Illinois · Private foundation
Kiwanis Foundation of Lake Bluff & Lake Forest
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $77k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 22
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $801k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Kiwanis Foundation of Lake Bluff & Lake Forest funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 25 | $77k | 12% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $77k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $91k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $40k | 32% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $30k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keeping Families Covered | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| College of Lake County Foundation | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Friends of Lake Forest Parks & Rec Foundation | $35,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Gigis Playhouse Inc | $32,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Bravo Waukegan | $12,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Alliance for Excellence | $11,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $10,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Mothers Trust Foundation | $10,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Spirit of 67 Foundation | $9,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Lake County Childrens Advocacy Center | $9,500 | 6 | 2% |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($81k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kiwanis Foundation of Lake Bluff & Lake Forest supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · Lee Family Foundation · John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy · The Chicago Community Trust · Butler Family Foundation · Trustmark Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · Baxter International Foundation · Forest & Found NFP · Little Orchard Foundation · Sunshine Charitable Foundation · The Lake County Community Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Kiwanis Foundation of Lake Bluff & Lake Forest with peer funders
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About Kiwanis Foundation of Lake Bluff & Lake Forest
- How much does Kiwanis Foundation of Lake Bluff & Lake Forest give?
- Kiwanis Foundation of Lake Bluff & Lake Forest reported 25 grants totaling $76,646 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Kiwanis Foundation of Lake Bluff & Lake Forest fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (24%), Human Services (20%), Recreation & Sports (17%).
- Who are Kiwanis Foundation of Lake Bluff & Lake Forest's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Keeping Families Covered ($40k), College of Lake County Foundation ($40k), Friends of Lake Forest Parks & Rec Foundation ($35k).
- Does Kiwanis Foundation of Lake Bluff & Lake Forest fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kiwanis Foundation of Lake Bluff & Lake Forest accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Kiwanis Foundation of Lake Bluff & Lake Forest?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, Lee Family Foundation, John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy.
- Where is Kiwanis Foundation of Lake Bluff & Lake Forest based?
- Kiwanis Foundation of Lake Bluff & Lake Forest is based in IL.
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