Well Told Grants

Foundations / Environment and conservation

Foundations that fund environment and conservation in Illinois

1,374 private foundations gave $121 million for environment and conservation to organizations in Illinois in their latest year. The largest was Vulcan Materials Company Foundation, with $6.5 million in 1 grant.

Foundations ranked by environment and conservation grants to recipients in Illinois, latest year
FoundationGrantsAmountAccepts applications
Vulcan Materials Company Foundation (Alabama)1$6.5 millionYes
Hamill Family Foundation25$6.2 millionNo
Builders Vision Foundation21$4.8 millionNo
Lilly Endowment Inc (Indiana)2$4.2 millionYes
Walder Foundation (Delaware)23$3.8 millionNo
John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation19$3.6 millionNo
Forest Park Foundation1$3.3 millionYes
The Joyce Foundation16$2.8 millionYes
The Morgridge Family Foundation (Delaware)1$2.5 millionNo
John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation1$2.5 millionNo
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (California)6$1.6 millionYes
Walter Family Foundation Inc1$1.4 millionNo
Malott Family Foundation3$1.4 millionNo
Eddema Foundation1$1.3 millionNo
The McKnight Foundation (Minnesota)4$1.3 millionYes
Walton Family Foundation Inc (Arkansas)7$1.2 millionNo
Dillon Foundation9$1.2 millionYes
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial18$1.1 millionYes
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation (New York)2$1.1 millionYes
Rauner Family Foundation (New York)2$1.1 millionNo
Lumw Foundation (Wisconsin)5$1.1 millionNo
Ed Uihlein Family Foundation8$1.1 millionNo
The Charmm'd Foundation1$1.1 millionNo
David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation2$1.1 millionYes
Richard King Mellon Foundation (Pennsylvania)1$1.0 millionNo

Amounts count grants whose purpose or recipient matches environment and conservation, paid to recipients in Illinois. A foundation based in another state appears when it gives here.

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