Illinois · Private foundation
Three Lakes Foundation Trust
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.
- $417k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Three Lakes Foundation Trust’s FY2025 grant dollars went to New Venture Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $417,445
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $417,445
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Three Lakes Foundation Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $629k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $1.9M | 20% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $3.9M | 71% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $1.5M | 100% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $1.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American College of Chest Physicians | $2,382,800 | 2 | 5% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $1,763,806 | 3 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $1,571,720 | 3 | 0% |
| Innovation Development Institute Inc | $721,560 | 1 | 14% |
| Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation | $564,532 | 1 | 5% |
| Baylor Health Care System Foundation | $155,575 | 1 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wescoe Foundation for Pulmonary Fibrosis | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Three Lakes Foundation Trust supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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About Three Lakes Foundation Trust
- How much does Three Lakes Foundation Trust give?
- Three Lakes Foundation Trust reported 1 grants totaling $417,445 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Three Lakes Foundation Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (71%), Education (21%), Philanthropy (8%).
- Who are Three Lakes Foundation Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: American College of Chest Physicians ($2.4M), University of Pittsburgh ($1.8M), Vanderbilt University Medical Center ($1.6M).
- Does Three Lakes Foundation Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Three Lakes Foundation Trust 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.
- Where is Three Lakes Foundation Trust based?
- Three Lakes Foundation Trust is based in IL.
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