Skip to content

Illinois · Private foundation

Usg Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$786k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
267
Grants FY2025
268
Organizations funded FY2024
60%
First-time grantees FY2024
Read the full brief
Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$87,535
Organizations funded a year
153 to 268
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
40
Total assets, FY2025
$5.8M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Usg Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $451k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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
FY2025still arriving241$778k50%
FY2024268$855k60%
FY2023229$811k60%
FY2022268$871k59%
FY2021153$757k78%
FY2020175$706kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$724kHealth$707kHousing & Shelter$630kHuman Services$528kYouth Development$351kPublic Safety & Disaster$327kPublic Benefit$206kArts & Culture$201kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 639 grantees
All grantees of Usg Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
National Merit Scholarship Corporation$370,51550%
Lumity$152,82052%
Mercy Housing Lakefront$126,08150%
Career Transitions Center of Chicago$110,00069%
Chicagoland Habitat for Humanity James Harris Treasurer$100,37522%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc$95,88940%
Easter Seals Dupage & the Fox Valley Region$85,00050%
Youth Conservation Corps$80,35043%
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago$68,52560%
Naperville Heritage Society$60,00061%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$56,00020%
American Heart Association Inc$46,34260%
South Suburban Pads$40,00040%
All Stars Project Inc$30,10030%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$30,00010%
Preservation Foundation of the Lake County Forest Preserves$30,00020%
Sweetwater House of Peace$30,00066%
Maryfield Inc$27,50060%
Communities in Schools of Chicago$27,17520%
Autism Speaks Inc$26,56250%
National Safety Council$25,00010%
The Manufacturing Institute$25,00020%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$23,75460%
Music of the Baroque$22,50040%
Chicago United$20,00011%
Patriot Paws Service Dogs$16,00030%
Girls in the Game Nfp$15,37531%
Wounded Warriors United-Minnesota$15,19537%
Dupage Children's Museum$15,10031%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California$15,05240%
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation$15,00030%
THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund$15,00010%
Lodi House$15,00031%
Team Viac$15,00025%
Backpack Club Inc$15,0003n/a
Eastmont Community Center$15,00021%
Shedd Aquarium Society$15,00010%
Wreaths Across America$15,00020%
Duke University$13,00040%
Eastern Illinois University Foundation$12,50040%
Orange Crush S a C$12,00056%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$12,00030%
All India Movement for Seva Inc$11,12550%
Misericordia Foundation$10,55540%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio Inc$10,15020%
Montana Technological University Foundation$10,12860%
No Frills Fun Run$10,02515%
Society Italian-American Business$10,00021%
Tawas-Whittemore-Hale Area United Fund$10,0002n/a
Care for Real$10,00010%
New Orleans Baptist Ministries Inc$10,0002n/a
The Cradle Society$10,00010%
Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry$10,00010%
Equip for Equality$10,00010%
Grandview Foundation Inc$10,00020%
C A R E Clinic$10,00020%
The Art Institute of Chicago$10,00010%
Hope of Rainier Oregon$10,00024%
North Kansas City Schools Education Foundation$10,00021%
Between Women Inc$10,000214%
Chicago Children's Museum$10,00010%
Family Promise Inc$10,00010%
Dallas Children's Advocacy Center$10,00020%
24 Foundation Inc$10,00020%
Friends of Father Judge High School Inc$10,00020%
Delta Cotton Belles Inc$7,50022%
Real Hope Center$7,50034%
Crossroads Community Services Inc$7,50020%
City Harvest Inc$7,50010%
North Central College$7,50030%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$7,06050%
Asante Foundation$6,60040%
Special Olympics Illinois$6,17850%
Christian Neighbors Se$6,00021%
Dare2tri Paratriathlon Club$6,00010%
Pioneer Center for Human Services$6,00020%
Open Heart Magic$5,85830%
Families Matter Food Pantry Inc$5,76631%
Feed My Starving Children Inc$5,61340%
Paws Chicago$5,55950%
United Way of Lake County Inc$5,50010%
Forgotten Harvest Inc$5,45040%
Friends of Oscar Mayer School$5,39050%
Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit$5,30020%
St Mary's Food Bank Alliance$5,30040%
Samaritan's Purse$5,25020%
Inspired Hearts and Hands Inc$5,25011%
Evanston Symphony Orchestra Association$5,22551%
PADS Lake County Inc$5,15030%
United Way of Greater Toledo$5,12020%
The Gathering Place$5,10510%
City of Hope$5,10030%
Rock by the Sea$5,08750%
Blood Cancer United Inc$5,05030%
Extraordinary Men of Jacksonville Fl Incorporated$5,0251n/a
DC Strong Inc$5,00014%
Northwest Harvest Emm$5,00010%
Friends of Seal Beach Animal Care Center Inc$5,00010%
Riseup Partnership$5,00010%
Special Olympics Louisiana Inc$5,00010%
White River Humane Society Inc$5,00011%
Vermonts Camp Ta-Kum-Ta$5,00010%
Turkey Tracks Hunt Eric Corey Foundation$5,0001n/a
Bridges Outreach Inc$5,00010%
The Doctor Theodore a Atlas Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Beauty and the Beast Fund$5,000117%
Childrens Cancer Network$5,00010%
Tallatoona Community Action Partnership Inc$5,00010%
Williamson County Schools$5,0001n/a
Eos Therapeutic Riding Center$5,0001n/a
Homeless Shelter Action Committee$5,00010%
St John Lutheran Church$5,0001n/a
Knoxville Family Justice Center$5,00011%
Opportunities Inc$5,00011%
Share our Spare$5,00030%
Etowah Valley Humane Society Inc$5,00012%
Teen Challenge of South Calif Inc$5,00010%
Ellie Fund Inc$5,00010%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Black Dagger Mhc Inc$5,00012%
Events for a Cause Inc$5,0001n/a
Bold City Youth Sports Conference$5,0001n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1602$5,000112%
Oakfield Historical Society Inc$5,0001n/a
Boysville Inc$5,00010%
321foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Serving Our Community With Kindness In Springwood$5,00016%
Warrior William Project$5,0001n/a
Mediapolis Firefighters Association$5,0001n/a
Fairview Hospital Foundation$5,0001n/a
The Boggy Creek Gang Inc$5,00010%
The Cornerstone of Beaver County$5,00010%
Penrickton Center for Blind Children$5,00010%
Lutheran Social Services of Northeast Florida Inc$5,00010%
Pioneer Valley Riverfront Club Inc$5,0001n/a
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Alexas Butterflies of Hope$5,0001n/a
Advocates for Children Inc$5,00010%
Urbanreachstl Inc$5,0001n/a
Eagle Star Housing Inc$5,00010%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$5,00010%
Walworth County Community Thanksgiving Dinner Inc$5,0001n/a
Valley Children's Healthcare Foundation$5,00010%
Good Samaritan Services$5,00010%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Walworth County Food Pantry Inc$5,00010%
Brooke Hancock Family Resource Network Inc$5,00010%
Hunts for Healing Inc$5,00016%
Oakfield Betterment Committee Inc$5,000118%
Boys and Girls Country of Houston Inc$5,0001n/a
Wings of Rescue Inc$5,00010%
Memories for Maverick NFP$5,000159%
Vine Maple Place$5,00010%
Autism Society of North Carolina Inc$5,00010%
Life Unlimited Inc$5,00010%
Mimi's Mission Inc$5,00016%
Friends of Tawas Point State Park$5,0001n/a
Play Learn Grow Inc$5,00010%
Because I Said I Would$5,0001n/a
Mighty Change of Heart$5,00013%
School on Wheels Inc$5,00010%
Town of Shoals$5,0001n/a
The Jose M Hernandez Reaching for the Stars Foundation$5,0001n/a
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation$5,00010%
Project Noelle$5,0001n/a
Los Angeles Mission Inc$5,00010%
Centro Biblico of Nj Inc$5,0001n/a
Gabriels Light Foundation$5,00012%
Off the Street Club$5,00010%
Gold in Fight Inc$5,000116%
Auburn Food Bank$5,00010%
Big Foot Community Fine Arts Foundation$5,0001n/a
Drink at the Well Inc$5,00010%
We Players Inc$5,0001n/a
The Brain Aneurysm Foundation Inc$5,00010%
K-9 Hero Haven Inc$5,00013%
Sacred Heart House of Denver$5,0001n/a
Turlock American Little League$5,00015%
Safe Haven Crisis Center Foundation$5,0001n/a
MAGB Transportation Inc$5,00010%
Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight Inc$5,00013%
Blue Monarch$5,00010%
Depelchin Children's Center$5,00010%
Socialworks$5,00010%
Haven to Home Canine Rescue Inc$5,00014%
Compass Inc$5,00010%
Children of Promise Stable Inc$5,00014%
Andrew Habsieger Scholarship Foundation$5,000124%
Night Out for Norah Inc$5,0001n/a
Southeast Iowa Regional Resource Center$5,0001n/a
Tree House Child and Family Center Inc$5,00012%
Transformation Living Center Inc$5,00012%
Miracle League of North Alabama Inc$5,0001n/a
Michael Scott Learning Center$5,000116%
Friends of the Okeene Public Library Inc$5,0001n/a
Los Angeles County Fire Department Foundation$5,00010%
Operation Tiny Home$5,00012%
Legacies Alive$5,0001n/a
Metro Caring$5,00010%
Children's Cancer Connection$5,00010%
Bread of Life$5,0001n/a
The Periwinkle Foundation$5,00010%
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago$5,00010%
Camp Casey Corporation$5,00011%
Auburn Valley Humane Society$5,00010%
Project Linus$5,00011%
Des Moines County Foundation Partners for Conservation$5,0001n/a
Camps for Kids$5,00011%
Hcs Family Services$5,00010%
Sarah's Home Corporation$5,00011%
Tri-City Community Development Corporation$5,00011%
Childrens Home Society of Washington$5,00010%
Work to Ride Inc$5,00010%
Carlton County Animal Rescue$5,00011%
Soldiers' Angels$5,00010%
Hydrocephalus Association$5,00010%
New Beginnings Apfv Inc$5,0001n/a
Tourette Association of America Inc$5,0001n/a
Vista Maria$5,0001n/a
Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago$5,00020%
Camp Freedom Inc$5,00010%
Spencer Chamber of Commerce Foundation$5,00011%
Casa Kane County$5,00010%
Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley$5,00010%
The Lake County Haven$5,00010%
Creative Action$5,00010%
Urban Mission Ministries Inc$5,00010%
Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc$5,00010%
Safe Harbor Children's Advocacy Center$5,00011%
River Bluff Humane Society Inc$5,00011%
The Grayfox Association$5,000110%
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council$5,00010%
Wishbone Pet Rescue Alliance$5,00010%
Refugeeone$5,00010%
Midlothian Senior Activity Center Inc$5,0001n/a
Special Olympics of Texas Inc$5,00010%
Cornerstone Services Inc$5,00010%
Cartersville Schools Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Chicago Mobile Makers$5,00012%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Louisiana Inc$5,0001n/a
Society of St Vincent de Paul$5,00010%
Island Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary Inc$5,00013%
Walworth Childrens Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Disabled American Veterans 18 Carlton County$5,00015%
The Dougy Center Inc$5,00010%
Hope Coalition$5,00010%
Rally for Reid Foundation$5,00012%
Hope Christian Services$5,00010%
Roselle Lions Club Foundation$5,0001n/a
Sound Foundations NW$5,00011%
Kaleida Health Foundation$5,00010%
Fallen Comrades Post 6073 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United$5,00018%
Parkview Primary Parent-Teacher Organization of Bedford Inc$5,0001n/a
City Help Inc of Phoenix$5,00010%
Faith & Actions Ministry$5,0001n/a
New Horizons in Autism Inc$5,00010%
Clothed by Faith Inc$5,00011%
Wildland Firefighter Foundation$5,00010%
Virginia Hunters Who Care Inc$5,00011%
Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana$5,00010%
Red Wing Ignite$5,00010%
Alpha Search and Recovery$5,0001n/a
Ukandu$5,00011%
Lemons of Love Inc$5,00011%
Good Hands Plainwell$5,0001n/a
Genesee Cancer Assistance Inc$5,00016%
Sunshine Acres Children's Home Inc$5,00010%
Community Action of Southeast Iowa$5,00010%
Echo of Brandon Inc$5,00010%
Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation$5,00010%
Autism Imperial County$5,0001n/a
Stones River Lodge Foundation$5,0001n/a
Loyola University Medical Center$5,00010%
Bethany Bible Fellowship$4,5002n/a
Illinois Institute of Technology$4,40050%
Rush University Medical Center$4,13340%
College of Dupage Foundation$3,93550%
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma$3,50010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$3,22850%
Ladder Up (F/K/A City-Wide Tax Assistance Program)$3,00010%
Jackson County Child Abuse Task Force Dba Childrens Advocacy Center$3,00020%
Danny Did Foundation$2,95020%
Syracuse University$2,65020%
Recovery on Water Inc$2,62521%
University of Minnesota Foundation$2,62540%
Of Color Inc$2,53140%
Humane Society of Tampa Bay Inc$2,50010%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US 8087 Golden Tri$2,50011%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven Inc$2,50010%
Center on Halsted$2,50020%
Msforward Inc$2,5001n/a
Mississippi Delta Nature and Learning Center$2,50011%
Niles Little Red Dragons Football League Inc$2,5001n/a
Misfit Spayneuter Clinic Inc$2,50010%
West Shore Community College Foundation$2,50010%
Voices of the Abused$2,5001n/a
Moose & Me Baking Company$2,5001n/a
Chicago Tool Library Co$2,50012%
Luccis House Bully Rescue$2,5001n/a
Midwest Australian Shepherd Rescue Inc$2,50012%
Made New Makerspace$2,5001n/a
Greenville Arts Council$2,50012%
Family Table Collaborative Inc$2,5001n/a
Boys & Girls Club of Washington County$2,50011%
Furrever & After Cat Sanctuary Inc$2,5001n/a
Chicago Lights$2,5001n/a
Saint Vincent College$2,50050%
Great Lakes Weimaraner Rescue Inc$2,5001n/a
Friends of Kishwauketoe$2,5001n/a
Christian Community Health Center$2,50010%
University of Virginia Engineering Foundation Inc$2,50010%
CoreGiving Co$2,50010%
Arsha-Vidya-Pitam$2,4501n/a
Nourishing Hope$2,25350%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$2,13810%
Ronald McDonald House Global$2,05020%
Window to the World Communications Inc$2,01550%
Work Foundation$2,00010%
Puffer Hefty PTA$2,00024%
Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation$2,00010%
Islamic Relief USA$1,85540%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$1,85030%
Project Hood Community Development Corporation$1,75050%
Donorschooseorg$1,74750%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,56850%
West Central Educational Foundation$1,5003n/a
College of Charleston Foundation$1,50030%
Pacific Garden Mission$1,5005n/a
Seton Hill University$1,50020%
Beaumont Community Players Inc dba Southeast Texas Stages$1,37810%
Chicago's Green City Market Program$1,35020%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$1,33550%
Christian Camps Inc dba Deerfoot Lodge & Subsidiary$1,25010%
Misericordia Home$1,25010%
Hebron Schools Education Foundation$1,2502n/a
The Steve Azar St Cecilia Foundation$1,25020%
Northwestern University$1,25010%
The Night Ministry$1,10930%
Trevor Project Inc$1,07520%
VFW National Home$1,05020%
Chicago Cares Inc$1,02510%
United Way of Washington County Inc$1,00010%
Role Model Movement Inc (NFP)$1,00010%
Translifeline DBA Trans Lifeline$1,00010%
Girls 4 Science$1,00010%
Mountain View Volleyball Club Inc$1,00010%
Kenneth Young Center$1,00010%
The Chicago Academy of Sciences$1,00010%
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness$1,00010%
St Augustine Society Inc$1,00020%
Irving Bible Church of Irving Tx$1,0001n/a
Timbergrove Sports Assocation Inc$1,00010%
La Casa Norte$1,0001n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc$1,00010%
Battle of the Bulge Association Inc$1,00012%
Rainbow Railroad USA Inc$1,00010%
Patriots' Hall of Dripping Springs$1,00010%
Imentor Inc$1,00010%
MainStreet Libertyville Inc$1,00010%
Athlete Ally Inc$1,00010%
The Chicago Recovery Alliance$1,0001n/a
House of Tulip$1,0001n/a
Monaco Air Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
United Fund of Nolan County Tex Inc$1,0001n/a
Nami Barrington Area$1,0001n/a
Chicago Women's Health Center$1,00010%
America's Vetdogs the Veterans K-9 Corps Inc$1,00010%
Athletics for Education and Success Inc$1,00010%
Friends of the Chicago River$1,00010%
Friends of Cloquet Parks$1,0001n/a
American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities Inc$1,00010%
Fenwick High School$9673n/a
Buchanan Center for the Arts$96030%
Chicago Public Media Inc$95750%
The Lords Cupboard Community Pantry$82510%
Vassar College$72540%
The V Foundation$67540%
Chicago Horticultural Society$63940%
The Salvation Army$6253n/a
Kars 4 Kids Inc$62510%
Heartbeat of Columbiana County Inc$60040%
Smile Train Inc$60030%
Chatt Foundation$5201n/a
Syrian American Medical Society Foundation$50010%
Fighting Childrens Cancer Foundation$50020%
Rams Baseball Club$50010%
Lords Cupboard Inc$5001n/a
KiDs Beach Club$50010%
Maria Sklodowska - Curie Polish School$50010%
Disney II Educational Foundation$50011%
Blessing House$50010%
Pratham USA$50010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$47530%
The Halo Trust (Usa) Inc$44420%
Direct Relief$40130%
Friends of McPherson$37540%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$37520%
Fitchburg State University Foundation Inc$37510%
Disabled American Veterans$35020%
Rogers Park Montessori School$35020%
United Fund of Cumberland County$35020%
The Sato Project$33410%
Executive Service Corps of Chicago$33020%
Midewin Tallgrass Prairie Alliance$3253n/a
Project Purple Inc$31510%
Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc$30510%
American Lung Association$30010%
United States Association for UNHCR$30020%
Vertical Raise Np Inc$30040%
Camp Shout Out Inc$30020%
Youth and Family Counseling$30040%
Notre Dame College Prep$3005n/a
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$29950%
Wilmette Community Nursery School$28840%
Duluth-Superior Area Educational Television Corporation$28730%
Trivium Preparatory Academy$28620%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$28130%
People's Resource Center$28030%
Illinois Fire Safety Alliance$27530%
Connecting for Kids of Westlake Oh$26330%
Lawrence County 4-H Clubs & Fair Association Inc$2501n/a
Coalition for Rainforest Nations Secretariat$25010%
Westlake Youth Football Association$25010%
Breakthrough T1d$25030%
Mara Elephant Project USA Inc$25010%
Valkyrie Dragons$2501n/a
Democracy Forward Foundation$25010%
Foundation of the State University of New York at Binghamton Inc$25010%
Sarah's Inn$25010%
Filmscene$25010%
Westwood Neighborhood Food Pantry$2501n/a
Illinois Congress of Parents Fairmount School PTA$2501n/a
Lincoln Park Conservancy$25010%
Iowa Curve Baseball Inc$2501n/a
Cosley Foundation Inc$25010%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$25010%
Nest Postpartum Support Nfp$2501n/a
Earthjustice$25010%
Smithsonian Institution$25030%
New York University$25010%
Beth Sholom Home of Eastern Virginia$25010%
Bradley University$25010%
University of San Francisco$25010%
One Tail at a Time Nfp$25010%
Defiance College$25010%
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations$25010%
Lehigh University$25010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$25030%
New York Public Radio$24320%
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan$23720%
National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund$23620%
Fairfield Glade Fire Department$22520%
The Ability Experience$20010%
Western Michigan University Foundation$20020%
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust$20010%
Chicago Canine Rescue Foundation$20020%
Iowa Central Community College Foundation$20010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$19220%
The History Center in Tompkins County Inc$18930%
Lincoln Park Zoological Society$18310%
Best Friends Animal Society$18330%
Norte Youth Cycling$18210%
Safe Harbor Nurturing Minds Tutoring Services Inc$17511%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$17520%
Elgin Master Chorale Inc$16910%
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy$16520%
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc$16010%
The CHIditarod Foundation$15820%
City of Evanston$1552n/a
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$15010%
Boys & Girls Club of Lake County$15020%
South Suburban Humane Society$15010%
Hope Resource Center Inc$15010%
Mission Pre-Born Inc$15020%
United Church Social Service Union$1501n/a
La Rabida Children's Foundation$15020%
Brightfocus Foundation$15020%
American Diabetes Association$1501n/a
Educational Media Foundation$15010%
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression$15030%
Civil Air Patrol Inc$13410%
Secular Student Alliance$12910%
National Parks Conservation Association$12510%
Florida Studio Theatre Inc$12510%
Compassion International Incorporated$1251n/a
Friends of Pulaski$12530%
Disciples Divinity House of the University of Chicago$1251n/a
Cooperative Development Fund of Cds$12510%
University of Minnesota$1251n/a
Lutheran World Relief Inc$12530%
Dell Children's Foundation$12510%
Redeemer City To City$11510%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$11320%
Colorectal Cancer Alliance$11320%
Ancilla Domini Sisters Inc$1132n/a
Public Television 19 Inc$10620%
Atrium Health Foundation$10310%
Imerman Angels$10010%
University of Illinois Foundation$10030%
Youversion Inc$1001n/a
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry$10010%
Elmhurst University$10010%
Central India Christian Mission$1001n/a
Red Pen Reviews$1002n/a
Glenview Youth Baseball Inc$10010%
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc$10020%
Plateau Pregnancy Services$10010%
The Center for Enriched Living Inc$10010%
Minn-Iowa Christian Broadcasting Inc$10010%
State University of Iowa Foundation$10020%
Beyond Hunger$10010%
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation$10010%
Saruni International$1001n/a
Hoof Woof & Meow Animal Rescue$10010%
Special Olympics Inc$10010%
Parkinsons Cure Research Funding Inc$771n/a
Special Olympics Iowa Inc$7630%
National Park Foundation$7520%
Toccoa Stephens County Humane Shelter Inc$7510%
Cool Ministries$7520%
Childrens Oncology Services Inc$7520%
Gofundmeorg$7520%
Public Action to Deliver Shelter Inc D/B/A Hesed House$7520%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$7510%
Steppenwolf Theatre Company$7510%
Paws and Claws Rescue Inc$7520%
American Cancer Society Inc$7510%
Northfield Township Food Pantry$7510%
Evanston Roundtable Media Nfp$6010%
Art Guild of Burlington$6010%
Lupus Foundation of America Inc$5810%
The Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University$5510%
Chicago Police Memorial Foundation$5310%
Block Club Chicago Nfp$5210%
Pro Publica Inc$5210%
Youth Job Center Inc$5210%
Fenwick Foundation Inc$5210%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$5110%
Connecticut River Watershed Council Inc$5110%
Indian Hill Foundation$5010%
The Salvation Army$502n/a
Children's Hospital Corporation$5010%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$5010%
Evanston Parks Fdn$501n/a
Illinois Arts Alliance$5010%
The Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress$5010%
Movember Foundation$5010%
Friends of the Forest Preserves$5020%
National Breast Cancer Coalition$5010%
Habitat for Humanity Chicago$5010%
Skidmore College$5010%
Rotary Club of Grayslake Foundation$501n/a
Food for Greater Elgin Inc$5010%
Jason Grosse Memorial Foundation Ltd$501n/a
Foundation for International Cardiac and Community Services$501n/a
The Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence$5010%
Pink Lemons Nfp$501n/a
Metrowest Humane Society Inc$5010%
Northern Illinois University Foundation$5010%
Second Harvest Foodbank of North Central Ohio$5010%
National Fallen Firefighters Foundation$5010%
Springfield Rescue Mission$5010%
Iowa Health System$5010%
Special Children's Charities$5010%
PTA Rhode Island Congress of Parents and Teachers$501n/a
Trinity Health Foundation$5010%
Mercury One Inc$5010%
Gannon University$5010%
Partners of the Evanston Public Library$501n/a
Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc$5010%
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc$5010%
Benedictine University$5010%
Elderwerks Educational Services$5020%
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi$5010%
Allentown Rescue Mission Inc$5010%
Nisra Foundation$5010%
Central Arizona Shelter Services Inc$5010%
Grayslake Heritage Center Foundation$501n/a
Depaul University$5010%
Valley Hope Association Foundation$5010%
Pasadena Humane$501n/a
Ald Connect Inc$5010%
Divinity School Association Univ of Chicago$5010%
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$5010%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$5010%
Columbia Intermediate School PTO$501n/a
Khan Academy Inc$5010%
The Anti-Cruelty Society$5010%
Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation$5010%
Robert a Reaumond Foundation$5010%
National Ataxia Foundation Incorporated$5010%
Planned Parenthood of Illinois$5010%
Mission of Our Lady of Mercy$501n/a
Genevieve and Donald S Gilmore Fdn$4810%
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$3810%
Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare S$3810%
American Humane Association$3810%
Baitulmaal Inc$351n/a
Spalding STEM Academy PTO$351n/a
Bear Creek Elementary PTO$3010%
International Rescue Committee INC$3010%
The Innocence Project Inc$2610%
Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation$2610%
Friends of Bell School$2610%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$261n/a
American Brain Tumor Association$2610%
Animal Haven Inc$2610%
Special Leisure Services Foundation$2610%
Midewin Interpretive Association$251n/a
Kidney Donor Athletes Inc$251n/a
Forgotten Clefs Inc$251n/a
Watts of Love$2510%
Rails to Trails Conservancy$2510%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$2510%
Naperville Area Humane Society$2510%
Muddy Paws Rescue$2510%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$2510%
Totallink to Community Inc$2510%
Friends of Tubman$2510%
St Monica's Senior Living Inc$2510%
Miracle League of Arizona$2510%
North Dakota State University Foundation$2510%
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$251n/a
Kalamazoo College$2510%
Hemlock Creek PTO Inc$2510%
Charity Navigator$2510%
Iowa State University Foundation$2510%
Rialto Square Theatre Foundation$2510%
Voteorg$2510%
Seaside School Consortium Inc$2510%
Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center$2510%
CaringBridge$2510%
Feeding the Carolinas$2510%
Free To Run Foundation$251n/a
Great River Health Foundation Inc$2510%
Leader Dogs for the Blind$2510%
Wright-Way Rescue Inc$2510%
World Vision Foundation$251n/a
Cair-Foundation Inc$191n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 233 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Usg Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNational Merit Scholarship Corporation: $370,515 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLumity: $152,820 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetMercy Housing Lakefront: $126,081 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCareer Transitions Center of Chicago: $110,000 over 6y, 9.1% of budgetChicagoland Habitat for Humanity James Harris Treasurer: $100,375 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc: $95,889 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEaster Seals Dupage & the Fox Valley Region: $85,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetYouth Conservation Corps: $80,350 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetYWCA Metropolitan Chicago: $68,525 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNaperville Heritage Society: $60,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetHabitat for Humanity International Inc: $56,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $46,342 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Suburban Pads: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAll Stars Project Inc: $30,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPreservation Foundation of the Lake County Forest Preserves: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSweetwater House of Peace: $30,000 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetMaryfield Inc: $27,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Chicago: $27,175 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $26,562 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Safety Council: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Manufacturing Institute: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $23,754 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMusic of the Baroque: $22,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetChicago United: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPatriot Paws Service Dogs: $16,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGirls in the Game Nfp: $15,375 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetWounded Warriors United-Minnesota: $15,195 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetDupage Children's Museum: $15,100 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Southern California: $15,052 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLodi House: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTeam Viac: $15,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetEastmont Community Center: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetShedd Aquarium Society: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWreaths Across America: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDuke University: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEastern Illinois University Foundation: $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOrange Crush S a C: $12,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAll India Movement for Seva Inc: $11,125 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMisericordia Foundation: $10,555 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio Inc: $10,150 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMontana Technological University Foundation: $10,128 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNo Frills Fun Run: $10,025 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetSociety Italian-American Business: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCare for Real: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

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 200.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

George M Eisenberg Foundation for CharitiesIL37.1× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Circle of Service Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Dr Scholl Foundation · Baxter International Foundation · Motorola Solutions Foundation · Cme Group Community Foundation F/K/A Nymex Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · First Bank Chicago Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Imc Chicago Charitable 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.

Compare Usg Foundation Inc with peer funders

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Usg Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Usg Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Usg Foundation Inc

How much does Usg Foundation Inc give?
Usg Foundation Inc reported 267 grants totaling $785,944 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 153 and 268 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Usg Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (15%), Health (15%), Housing & Shelter (13%).
Who are Usg Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: National Merit Scholarship Corporation ($371k), Lumity ($153k), Mercy Housing Lakefront ($126k).
Does Usg Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Usg Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Usg Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities, Circle of Service Foundation, Polk Bros Foundation Inc.
Where is Usg Foundation Inc based?
Usg Foundation Inc 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 886 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Usg’s filings →

More from the funding graph