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Midland States Bank Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$534k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
40
Grants FY2024
23
Organizations funded FY2023
65%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$7,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 76
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$581k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 65% of the organizations Midland States Bank Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $345k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementEducationFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving39$527k79%
FY202323$435k65%
FY202218$513k61%
FY20213$130k33%
FY202076$360k91%
FY201922$296k55%
FY201813$286k54%
FY201711$212kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Community Improvement$1.1MHuman Services$446kEducation$249kHealth$244kRecreation & Sports$202kHousing & Shelter$153kFood & Nutrition$99kYouth Development$96kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Midland States Bank Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship Nfp$800,000724%
Crisis Nursery of Effingham County$127,300711%
Will Grundy Medical Clinic$50,00052%
Community Support Systems Inc$50,0001n/a
Cefs Economic Opportunity Corporation$40,00020%
Effingham Public Library$35,0002n/a
Regional Access & Mobilization Project Inc$30,00021%
Rockford Park District Foundation$30,00020%
SwedishAmerican Health Foundation$25,00010%
Young Men's Christian Association Joliet$22,50020%
Spanish Community Center$20,00041%
Delmar Divine Charitable Foundation$20,00011%
Lee County Council on Aging$20,00013%
The Simple Room$17,00033%
Joliet Junior College Foundation$15,00010%
Rockford Promise$15,00011%
Riverside Healthcare Foundation$15,00011%
University of St Francis$15,00020%
Community Service Council of Northern Will County$15,00012%
Family Peace Center$12,5001n/a
Hands of Hope Illinois$12,50020%
Blackhawk Area Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc$11,90010%
CRIS Healthy Aging$11,00020%
Fortitude Community Outreach$10,50023%
The Salvation Army$10,0001n/a
Will County Center for Community Concerns$10,00020%
Wesley House Association$10,00011%
Almost Home$10,00011%
The Center for Autism Education$10,00010%
Maryville University - St Louis$10,00010%
Ballard Family Nature Center Inc$10,00024%
Rockford Rescue Mission Ministries$10,00020%
International Association of Lions Clubs Belvidere Lions Club$10,000118%
Sauk Valley Foodbank$10,0001n/a
Sauk Valley College Foundation$10,00011%
C-U at Home$10,00011%
Illinois Executive Mansion Association$10,00010%
Tabernacle Community Development Corporation$10,00011%
The Family Life Pregnancy Care Center Inc$8,30020%
Cornerstone Services Inc$7,70010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois$7,50011%
Rock Valley College Foundation$7,50011%
Barbara Olson Center of Hope$7,50010%
Spanish Coalition for Housing$7,50010%
Rebuilding Together - St Louis$7,50010%
Allies for Community Business Inc$7,50010%
Rockford Area Arts Council$7,50011%
Kankakee Riverfront Society Inc$7,50015%
Small Business Empowerment Center$7,50010%
Kendel Sherman Foundation$7,5001n/a
Life Decisions Inc$7,50012%
South Suburban Housing Center$7,50011%
Comp-U-Dopt Inc$7,50010%
I Am My Sister Foundation$7,500121%
Catholic Charities Inc$7,5001n/a
Secondary Success and Beyond$7,5001n/a
Harvey Brooks Motivation & Development Foundation$6,50021%
Carrie Lynn Children's Center$5,00014%
First Presbyterian Church$5,0001n/a
Youth in Need$5,00010%
First Assembly of God Church$5,0001n/a
Miss Carly's Inc$5,00011%
Carpenter's Place Inc$5,00010%
Children's Safe Harbor Inc$5,00011%
Effingham Child Development Center$5,00011%
Kendall County Community Food Pantry Inc$5,00010%
We Care of Grundy County Inc$5,00011%
United Way of Kankakee County Inc$4,00011%
Bcmw Community Services Inc$2,50010%
Breast Intentions of Illinois Inc$2,500118%
Community Food Basket$2,50010%
Lighthouse Pregnancy Center Nfp$2,50011%
Morning Star Mission Ministries Inc$2,50010%
Effingham County Fish Human Services$2,50013%
Courage Connection$2,50010%
The Little Bit Foundation$2,50010%
Illinois Valley Food Pantry$2,50011%
St Louis Area Food Bank Inc$2,50010%
The Restore Network$2,50011%
Boone County Casa$2,50013%
Better Family Life Inc$2,50010%
Bond County Senior Center$2,50010%
Mendota Area Christian Food Pantry$2,25011%
Teen Turf Inc$2,25013%
Warren Sharpe Community Center$1,50011%
Duane Dean Behavioral Health Center$1,50010%
Youth Service Bureau$1,25010%
Kankakee County Community Services Inc$1,00010%
Wenona Food Pantry$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 68 recipients with no EIN on record ($956k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Midland States Bank Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMidland Institute for Entrepreneurship Nfp: $800,000 over 7y, 24% of budgetCrisis Nursery of Effingham County: $127,300 over 7y, 11% of budgetWill Grundy Medical Clinic: $50,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetCefs Economic Opportunity Corporation: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRegional Access & Mobilization Project Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetRockford Park District Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSwedishAmerican Health Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association Joliet: $22,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSpanish Community Center: $20,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetDelmar Divine Charitable Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLee County Council on Aging: $20,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetThe Simple Room: $17,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetJoliet Junior College Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRockford Promise: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRiverside Healthcare Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUniversity of St Francis: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Service Council of Northern Will County: $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHands of Hope Illinois: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBlackhawk Area Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc: $11,900 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCRIS Healthy Aging: $11,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFortitude Community Outreach: $10,500 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetWill County Center for Community Concerns: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWesley House Association: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAlmost Home: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Center for Autism Education: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMaryville University - St Louis: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBallard Family Nature Center Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetRockford Rescue Mission Ministries: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Association of Lions Clubs Belvidere Lions Club: $10,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetSauk Valley College Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetC-U at Home: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetIllinois Executive Mansion Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTabernacle Community Development Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Family Life Pregnancy Care Center Inc: $8,300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCornerstone Services Inc: $7,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois: $7,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetRock Valley College Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBarbara Olson Center of Hope: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSpanish Coalition for Housing: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRebuilding Together - St Louis: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAllies for Community Business Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRockford Area Arts Council: $7,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetKankakee Riverfront Society Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetSmall Business Empowerment Center: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLife Decisions Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSouth Suburban Housing Center: $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetComp-U-Dopt Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetI Am My Sister Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 21% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 78.

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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.

Community Foundation of Northern ILIL33.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Northern IL · Northern Illinois Food Bank · The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation · Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation · Virginia C Koboldt Charitable Trust · Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008 · John T Wolf Charitable Trust II · The Kjellstrom Family Foundation · United Way of Rock River Valley · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Guy Reno Family Foundation · Rydell Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Midland States Bank Foundation

How much does Midland States Bank Foundation give?
Midland States Bank Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $534,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 76 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Midland States Bank Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (39%), Human Services (16%), Education (9%).
Who are Midland States Bank Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship Nfp ($800k), Crisis Nursery of Effingham County ($127k), Will Grundy Medical Clinic ($50k).
Does Midland States Bank Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 65% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Midland States Bank Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Midland States Bank Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Northern IL, Northern Illinois Food Bank, The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation.
Where is Midland States Bank Foundation based?
Midland States Bank Foundation is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 158 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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