Funding search · EIN 363441436 · Chicago, IL

Vail Family Foundation

Name: Vail Family 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.

82
grants reported: $263,200
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

food alumni ellie foundation helm medical pantries pantry

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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.

Ravinia Festival4 grants · $60,000
Church of the Holy Spirit4 grants · $20,000
Clearbrook4 grants · $20,000
Kellogg School of Management1 grant · $15,000
Martha Graham Dance Company4 grants · $13,000
Phillips Exeter Academy3 grants · $12,500
Winnetka Community House4 grants · $12,500
Geneva Foundation1 grant · $10,000
Frances W Parker School1 grant · $10,000
Winnetka Historical Society4 grants · $9,000

Giving over time

$55,000

2022

$59,250

2023

$57,450

2024

$91,500

2025

Grant history

All 82 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General operating fund, setting the stage
$15,000
Kellogg School of Management · Evanston, ID · 2024
General operations
$10,000
Geneva Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2025
General operations
$10,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General operating fund
$10,000
Frances W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General operating fund
$10,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General operating fund
$7,500
Clearbrook · Arlington Heights, IL · 2025
General operations
$7,500
Clearbrook · Arlington Heights, IL · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Church of the Holy Spirit · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
General operating fund
$5,000
Northfield Mt Herman School · Gill, MA · 2025
General operations
$5,000
Phillips Exeter Academy · Exeter, NH · 2025
General operations
$5,000
Church of the Holy Spirit · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
General operating fund
$5,000
Martha Graham Dance Company · New York, NY · 2024
General operating fund
$5,000
Church of the Holy Spirit · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
General operating fund
$5,000
Phillips Exeter Academy · Exeter, NH · 2023
General operating fund
$5,000
Church of the Holy Spirit · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General operating fund
$4,000
Lake Forest College · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
General operations
$4,000
Winnetka Community House · Winnetka, IL · 2025
General operating fund
$3,500
Winnetka Community House · Winnetka, IL · 2024
General operating fund
$3,000
Home of the Sparrow · Woodstock, IL · 2025
General operations
$3,000
Martha Graham Dance Company · New York, NY · 2023
General operating fund
$3,000
Staibdance New England Fdn for the Arts · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating fund
$3,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General operations
$2,500
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2025
General operations
$2,500
Martha Graham Dance Company · New York, NY · 2025
General operating fund
$2,500
Phillips Academy Andover · Andover, MA · 2025
General operations
$2,500
Winnetka Historical Society · Winnetka, IL · 2025
General operating fund
$2,500
Clearbrook · Arlington Heights, IL · 2024
General operations
$2,500
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General operations
$2,500
Saints Peter & Paul Greek Orthodox Church · Glenview, IL · 2024
General operations
$2,500
Winnetka Historical Society · Winnetka, IL · 2024
General operating fund
$2,500
Phillips Academyandover · Andover, MA · 2023
General operating fund
$2,500
Winnetka Community House · Winnetka, IL · 2023
General operating fund
$2,500
Winnetka Historical Society · Winnetka, IL · 2023
General operating fund
$2,500
Clearbrook · Arlington Heights, IL · 2022
General operations
$2,500
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General operating fund
$2,500
Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General operating fund
$2,500
Martha Graham Dance Company · New York, NY · 2022
General operating fund
$2,500
Northfield Mount Hermon School · Gill, MA · 2022
General operating fund
$2,500
Phillips Exeter Academy · Exeter, NH · 2022
General operating fund
$2,500
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operations
$2,500
Winnetka Community House · Winnetka, IL · 2022
General operating fund
$2,000
Door County Community Foundation · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2025
Food pantries and the ellie helm foundation
$2,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$2,000
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2022
General operating fund, medical school and alumni fund
$2,000
Phillips Academyandover · Andover, MA · 2022
General operating fund
$2,000
Staibdance New England Fdn for the Arts · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating fund
$1,500
Evanston Public Library · Evanston, IL · 2025
General operating fund
$1,500
Glen View Club Scholarship Foundation · Golf, IL · 2025
General operating fund
$1,500
Evanston Public Library · Evanston, IL · 2024
General operating fund
$1,500
Glen View Club Scholarship Foundation · Golf, IL · 2024
General operating fund
$1,500
Evanston Public Library · Evanston, IL · 2023
General operating fund
$1,500
Glen View Club Scholarship Foundation · Golf, IL · 2023
General operating fund
$1,500
Asian University for Women Foundation · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General operations
$1,500
Bates Dance Festival Bates College · Lewiston, ME · 2022
General operating fund
$1,500
Evanston Public Library · Evanston, IL · 2022
General operating fund
$1,500
Glen View Club Scholarship Foundation · Golf, IL · 2022
General operating fund
$1,500
Winnetka Historical Society · Winnetka, IL · 2022
General operating fund
$1,000
Friends of the Kress Pavilion · Egg Harbor, WI · 2025
General operations
$1,000
New Trier Township - Angel Fund · Winnetka, IL · 2025
Food pantry
$1,000
Friends of the Winnetka-Northfield Public Library · Winnetka, IL · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Greek American Rehabilitation Centre · Wheeling, IL · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General operating fund
$1,000
Disabled Sportseastern Sierra · Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2022
General operating fund
$1,000
Erie Healthcare Center · Waukegan, IL · 2022
General operating fund
$1,000
Howard Brown Health Clark · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$1,000
Independence Center · Waukegan, IL · 2022
General operating fund
$1,000
Mothers Trust Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General operating fund
$600
Friends of the Kress Pavilion · Egg Harbor, WI · 2024
General operations
$500
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating fund
$500
Egg Harbor Firefighters · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2025
General operations
$500
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating fund
$500
Snow City Arts · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$500
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating fund
$500
Door County Community Foundation · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2023
General operations
$500
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating fund
$500
Door County Community Foundation · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2022
General operations
$500
Friends of the Kress Pavilion · Egg Harbor, WI · 2022
General operating fund
$250
Cradles To Crayons · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$250
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2023
General operations
$100
Egg Harbor Firefighters · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2024
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.