Funding search · EIN 261472899 · Chicago, IL

The Van Grinsven Family Foundation

Name: The Van Grinsven 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.

41
grants reported: $228,051
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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

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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.

Institute for Nonviolence Chicago5 grants · $39,500
Chicago Jesuit Academy3 grants · $25,051
Arrupe College4 grants · $22,500
Greater Chicago Food Depository2 grants · $20,000
Hearts and Homes for Refugees4 grants · $20,000
National Immigrant Justice Center2 grants · $15,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center3 grants · $15,000
Lewy Body Dementia Association2 grants · $10,000
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation1 grant · $10,000
Cure Sma2 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$36,000

2022

$47,210

2023

$64,841

2024

$80,000

2025

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

$15,341
Chicago Jesuit Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$12,000
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$10,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$10,000
Lurie Children'S Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$10,000
National Immigrant Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$10,000
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$10,000
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation · Newtown, CT · 2023
General
$10,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$9,500
Chicago Jesuit Academy · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$7,500
Arrupe College · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$7,500
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Arrupe College · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$5,000
Dominican University · River Forest, IL · 2025
General
$5,000
Hearts and Homes for Refugees · Elk Grove Village, IL · 2025
General
$5,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2025
General
$5,000
Lewy Body Dementia Association · Sw Liburn, GA · 2025
General
$5,000
Arrupe College · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Cure Sma · Elk Grove Village, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Friends of the Children - Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Hearts and Homes for Refugees · Elk Grove Village, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Lewy Body Dementia Association · Sw Liburn, GA · 2024
General
$5,000
National Immigrant Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Hearts and Homes for Refugees · Pelham, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Arrupe College · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$5,000
Cure Sma · Elk Grove Village, IL · 2022
General
$5,000
Hearts and Homes for Refugees · Pelham, NY · 2022
General
$5,000
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$5,000
Unicef for Ukraine · New York, NY · 2022
General
$3,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Hines, IL · 2023
General
$2,500
Jesuit Refugee Service USA · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$2,500
Graham School Annual Fund - University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$2,500
American Red Cross · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General
$1,500
Hope Works Social Enterprises · Everett, WA · 2023
General
$1,000
Hope Works Social Enterprises · Everett, WA · 2025
General
$1,000
Hope Works Social Enterprises · Everett, WA · 2024
General
$1,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Hines, IL · 2024
General
$1,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2022
General
$210
Chicago Jesuit Academy · Chicago, IL · 2023
General

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