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The Warner Family Foundation

Preselected recipients only Chicago, Illinois · EIN 516522857

The Warner Family Foundation is a private foundation in Chicago, Illinois. In tax year 2025 it gave $287,919 in 39 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $30,000. It only gives to organizations it selects itself and does not accept unsolicited applications.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $267,919 the year before.

15% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$250,55036$6.0 million
2024$267,91935$6.4 million
2025$287,91939$6.9 million

How to apply

The Warner Family Foundation says in its IRS filing that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations, so unsolicited applications are unlikely to be considered. Organizations it funds are usually invited.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Warner Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 13 states, the most to Florida.

StateGrantsAmount
Florida12$89,000
New York6$61,500
Minnesota7$36,000
Pennsylvania2$35,000
Connecticut2$27,000
Michigan2$17,000
California1$5,000
Illinois1$5,000
Massachusetts1$5,000
Ohio1$3,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 39 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc
New York, NY
General$30,000
The Hill School
Pottstown, PA
General$30,000
Yale University
New Haven, CT
General$26,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Inc
NE Wyork, NY
General$26,000
Boys and Girls Club of Martin County
Hobe Sound, FL
General$25,000
Little Traverse Conservancy Inc
Harbor Springs, MI
General$11,000
The Blake School
Hopkins, MN
General$10,000
Cleveland Clinic Martin Health Foundation
Stuart, FL
General$10,000
Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc
Jupiter, FL
General$10,000
Best Buddies International
Miami, FL
General operating$6,000
McClaren Northern Michigan Foundation
Petoskey, MI
General$6,000
Jupiter Island Medical Clinic Inc
Hobe Sound, FL
General$5,500
Voyage Foundation
Jupiter, FL
General$5,000
Washburn Center for Children
Minneapolis, MN
General operating$5,000
Planned Parenthood North Central States
St Paul, MN
General$5,000
Edina Give and Go
Edina, MN
General$5,000
Baptist Health South Florida Foundation
Coral Gables, FL
General$5,000
The Everglades Foundation Inc
Palmetto Bay, FL
General$5,000
Maltz Jupiter Theatre Inc
Jupiter, FL
General$5,000
Surfrider Foundation
San Clemente, CA
General operating$5,000
Evans Scholars Foundation
Glenview, IL
General$5,000
Hanley Foundation
Amherst, MA
General$5,000
Gulfstream School
Gulf Stream, FL
General$5,000
Boys and Girls Club of Palm Beach County
West Palm Beach, FL
General$5,000
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
General$5,000
People Serving People Inc
Minneapolis, MN
General operating$4,000
Second Harvest Foodbank
Brooklyn Park, MN
General operating$4,000
Cincinnati Country Day School
Cincinnati, OH
General operating$3,000
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness
Saint Paul, MN
General operating$3,000
The Millbrook School
Millbrook, NY
General$2,500
Palm Beach Area Tennis Patrons Inc DBA
West Palm Beach, FL
General$2,500
St Andrews School of Delaware
Middletown, DE
General$2,000
Miss Porter's School Inc
Farmington, CT
General$1,000
Green Vale School
Old Brookville, NY
General$1,000
University of Michigan Law School Tr
New York, NY
General operating$1,000
Pathfinder Village Foundation
Edmeston, NY
General$1,000
University of Virginia School of Law
Charlottesville, VA
General operating$1,000
Shriners Children's
Atlanta, GA
General$919
The Conservation Fund
Arlington, VA
General$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Warner Family Foundation accept grant applications?

No. Its IRS filing says it only makes contributions to preselected organizations.

How much does The Warner Family Foundation give?

$287,919 in tax year 2025, across 39 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs The Warner Family Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists JP Morgan Chase Bank N A (trustee), Douglas A Warner III (co-trustee) and Patricia G Warner (Co-Trustee).

What does The Warner Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health, education and youth programs.

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