Funding search · EIN 364265296 · Lake Forest, IL

The Yankee Springer Foundation

Name: The Yankee Springer 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.

174
grants reported: $403,395
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $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.

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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.

Temple University4 grants · $143,461
Amachi4 grants · $92,500
Employee Connections3 grants · $30,000
Ravinia Festival4 grants · $18,000
Planned Parenthood4 grants · $14,088
Northern Illinois Food Bank4 grants · $12,105
Makom Solel Lakeside3 grants · $8,280
Solel1 grant · $6,125
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless4 grants · $6,000
Great Chicago Food Depository3 grants · $5,000

Giving over time

$106,666

2022

$96,330

2023

$101,623

2024

$98,776

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 174 grants.

$41,000
Amachi · Portland, OR · 2022
Unrestricted
$38,875
Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Unrestricted
$38,875
Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$38,875
Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$26,836
Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,500
Amachi · Portland, OR · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,500
Amachi · Portland, OR · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,500
Amachi · Portland, OR · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Employee Connections · Waukegan, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Employee Connections · Waukegan, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Employee Connections · Waukegan, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,125
Solel · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,588
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$4,000
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$4,000
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$4,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$4,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$4,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,500
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,980
Makom Solel Lakeside · Highland Park, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,800
Makom Solel Lakeside · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,591
Wolocott College Prep · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,500
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Makom Solel Lakeside · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,105
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,000
Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,000
Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette · Portland, OR · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Cayo · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Great Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,750
Global Giving · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,500
Great Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,500
Global Giving · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,500
Great Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,500
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,300
American Red Cross · Portland, OR · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,200
Chicago Youth Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,200
Children First Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,158
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,150
Meals On Wheels · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,100
Aclu of Oregon · Portland, OR · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Global Giving · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Jewish Council On Urban Affairs · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Amigos De Costa Rica · West Chester, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Jewish Council On Urban Affairs · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
The Citadel Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Wfmt · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Jewish Council On Urban Affairs · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Wfmt · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
American Red Cross · Portland, OR · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Anti Defamation League · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Care USA · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Center for Biological Diversity · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Chicago Youth Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Citadel · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$800
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Unrestricted
$800
Children'S First Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$700
American Civil Liberties Union · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$700
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$550
Blanchett House Give Guide · Portland, OR · 2024
Unrestricted
$515
Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$504
Care USA · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
American Red Cross · Portland, OR · 2025
Unrestricted
$500
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$500
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2025
Unrestricted
$500
Wfmt · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$500
American Red Cross · Portland, OR · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Center for Biological Diversity · Tuscon, AZ · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Giveguide · Portland, OR · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Irving School · Oak Park, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Willowwind School · Iowa City, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Habitat for Humanity · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Highland Park Strings · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$400
Care USA · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Unrestricted
$400
Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$400
Alabama Public Radio · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2023
Unrestricted
$400
Emma Goldman Clinic · Iowa City, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$400
Georgia Public Radio · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Unrestricted
$400
Iowa Public Radio · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$400
Medglobal · Rolling Meadows, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$400
Reproductive Freedom for All · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$400
Alabama Public Radio · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2022
Unrestricted
$400
Emma Goldman Clinic · Iowa City, IA · 2022
Unrestricted

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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.