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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “kane”
Where the money went
Largest: $200,000 to LUTHERAN HOME AT KANE — security system
Largest: $1,796 to KANE FISH AND GAME CLUB — assist with school trap program at kane high school
Largest: $10,000 to THE LUTHERN HOME AT KANE — toghether we can campaign funding
Largest: $42,343 to Texas Christian University — scholarships for stephanie benavides ($10,000), cynthia cadena ($9,900), aidan kane ($1,818), kenia martinez ($2,000), sung par ($9,025), kamron poland ($3,400), brandi quezada zun…
Community Foundation of theSt Marys, PACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $90,677 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to KANE AREA COMMUNITY CENTER — health and human services
Largest: $450,000 to Kane County Health Department — cmhi 2.0 implementation - kane county system of care project
Largest: $15,000 to CASA KANE COUNTY — kane county education and training program
West Penn Power Sustainable Energy FundGreensburg, PACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $127,900 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to KANE AREA RADIO ASSOCIATION — renewable energy & public outreach & education
Largest: $6,000 to CASA KANE COUNTY — child welfare
Illinois Equal Justice FoundationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $455,884 to RESOLUTION SYSTEMS INSTITUTE — to provide mediation services for tenants, landlords and homeowners in housing disputes due to the pandemic in kane, kankakee and winnebago counties.
Largest: $25,000 to DELTA INSTITUTE — kane county soil health impact and economic assessment
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $345,500 · through 2023Largest: $136,500 to Young Life — general operating support, 2021 contribution to support younglives camping east, d113. support for young life college depauw university (in138). supporting the work of mark sisler …
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →