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12 funders with a record of paying for “rockford”
Where the money went Community Foundation of Northern Il → Rockford University: $533K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Woodward Charitable Trust → Transform Rockford: $275K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Rockford Corridor Improvement Inc → Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity: $255K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc → Ib Rockford Hotel Partners LLC: $105K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Kjellstrom Family Foundation → Rockford Promise: $62K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Chicago Blackhawks Foundation → Think Big - Rockford: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Rockjensen Foundation Inc → Rockford Boys & Girls Club: $54K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Charles & Marie Von Weise → YWCA of Rockford: $53K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Mill Foundation → Rockford Rescue Mission: $49K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Midland States Bank Foundation → Easterseals Serving Chicagoland and Greater Rockford: $41K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Javon Bea Hospital → Greater Rockford Chamber of Commerce: $34K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Jeff and Shelley Shinn Foundation → Rockford University: $27K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Rockford University: $268K across 7 grants, latest 2024 Woodward Charitable Trust → Rockford Area Strategic Initiatives: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Rockford Corridor Improvement Inc → Rockford Community Investment Fund: $214K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc → First Rockford Hospitality Corporation: $99K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Charles & Marie Von Weise → Rockford Day Nursery: $53K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Chicago Blackhawks Foundation → Rockford Hockey Club: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Kjellstrom Family Foundation → Rockford Barbell: $36K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Midland States Bank Foundation → Rockford Park District Foundation - Indoor Equine Center: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Mill Foundation → Patriot's Gateway Community Center: $27K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Javon Bea Hospital → Rockford Regional Health Council: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Rockjensen Foundation Inc → Rockford Christian Schols: $13K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Jeff and Shelley Shinn Foundation → Boys and Girls Club of Rockford: $10K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Community Foundation of Northern Il → University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford: $199K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rockford Corridor Improvement Inc → Zion West Enterprises: $180K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Woodward Charitable Trust → Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc → Og Rockford Ffi LLC: $92K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Charles & Marie Von Weise → Visiting Nurses Assoc of Rockford: $53K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Chicago Blackhawks Foundation → Rockford Park Distirct: $37K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Mill Foundation → Boys and Girls Club of Rockford: $27K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Javon Bea Hospital → Rockford Regional Health Council: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Kjellstrom Family Foundation → Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity: $24K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Midland States Bank Foundation → Rockford Habitat for Humanity: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Rockjensen Foundation Inc → Rockford Christian Schools - Attn Advancement: $11K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Jeff and Shelley Shinn Foundation → Rockford Public Library: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Rockford Area Crimestoppers Inc: $170K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Alignment Rockford: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Woodward Charitable Trust → Rockford Area Convention and Vistors Bureau: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Woodward Charitable Trust → Rockford Area Strat Initatives: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Rockford Park District Foundation: $126K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Rockford Public Schools #205: $123K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Woodward Charitable Trust → Transform Rockford: $115K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Rockford Area Arts Council: $106K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity: $102K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Woodward Charitable Trust → YWCA - Rockford: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Rockford Public Schools #205: $94K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Boys and Girls Club of Rockford: $94K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Discovery Center Museum of Rockford Inc: $86K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Easterseals Serving Chicagoland and Greater Rockford: $79K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Diocese of Rockford: $73K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc → Rockford Symphony Orchestras Inc: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Community Life Center of Rockford: $57K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Rockford Area Strategic Initiatives: $56K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Charles & Marie Von Weise → Rockford Boy's & Girl's Clubs Assn: $53K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Rockford Corridor Improvement Inc → City of Rockford: $52K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Rockford Park District: $52K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc → Discovery Center Museum of Rockford Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc → Rockford Dance Company: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Community Foundation of Northern Il → City of Rockford Health and Human Services Department: $45K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Rockford Symphony Orchestra Inc: $44K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Rockford Park District: $42K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity Inc: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Alignment Rockford: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Community Foundation of Northern Il: $2.6M on this topic. Open the funder. Community Foundation of North… $2.6M Woodward Charitable Trust: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. Woodward Charitable Trust $1.2M Rockford Corridor Improvement Inc: $702K on this topic. Open the funder. Rockford Corridor Improvement… $702K Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc: $452K on this topic. Open the funder. Ncrc Community Development Fu… $452K Charles & Marie Von Weise: $212K on this topic. Open the funder. Charles & Marie Von Weise $212K Chicago Blackhawks Foundation: $147K on this topic. Open the funder. Chicago Blackhawks Foundation $147K The Kjellstrom Family Foundation: $122K on this topic. Open the funder. The Kjellstrom Family Foundat… $122K The Mill Foundation: $103K on this topic. Open the funder. The Mill Foundation $103K Midland States Bank Foundation: $91K on this topic. Open the funder. Midland States Bank Foundation $91K Javon Bea Hospital: $82K on this topic. Open the funder. Javon Bea Hospital $82K The Rockjensen Foundation Inc: $78K on this topic. Open the funder. The Rockjensen Foundation Inc $78K Jeff and Shelley Shinn Foundation: $38K on this topic. Open the funder. Jeff and Shelley Shinn Founda… $38K Rockford University: received $560K on this topic Rockford University $560K Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity: received $380K on this topic Rockford Area Habitat for Human… $380K Transform Rockford: received $275K on this topic Transform Rockford $275K Rockford University: received $268K on this topic Rockford University $268K Rockford Area Strategic Initiatives: received $250K on this topic Rockford Area Strategic Initiat… $250K Rockford Community Investment Fund: received $214K on this topic Rockford Community Investment F… $214K University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford: received $199K on this topic University of Illinois College… $199K Zion West Enterprises: received $180K on this topic Zion West Enterprises $180K Rockford Area Crimestoppers Inc: received $170K on this topic Rockford Area Crimestoppers Inc $170K Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau: received $150K on this topic Rockford Area Convention and Vi… $150K Alignment Rockford: received $150K on this topic Alignment Rockford $150K Rockford Area Convention and Vistors Bureau: received $150K on this topic Rockford Area Convention and Vi… $150K Rockford Area Strat Initatives: received $150K on this topic Rockford Area Strat Initatives $150K Discovery Center Museum of Rockford Inc: received $136K on this topic Discovery Center Museum of Rock… $136K Boys and Girls Club of Rockford: received $130K on this topic Boys and Girls Club of Rockford $130K Rockford Park District Foundation: received $126K on this topic Rockford Park District Foundati… $126K Rockford Public Schools #205: received $123K on this topic Rockford Public Schools #205 $123K Easterseals Serving Chicagoland and Greater Rockford: received $120K on this topic Easterseals Serving Chicagoland… $120K Transform Rockford: received $115K on this topic Transform Rockford $115K Rockford Area Arts Council: received $106K on this topic Rockford Area Arts Council $106K Ib Rockford Hotel Partners LLC: received $105K on this topic Ib Rockford Hotel Partners LLC $105K YWCA - Rockford: received $100K on this topic YWCA - Rockford $100K First Rockford Hospitality Corporation: received $99K on this topic First Rockford Hospitality Corp… $99K Rockford Public Schools #205: received $94K on this topic Rockford Public Schools #205 $94K Og Rockford Ffi LLC: received $92K on this topic Og Rockford Ffi LLC $92K Diocese of Rockford: received $73K on this topic Diocese of Rockford $73K Rockford Promise: received $62K on this topic Rockford Promise $62K Think Big - Rockford: received $60K on this topic Think Big - Rockford $60K Rockford Symphony Orchestras Inc: received $60K on this topic Rockford Symphony Orchestras Inc $60K Community Life Center of Rockford: received $57K on this topic Community Life Center of Rockfo… $57K Rockford Area Strategic Initiatives: received $56K on this topic Rockford Area Strategic Initiat… $56K Rockford Boys & Girls Club: received $54K on this topic Rockford Boys & Girls Club $54K YWCA of Rockford: received $53K on this topic YWCA of Rockford $53K Rockford Day Nursery: received $53K on this topic Rockford Day Nursery $53K Visiting Nurses Assoc of Rockford: received $53K on this topic Visiting Nurses Assoc of Rockfo… $53K Rockford Boy's & Girl's Clubs Assn: received $53K on this topic Rockford Boy's & Girl's Clubs A… $53K City of Rockford: received $52K on this topic City of Rockford $52K Rockford Park District: received $52K on this topic Rockford Park District $52K Rockford Hockey Club: received $50K on this topic Rockford Hockey Club $50K Rockford Rescue Mission: received $49K on this topic Rockford Rescue Mission $49K Rockford Dance Company: received $45K on this topic Rockford Dance Company $45K City of Rockford Health and Human Services Department: received $45K on this topic City of Rockford Health and Hum… $45K Rockford Symphony Orchestra Inc: received $44K on this topic Rockford Symphony Orchestra Inc $44K Rockford Park District: received $42K on this topic Rockford Park District $42K Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity Inc: received $40K on this topic Rockford Area Habitat for Human… $40K Alignment Rockford: received $40K on this topic Alignment Rockford $40K Rockford Park Distirct: received $37K on this topic Rockford Park Distirct $37K Rockford Barbell: received $36K on this topic Rockford Barbell $36K Greater Rockford Chamber of Commerce: received $34K on this topic Greater Rockford Chamber of Com… $34K Rockford Park District Foundation - Indoor Equine Center: received $30K on this topic Rockford Park District Foundati… $30K Patriot's Gateway Community Center: received $27K on this topic Patriot's Gateway Community Cen… $27K Rockford Regional Health Council: received $24K on this topic Rockford Regional Health Council $24K Rockford Regional Health Council: received $24K on this topic Rockford Regional Health Council $24K Rockford Habitat for Humanity: received $20K on this topic Rockford Habitat for Humanity $20K Rockford Christian Schols: received $13K on this topic Rockford Christian Schols $13K Rockford Christian Schools - Attn Advancement: received $11K on this topic Rockford Christian Schools - At… $11K Rockford Public Library: received $2K on this topic Rockford Public Library $2K 12 funders, 57 recipients, grants matching “rockford” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $268,695 to ROCKFORD UNIVERSITY — for purposes as specified in a grant application, fund agreement or gift instrument
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Largest: $250,000 to Rockford Area Strategic Initiatives — general operating support
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Largest: $35,000 to ROCKFORD PROMISE — social welfare
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Largest: $130,000 to ROCKFORD AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — this grant was given for the purpose of cleaning up / refurbishing properties within certain areas of rockford.
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Largest: $18,491 to YWCA OF ROCKFORD — program support
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Largest: $27,000 to BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ROCKFORD — to provide youth with opportunities for growth through academic success, good character and leadership and healthy lifestyles.
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Largest: $14,000 to ROCKFORD BOYS & GIRLS CLUB — support rockford boys & girls club
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Largest: $25,750 to GREATER ROCKFORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — program support
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Largest: $50,000 to Think Big - Rockford — health and welfare
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Largest: $105,395 to IB ROCKFORD HOTEL PARTNERS LLC — illinois coronavirus fiscal recovery funds
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Largest: $21,284 to EASTERSEALS SERVING CHICAGOLAND AND GREATER ROCKFORD — provide funds for operations
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Largest: $10,000 to ROCKFORD UNIVERSITY — unrestricted operational support
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