The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it gives only to organizations it has already chosen and does not accept unsolicited requests. An introduction is usually the only route.
How to apply
Deadlines
Restrictions
Send applications to
Not publishedRIVERWOODS, IL, 60015The filing names a person as the application contact. We publish role-based contacts (a committee, an office, a shared inbox) but not named individuals.
Application policy: Funds preselected organizations only, as stated on the FY2021 return.
What its returns show
Stated the same way on all 6 Form 990-PF returns on record (FY2016 to FY2021).
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Financials
Giving
$807K
FY2021 · qualifying distributions
Total assets
$0
FY2021 · end of year
Revenue
$16.7K
FY2021
Expenses
$810K
FY2021
Giving by year
Total assets by year
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Giving
Assets
Net assets
FY2021
990-PF
$16,667
$810,054
$807,095
$0
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
Health care$13K · 4
Disease research$11K · 5
Human services$3,000 · 2
Public and societal benefit$2,000 · 2
Medical research$2,000 · 1
Where recipients are
OH$566K · 3
PA$452K · 2
IL$417K · 6
CO$403K · 1
NY$49K · 23
VA$39.5K · 14
DC$28K · 14
MD$22.5K · 9
Based on the 21% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
Grants paid
84 on file
Recipient
Purpose
Amount
Year
Source
RAVINIA FESTIVALHIGHLAND PARK, IL
EDUCATION
$4,000
2016
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
$0
FY2020
990-PF
$14,698
$445,831
$440,341
$794,074
$794,074
FY2019
990-PF
$227,614
$539,694
$532,347
$1,227,853
$1,227,853
FY2018
990-PF
$127,970
$98,870
$88,706
$1,539,811
$1,539,811
FY2017
990-PF
$138,411
$91,219
$81,657
$1,513,340
$1,513,340
FY2016
990-PF
$105,155
$85,648
$76,906
$1,465,927
$1,465,927
ADIRONDACK EXPERIENCE
BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE, NY
PUBLIC EDUCATION
$3,500
2018
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE SIDNEY KIMMEBALTIMORE, MD
CLINICAL RESEARCH & TREATMENT
$3,500
2018
ADIRONDACK NATURE CONSERVATORYLANDTKEENE VALLEY, NY
ADIRONDACK NATURE CONSERVATORYLANDTKEENE VALLEY, NY
PUBLIC LAND PROTECTION
$3,000
2016
ALBANY MEDICAL CENTERALBANY, NY
RESEARCH & MEDICAL TRAINING
$3,000
2017
DETERMINED 2 HEAL FOUNDATIONPOTOMAC, MD
SUPPORT FOR SPINAL CORD INJURIES
$2,500
2018
THE WILD CENTER NATURAL HISTORY MUSTUPPER LAKE, NY
EDUCATION
$2,500
2018
MAKE A WISHWASHINGTON, DC
LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES
$2,500
2017
LOMBARDI CANCER CENTERWASHINGTON, DC
CLINICAL RESEARCH & TREATMENT
$2,500
2018
DETERMINED 2 HEAL FOUNDATIONPOTOMAC, MD
SUPPORT FOR SPINAL CORD INJURIES
$2,500
2017
VIRGINA NATURE CONSERVANCYARLINGTON, VA
PUBLIC LAND PROTECTION
$2,500
2018
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATESWASHINGTON, DC
ANIMAL CARE/CRUELTY PREVENTION
$2,000
2016
ST JUDESMatched to this organization because 7 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.MEMPHIS, TN
RESEARCH AND HELP FOR CHILDREN WITH PEDIATRIC DISEASES
$2,000
2017
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERSNEW YORK, NY
MEDICAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF
$2,000
2016
MAKE A WISHWASHINGTON, DC
LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES
$2,000
2016
ST JUDESMatched to this organization because 7 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.MEMPHIS, TN
RESEARCH AND HELP FOR CHILDREN WITH PEDIATRIC DISEASES