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Virginia Lee Shirley Private Foundation

Name: Virginia Lee Shirley Private 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.

131
grants reported: $1.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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

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Can Do Canines4 grants · $220,000
Duke Law School Annual Fund4 grants · $100,000
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation4 grants · $100,000
South Suburban Humane Society4 grants · $90,000
Salvation Army4 grants · $80,000
Deaf Unity - United Advocates Against Violence3 grants · $75,000
Covenant House3 grants · $75,000
St Mary'S School2 grants · $70,000
Hadley Institute for the Blind4 grants · $62,500
St Mary'S School and Catholic Church2 grants · $60,000

Giving over time

$387,327

2022

$420,000

2023

$448,100

2024

$501,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 131 grants.

$55,000
Can Do Canines · New Hope, MN · 2025
General purposes
$55,000
Can Do Canines · New Hope, MN · 2024
General purposes
$55,000
Can Do Canines · New Hope, MN · 2023
General purposes
$55,000
Can Do Canines · New Hope, MN · 2022
General purposes
$50,000
Ravinia · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
St Mary'S School · Dixon, IL · 2022
General purposes
$30,000
South Suburban Humane Society · Matteson, IL · 2025
General purposes
$30,000
St Mary'S School and Catholic Church · Dixon, IL · 2025
General purposes
$30,000
South Suburban Humane Society · Matteson, IL · 2024
General purposes
$30,000
St Mary'S School and Catholic Church · Dixon, IL · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation · Springfield, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Deaf Unity - United Advocates Against Violence · Richmond, CA · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Duke Law School Annual Fund · Durham, NC · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Lurie Children'S Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
St Peter'S Catholic Church · Clifton, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation · Springfield, IL · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Covenant House · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Deaf Unity - United Advocates Against Violence · Richmond, CA · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Duke Law School Annual Fund · Durham, NC · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Hadley Institute for the Blind · Winnetka, IL · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
The Nora Project · Montgomery, IL · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation · Springfield, IL · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Colgate University · Hamilton, NY · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Covenant House · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Deaf Unity - United Advocates Against Violence · Richmond, CA · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Duke Law School Annual Fund · Durham, NC · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation · Springfield, IL · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Colgate University · Hamilton, NY · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Covenant House · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Duke Law School Annual Fund · Durham, NC · 2022
General purposes
$20,000
Bishop McNamara Catholic School · Kankakee, IL · 2025
General purposes
$20,000
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$20,000
Bishop McNamara Catholic School · Kankakee, IL · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Manteno, IL · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Bishop McNamara Catholic School · Kankakee, IL · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
St Mary'S School · Dixon, IL · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$15,000
Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$15,000
Jewish United Fund of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$15,000
Legal Aid Chicago (Laf) · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$15,000
South Suburban Humane Society · Matteson, IL · 2023
General purposes
$15,000
Hadley Institute for the Blind · Winnetka, IL · 2022
General purposes
$15,000
Legal Aid Chicago (Laf) · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$15,000
South Suburban Humane Society · Matteson, IL · 2022
General purposes
$12,500
Hadley Institute for the Blind · Winnetka, IL · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters - Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Civic Leadership Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Colgate University - Camp Colgate · Hamilton, NY · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Manteno, IL · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Inspiration Stables · La Motte, IA · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Mentor Teacher Brother · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
St Vincent De Paul Society · Sterling, IL · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
The H Foundation · Lagrange, IL · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Youth Guidance · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Adirondack Mountain Club (Adk) · Lake Placid, NY · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Civic Leadership Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Colgate University · Hamilton, NY · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Mentor Teacher Brother · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Ravinia - Reachteachplay · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
The H Foundation · Lagrange, IL · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Civic Leadership Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Manteno, IL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Hadley Institute for the Blind · Winnetka, IL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Mentor Teacher Brother · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Ravinia - Reachteachplay · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
The H Foundation · Lagrange, IL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Adirondack Mountain Club (Adk) · Lake Placid, NY · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Civic Leadership Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Manteno, IL · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Gianna'S House Pregnancy Resource Center · Rock Falls, IL · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
The H Foundation · Lagrange, IL · 2022
General purposes
$5,000
Chicago Police Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Collaborative Community Housing Initiative · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Empower Youth Network · Carnation, WA · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Fleur De Lis Camp · Fitzwilliam, NH · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Glenwood Academy · Glenwood, IL · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Granny Rose Animal Shelter · Dixon, IL · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Kalo Foundation of Park Ridge · Park Ridge, IL · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
National Parkinson'S Foundation · Miami, FL · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Newman Central Catholic High School · Sterling, IL · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Rush University Medical Center - Hearing Research · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Way Back Inn · Maywood, IL · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Wttwwfmt Public Tv and Radio · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Ausable Club Preservation Foundation (Adirondack Mountain Reserve) · St Huberts, NY · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters - Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Granny Rose Animal Shelter · Dixon, IL · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Kalo Foundation of Park Ridge · Park Ridge, IL · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
National Parkinson'S Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Wttwwfmt Public Tv and Radio · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters - Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes

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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.