The Clare Foundation

Ruth Oliver Secord Perpetual Charitable Trust

Chicago, IL

The trust funds charitable organizations working in areas including community planning, conservation, education, arts, food assistance, and domestic-violence services, with its 2025 grants going to organizations in Illinois. Its 21 grants in 2025 ranged from $5,000 to $42,500, with a median of $6,000. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation

Chicago, IL

Greater Auburn Gresham funds community revitalization, including health, economic development, housing and senior services, education, youth development, and community engagement; its Excellerator Fund supports Black- and Mexican-led organizations. Recent grants were typically about $18,500, ranging from $10,000 to $24,250, with a focus on Chicago and South Suburban communities, especially Auburn Gresham and Little Village. It accepts applications through requests for proposals.

Peggy and Steve Fossett Foundation

Homer Glen, IL

The foundation supports a broad range of organizations, including social-service providers, schools, and museums; in 2025, grants ranged from $2,500 to $141,000, with a median of $15,000. Most 2025 funding went to Illinois recipients (77%), with grants also reaching organizations in several other states. It accepts written applications to David Maier, and the filing reports no deadline or award restrictions.

Michael Reese Health Trust

Chicago, IL

Michael Reese Health Trust supports nonprofits and initiatives advancing health equity in Chicago and the wider region, including work on domestic violence, homelessness, the health workforce, Jewish community needs, and reproductive and sexual healthcare in Illinois. Its 2025 grants ranged from $11,425 to $548,894, with a median of $125,000. It is not accepting new funding applications, though it welcomes conversations; the Prairie State Access Fund is listed as open.

Executive Construction Foundation

Hillside, IL

The foundation supports nonprofits working in areas such as substance-use treatment, disability services, food access, education, housing, and cancer-related family assistance, primarily in Illinois. Its 2024 grants ranged from $235 to $25,000, with a median of $2,796. It does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

The Pattis Family Foundation

Highland Park, IL

The Pattis Family Foundation supports program and operating expenses, reporting a single grant of about $503,000 in 2025 to a recipient in Illinois. It gives only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

I & G Charitable Foundation

Chicago, IL

In its final reported year, the Chicago-based foundation gave $118,586 in one grant for general purposes to the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago; earlier giving varied substantially. Its reported grants went to Illinois organizations, and it funds only preselected charities and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Marquette Bank Affordable Housing

Chicago, IL

Marquette Bank Affordable Housing funds affordable housing, including down-payment and closing-cost assistance for eligible first-time home buyers and grants to nonprofits serving low- or moderate-income communities in its assessment area. In 2025, grants ranged from $500 to $83,300, with a median of $3,625; funding went to Illinois, with home-buyer assistance covering eligible areas in Cook, Will, and DuPage counties. The foundation states that nonprofit grants have no application process and requests go directly to its Community Reinvestment Office; home buyers should contact a Marquette Bank mortgage specialist.

Leonard Family Charitable Foundation

Arlington HTS, IL

PEAK6 Foundation

Chicago, IL

PEAK6 Foundation supports youth services and initiatives related to career preparation, leadership, and community wellness, with most 2025 grant dollars going to Illinois and others to Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas. Its 11 grants ranged from $4,000 to $350,000, with a median of $12,451. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Rahm Emanuel & Amy Rule Charitable Trust

Northbrook, IL

The trust’s 2020 grants supported community development, health and research, housing, education, employment, arts, and other charitable work, with most funding going to Illinois organizations. It awarded 21 grants totaling $39,099, ranging from $103 to $5,000 (median $1,211). Its final 2020 filing says it funded only preselected organizations and did not accept unsolicited requests.

Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation

Los Angeles, CA

The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation funds charitable organizations working in child abuse prevention, disaster preparedness and response, education and literacy, and health, safety, and human services, with grants across the U.S. Typical awards vary by region: Midwest grants are generally $5,000–$20,000 and Western grants $5,000–$10,000; its 2025 median grant was $15,000. It does not accept unsolicited requests; proposals are by invitation only.