Gore Animal Foundation

Mondelez International Foundation

Chicago, IL

The Mondelēz International Foundation funds programs that promote healthy, active lifestyles for children and families, as well as disaster relief and employee programs, with community investments spanning 18 countries. Its 2024 grants ranged from $50,000 to $1,456,000, with a median of $251,000. It does not accept unsolicited funding requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

Joseph M Siegman Family Foundation

Delray Beach, FL

AbbVie Foundation

North Chicago, IL

The AbbVie Foundation funds health equity, access to care, cancer care, community health, and related community-led programs through partnerships and employee initiatives. Its 2025 grants ranged from $8,000 to $15 million, with a median of $25,000; it supports work worldwide, with the largest share of recent grants going to Illinois. It makes grants only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Brandt Foundation

Northbrook, IL

The Brandt Foundation’s 2024 grants supported education, animal welfare, health, and food assistance, primarily in Illinois, with some funding in Florida. Its 15 grants ranged from $500 to $45,000, with a median of $15,000; it funded only preselected organizations and did not accept unsolicited requests. Its 2024 filing is marked as its final return, so it may no longer be making grants.

Norman and Susan Abazoris Foundation

Las Vegas, NV

The foundation’s 2022 grants supported youth and family services, disability services, health research, animal welfare, and food access, with most funding going to Illinois and additional grants in several other states. It made 24 grants totaling $296,104, ranging from $1,000 to $117,104, with a median grant of $5,000. Its 2022 filing describes how to submit a request, but the foundation appears to have stopped grantmaking; no deadline is listed.

S Edward Marder Family Foundation

Lake Forest, IL

The foundation supports charitable organizations across areas including legal services, adoption, animal welfare, homelessness, children’s programs, food assistance, health, and conservation. In 2025, grants ranged from $350 to $12,000, with a median of $2,000; most funding went to Illinois, with some grants elsewhere. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Polen Family Foundation

Highland Park, IL

The Polen Family Foundation supports charities working in health care, human services, food access, conservation, and animal welfare. Its 2024 grants ranged from $1,000 to $25,000, with a median of $2,000; most funding went to Illinois, with some grants elsewhere, including Colorado, New York, Virginia, and Massachusetts. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Canning Foundation

Chicago, IL

The Canning Foundation supports education, healthcare, music, conservation, and other charitable work, with most of its giving going to Illinois organizations. In 2025, its 49 grants ranged from $1,000 to $1.74 million, with a median of $25,000. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Synchrony Foundation

Stamford, CT

In 2024, Synchrony Foundation supported charitable organizations across workforce development, education, financial assistance, and giving, with grants ranging from $150 to $2.6 million and a median of $10,000. Its largest shares of grant funding went to Connecticut, New York, and South Carolina, followed by the District of Columbia and New Jersey; it does not accept unsolicited requests and funds preselected organizations only.

Motorola Solutions Foundation

Chicago, IL

The Motorola Solutions Foundation funds first-responder programs and technology and engineering education, especially for under-resourced communities; its 2025 grants had a median of $35,000. It supports organizations worldwide, with priority for communities where Motorola Solutions operates, and accepts unsolicited requests through an annual letter-of-inquiry process, with full applications by invitation.

Circle of Service Foundation

Chicago, IL

The foundation funds community services, education, Jewish community, and medical research, with grantmaking concentrated in Cook and Lake Counties, Illinois, though it also funds organizations elsewhere. Its 2024 grants had a median of $25,000 and ranged from $50 to about $1.74 million; it accepts unsolicited pre-applications for community services and for Jewish community requests in Cook or Lake County, but not for the other stated categories or out-of-area Jewish community requests.

Retirement Research Foundation

Chicago, IL

RRF Foundation for Aging funds nonprofit work to improve older adults’ lives, including advocacy, research, knowledge sharing, direct services, and organizational capacity building, with priorities such as caregiving, housing, economic security, and social connection. Its typical awards range from $50,000 to $100,000, depending on the grant pathway; national opportunities are available for advocacy, research, and knowledge sharing, while direct service and capacity-building grants are limited to Illinois. It accepts Letters of Inquiry for consideration before a full application.