Ethel Walker School · Smisbury, CT · 2022
General operations
$1,000
Glasa · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General operations
$1,000
History Center of the Lake Forest-L · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General operations
$1,000
Holderness School · Plymouth, NH · 2022
General operations
$1,000
Lake Bluff Open Lands Association · Lake Bluff, IL · 2022
General operations
$1,000
Metrosquash · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operations
$1,000
Mothers Trust Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General operations
$1,000
Paws for Patrick · Deerfield, IL · 2022
General operations
$1,000
Ruffield Grouse Society · Coraopolis, PA · 2022
General operations
$1,000
The Seeing Eye · Morristown, NJ · 2022
General Operations
$1,000
University of Chicago Booth School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operations
$500
Allendale · Lake Villa, IL · 2025
General operations
$500
British Schools and Universities Fo · New York, NY · 2025
General operations
$500
Covenant House · Topeka, KS · 2025
General operations
$500
Ethel Walker School · Simsbury, CT · 2025
General operations
$500
Friends of the Historic Genesee the · Waukegan, IL · 2025
General operations
$500
Holderness School · Plymouth, NH · 2025
General operations

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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.