Funding search · STEM education · Illinois
Who funds STEM education work in Illinois
15 funders have a record of paying for STEM education work by Illinois recipients: 53 grants totaling $29.6M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Louis Glunz Iii Familyregis ($48,000), Keysight Technologies Foundation ($280,000) and Crown Family Foundation ($24.3M).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Illinois recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $30,000 to sts joseph and francis xavier schoo — science education
Largest: $80,000 to SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS — grant for stem education
Crown Family FoundationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $24.3M · through 2024Largest: $15.1M to Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago — general operating support, high-tech field surveying & tools, bridge-tech program, emergency support for lost usaid funding, arab centers of excellence, arab high-tech programs, nu…
Largest: $24,190 to FERMILAB FRIENDS FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION — unrestricted general
Largest: $50,000 to Chicago Horticultural Society - Chicago Botanic Garden — science education program for youth from underrepresented backgrounds
Largest: $400,000 to LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO — support computer science education
Largest: $400,000 to DATA SCIENCE 4 EVERYONE — to continue advancing k-12 data science education and enhance parent and community engagement
Largest: $1.5M to THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO — data science education field-building initiatives
Largest: $100,000 to Academy for Global Citizenship Charter School — to support the initiative to empower underserved youth in chicago's west and southside neighborhoods to address critical environmental and economic challenges through stem educatio…
VersacareLoma Linda, CA
3 matching grants · $24,000 · through 2021Largest: $10,000 to HINSDALE ADVENTIST ACADEMY — to be used for stem education
Largest: $30,000 to MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY — support science education
Bosch Community FundFarmington Hills, MI
2 matching grants · $18,200 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER CHICAGO — stem education
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