Funding search · EIN 367327056 · Chicago, IL

William J Clancy Foundation

Name: William J Clancy 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.

51
grants reported: $252,500
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

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.

Blessings in a Backpack4 grants · $20,000
Brookfield Zoo4 grants · $20,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities4 grants · $20,000
Buddy'S Place of Pillars4 grants · $20,000
Chicago Botanic Garden4 grants · $20,000
Working in the Schools4 grants · $20,000
The Gift of Carl Foundation4 grants · $20,000
Peggy Notebart Musuem2 grants · $10,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters2 grants · $10,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago2 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$65,000

2022

$60,000

2023

$62,500

2024

$65,000

2025

Grant history

All 51 reported grants, largest first.

$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charity
$5,000
Blessings in a Backpack · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charity
$5,000
Brookfield Zoo · Brookfield, IL · 2025
Charity
$5,000
Buddy'S Place of Pillars · Lagrange Park, IL · 2025
Charity
$5,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2025
Charity
$5,000
Howard Brown Health Benefit · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charity
$5,000
Mishpacha Orphanage Odessa · New York, NY · 2025
Charity
$5,000
Morton Arboretum Youth Science · Lisle, IL · 2025
Charity
$5,000
Peggy Notebaert Museum · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charity
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charity
$5,000
The Gift of Carl Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charity
$5,000
Ukranian Relief Project · Santa Rosa, CA · 2025
Charity
$5,000
Working in the Schools · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charity
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Blessings in a Backpack · Louisville, KY · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Brookfield Zoo · Brookfield, IL · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Buddy'S Place of Pillars · Lagrange Park, IL · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Howard Brown Health Benefit · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Morton Arboretum Youth Science · Lisle, IL · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Peggy Notebaert Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$5,000
The Gift of Carl Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Ukranian Relief Project · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Working in the Schools · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Blessings in a Backpack · Louisville, KY · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Brookfield Zoo · Brookfield, IL · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Buddy'S Place of Pillars · Lagrange Park, IL · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Howard Brown Health for the Benefit of Broadway Youth Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Morton Arboretum Youth Science Outreach Program · Lisle, IL · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Peggy Notebart Musuem · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charity
$5,000
The Gift of Carl Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Ukrainian Diabetes Project · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Working in the Schools · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charity
$5,000
Blessings in a Backpack · Louisville, KY · 2022
Charity
$5,000
Brookfield Zoo · Brookfield, IL · 2022
Charity
$5,000
Buddy'S Place of Pillars · Lagrange Park, IL · 2022
Charity
$5,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2022
Charity
$5,000
Chicago Sun-Times Charity Trust Empty Stocking Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charity
$5,000
Howard Brown Health for the Benefit of Broadway Youth Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charity
$5,000
Morton Arboretum Youth Science Outreach Program · Lisle, IL · 2022
Charity
$5,000
Peggy Notebart Musuem · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charity
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charity
$5,000
The Gift of Carl Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charity
$5,000
Ukrainian Diabetes Project · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
Charity
$5,000
Working in the Schools · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charity
$2,500
Cradles To Crayons · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity

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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.