Funding search · EIN 870871414 · Chicago, IL

Silvernail Family Foundation

Name: Silvernail Family Foundation grants, 2023–2025
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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.

41
grants reported: $232,146
total given: 2023–2025
filing years: $3,750
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2025. 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.

Mount Vernon Ladies Association2 grants · $50,000
Husson University2 grants · $22,500
University of Maine3 grants · $18,792
Southern Maine Community College3 grants · $15,233
University of New England3 grants · $11,250
University of Connecticut2 grants · $11,250
University of North Carolina Asheville3 grants · $11,250
Thomas College2 grants · $7,500
Maine College of Art & Design2 grants · $7,500
Central Maine Community College2 grants · $7,500

Giving over time

$59,985

2023

$94,248

2024

$77,913

2025

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

$25,000
Mount Vernon Ladies Association · Mount Vernon, VA · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Mount Vernon Ladies Association · Mount Vernon, VA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Husson University · Bangor, ME · 2024
General operating
$11,292
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2025
General operating
$7,500
Husson University · Bangor, ME · 2025
General operating
$7,500
University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2024
General operating
$6,500
Paws for Patrick · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
General operating
$5,985
Southern Maine Community College · South Portland, ME · 2023
General operating
$5,498
Southern Maine Community College · South Portland, ME · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Emerson College · Boston, MA · 2025
General operating
$5,000
University of Maine at Farmington · Farmington, ME · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2025
General operating
$3,750
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2025
General operating
$3,750
Central Maine Community College · Auburn, ME · 2025
General operating
$3,750
Connecticut College · New London, CT · 2025
General operating
$3,750
Maine College of Art & Design · Portland, ME · 2025
General operating
$3,750
Quinnipiac University · Hamden, CT · 2025
General operating
$3,750
Southern Maine Community College · South Portland, ME · 2025
General operating
$3,750
Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2025
General operating
$3,750
University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2025
General operating
$3,750
University of New England · Biddeford, ME · 2025
General operating
$3,750
University of North Carolina Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2025
General operating
$3,750
Wentworth Institute of Technology · Boston, MA · 2025
General operating
$3,750
Bates University · Lewiston, ME · 2024
General operating
$3,750
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2024
General operating
$3,750
Central Maine Community College · Auburn, ME · 2024
General operating
$3,750
College of the Atlantic · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
General operating
$3,750
Maine College of Art & Design · Portland, ME · 2024
General operating
$3,750
Quinnipiac University · Hamden, CT · 2024
General operating
$3,750
Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2024
General operating
$3,750
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2024
General operating
$3,750
University of New England · Biddeford, ME · 2024
General operating
$3,750
University of North Carolina Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2024
General operating
$3,750
Wentworth Institute of Technology · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating
$3,750
American University · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating
$3,750
Bates University · Lewiston, ME · 2023
General operating
$3,750
Stonehill College · North Easton, MA · 2023
General operating
$3,750
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2023
General operating
$3,750
University of New England · Biddeford, ME · 2023
General operating
$3,750
University of North Carolina Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2023
General operating
$2,871
College of the Atlantic · Bar Harbor, ME · 2025
General operating

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