Messick Family Foundation

Stillwell Foundation

Quincy, IL

The Stillwell Foundation supports qualified charitable, civic, and educational organizations, with recent grants spanning arts, education, museums, and social services; it gives mainly in Illinois, with some funding in Missouri. Its 2025 grants ranged from $2,000 to $32,800, with a median of $3,100. The filing says to send a letter to Harold B. Oakley; it does not describe a formal application process.

Community Foundation

Quincy, IL

The Community Foundation of the Quincy Area funds local charities across arts and culture, community betterment, education, health, human services, and related programs in 12 counties in west-central Illinois and northeast Missouri. In 2025, it made 86 grants ranging from $5,130 to $1.19 million, with a median of $11,822; some programs accept applications or request letters, including the Community Grant and AgForward programs, but the profile does not state whether it accepts general unsolicited requests.

The CFM Foundation

Quincy, IL

The CFM Foundation provides grants to public charities, with recent recipients spanning education, arts, health, human services, and community organizations. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,200 to $10 million, with a median of about $79,600, and all went to Illinois recipients. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Marion G Jackson Char Tr

Dallas, TX

The trust funds religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational organizations, including capital projects and program or operating support, with preference for Quincy and surrounding Adams County, Illinois. Its program describes grants of $10,000–$50,000, while 2025 awards had a median of $25,000 and ranged from $5,000 to $52,543. The profile does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

The JW Gardner II Foundation

Quincy, IL

The foundation supports qualified organizations serving Quincy, Illinois, and the Tri-State area, with grants spanning education, social services, arts, children, and disability-related programs. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,500 to $47,135, with a median of $10,000. It accepts written requests with supporting documents; the deadline is June 30.

Daniel McLaughlin Charitable Trust

Quincy, IL

Nuessen Family Foundation

Quincy, IL

The Nuessen Family Foundation supports charitable organizations in education, community development, religious activities, and charitable services, with most 2025 funding going to Illinois and a small share to Missouri. Its 18 grants totaled $69,706, ranging from $50 to $38,000; it does not accept unsolicited requests and funds preselected organizations only.

Michelmann Foundation

Quincy, IL

Kamphaus Ehrhardt Foundation

Raleigh, NC

Vincent E and Mary Judith Shaw

St. Louis, MO

Honora M Cullinan Foundation

Chicago, IL

The foundation supports charitable organizations serving people in need, including people experiencing homelessness, low-income households, and older adults, with grants for food, housing, shelter, education, and assistance. In 2025, grants ranged from $5,000 to $60,000, with a median of $27,500, and went primarily to organizations in Missouri and Illinois, as well as Tennessee and Louisiana. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

The Chicago Community Trust

Chicago, IL

The Chicago Community Trust funds nonprofits addressing economic mobility, wealth gaps, and urgent community needs, with priorities including homeownership, small businesses, education, quality jobs, and investment in underinvested communities. Its 2025 itemized grants had a median of $26,500, though awards vary widely; grants generally benefit Chicago-region residents, and the Trust directs applicants to open opportunities but does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.