Organization · EIN 36-2167770 · Lake Forest, IL · Education

Who funds Lake Forest College?

55 private foundations reported paying Lake Forest College $1.87M on returns for tax year 2023.

55 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 55

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Wilemal Fund
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$687,903 FOR THE GENERAL, SCIENTIFIC OR EDUCATION PURPOSE Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
New York, NY
$603,500 TO SUPPORT A HUMANITIES FOR ALL TIMES PROJECT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Oppenheimer Family Foundation
Ojai, CA
$100,000 GENERAL CHARITABLE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
CMB Foundation
Mettawa, IL · Preselected only
$40,000 Educational Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Donnelley Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$37,000
6 grant lines
UNRESTRICTED Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Finley Barrell
Po Box Chica, IL · Preselected only
$32,782 GENERAL Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 04/2024
Mason Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$32,000 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Charles Koch Foundation
Arlington, VA
$30,315 General operating support Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Reed Family Foundation
Lake Geneva, WI · Preselected only
$26,000
2 grant lines
GENERAL Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Granger Farwell Charitable Trust
Dallas, TX · Preselected only
$26,000 SCHOLARSHIPS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 07/2024
Hunter Family Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$25,000 HEALTH PROFESSIONS PROGRAM Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Findlay T Schl Tuia
Orlando, FL · Preselected only
$23,977 SCHOLARSHIPS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Modestus Bauer Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$21,000 GENERAL CHARITABLE USE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Ernest Wentcher Educational Fund
Chicago, IL
$20,000 EDUCATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Butler Family Foundation
Lake Forest, IL
$15,000 GENERAL CHARITABLE, RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF THE DONEE ORGANIZATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Dick Family Foundation
Washington, DC · Preselected only
$12,000 GENERAL FUND Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Buchanan Family Foundation
Lake Forest, IL · Preselected only
$10,000 GENERAL, OPERATING, ENDOWMENT OR CAPITAL. Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Ed Uihlein Family Foundation
Lake Forest, IL · Preselected only
$10,000 GENERAL Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Ellis Goodman Family Foundation
Glencoe, IL · Preselected only
$10,000 COMMUNITY Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Red Bird Hollow Foundation
Lake Forest, IL · Preselected only
$10,000 CHARITABLE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Lake Forest College

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Lake Forest College, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $1.34M to them
  2. Ge Foundation Norwalk, CT
    Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $548K to them
  3. The Cigna Group Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $135K to them
  4. American Express Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $883K to them
  5. The Lazard Charitable Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $13.4K to them
  6. Fidelity Foundation Boston, MA
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $1.41M to them
  7. John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) Chicago, IL
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $6.19M to them
  8. The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $7.74M to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL
    12 shared funders · 238 funders in all
  2. President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA
    13 shared funders · 831 funders in all
  3. American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches Washington, DC
    18 shared funders · 2434 funders in all
  4. Evans Scholars Foundation Glenview, IL
    11 shared funders · 230 funders in all
  5. Lake Forest Open Lands Association Mettawa, IL
    11 shared funders · 42 funders in all
  6. Gorton Community Center Lake Forest, IL
    10 shared funders · 28 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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