Funding search · EIN 363735095 · Kenilworth, IL

William M Hales Foundation

Name: William M Hales Foundation grants, 2024–2025
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.

49
grants reported: $719,000
total given: 2024–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2024–2025. 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.

Clearwater Camp Foundation2 grants · $160,000
Oglala Lakota College2 grants · $50,000
Beloit College2 grants · $45,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository2 grants · $45,000
Center of Hope2 grants · $42,000
Sierra Club Foundation2 grants · $35,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra2 grants · $30,000
Big City Mountaineers2 grants · $30,000
One Spirit2 grants · $25,000
Good News Partners2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$353,000

2024

$366,000

2025

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

$130,000
Clearwater Camp Foundation · Minocqua, WI · 2024
General support
$30,000
Center of Hope · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$30,000
Clearwater Camp Foundation · Minocqua, WI · 2025
General support
$30,000
Oglala Lakota College · Kyle, SD · 2025
General support
$25,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$25,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Beloit College · Beloit, WI · 2024
General support
$20,000
Beloit College · Beloit, WI · 2025
General support
$20,000
Big City Mountaineers · Arvada, CO · 2025
General support
$20,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$20,000
Food Bank for Lamier County · Loveland, CO · 2025
General support
$20,000
Living Lands & Waters · East Moline, IL · 2025
General support
$20,000
Mediators Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2025
General support
$20,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$20,000
Oglala Lakota College · Kyle, SD · 2024
General support
$15,000
One Spirit · Rapid City, SD · 2025
General support
$15,000
Living Lands and Waters · East Moline, IL · 2024
General support
$12,500
St Judes Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
General support
$12,000
Center of Hope · Kankakee, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Chicago Horticultural Society · Glencoe, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Good News Partners · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Hadley School for the Blind · Winnetka, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Union League Boys & Girls Club · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Wellness House · Hinsdale, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Big City Mountaineers · Arvada, CO · 2024
General support
$10,000
Chicago Horticultural Society · Glencoe, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Community Renewal Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Good News Partners · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Hadley School for the Blind · Winnetka, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
One Spirit · Rockford, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Union League Boys & Girls Club · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Wellness Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$7,500
Wttw Channel 11 · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$5,000
St Jude'S Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
General support
$5,000
Wttw Channel 11 · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$3,000
Josselyn Center · Northfield, IL · 2025
General support
$3,000
Josselyn Center · Northfield, IL · 2024
General support
$2,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$2,000
Counseling Center of the North Shore · Winnetka, IL · 2025
General support
$2,000
Northshore Hospitals Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2025
General support
$2,000
Northshore Senior Center · Northfield, IL · 2025
General support
$2,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$2,000
Counseling Center of the North Shore · Winnetka, IL · 2024
General support
$2,000
Northshore Senior Center · Northfield, IL · 2024
General support
$2,000
Northshore University Health System Foun · Evanston, IL · 2024
General support

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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.