Cf Industries Foundation
Northbrook, IL · EIN 88-4379468. Reported 36 grants totalling $1,327,672 to 36 recipients across tax years 2023-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Cf Industries Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
5 of the organizations Cf Industries Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 5 grants totalling $130,000 to them. That is 12% of the $1,129,873 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Siouxland Inc | federated giving programme | Iowa | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Capital Area United Way | federated giving programme | Louisiana | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines | community foundation | Iowa | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| United Way of Southeast Louisiana | federated giving programme | Louisiana | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| United Way of St Charles | federated giving programme | Louisiana | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $7,500 and $42,800; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $500,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Acre Fund | Highland Park, IL | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ducks Unlimited Inc | Memphis, TN | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater (new Orleans) | New Orleans, LA | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| River Road African American Museum and Gallery | Donaldsonville, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Siouxland | Sioux City, IA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mississippi State University Foundation Inc | Mississippi State, MS | $48,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southern University System | Baton Rouge, LA | $42,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank | Baton Rouge, LA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Capital Area United Way | Baton Rouge, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines | Des Moines, IA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center | Baton Rouge, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Southeast Louisiana | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| River Parishes Community College Foundation | Gonzales, LA | $18,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bixby Outreach Center | Bixby, OK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Owasso Community Resources Inc | Owasso, OK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sioux City Symphony Orchestra Association | Sioux City, IA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Holmes Community College Development Foundation Inc | Goodman, MS | $13,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Iowa FFA Foundation | Ankeny, IA | $10,275 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Claremore Public Schools Foundation | Claremore, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Council for Jewish Elderly | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sarah's Circle | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Morton Arboretum | Lisle, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of St Charles | Boutte, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sanford Center | Sioux City, IA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Siouxland | Sioux City, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Illinois Foundation Future Farmers of America | Springfield, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| CASA of Northeast Oklahoma Inc | Claremore, OK | $4,999 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One-Five Foundation | Palatine, IL | $4,999 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Plains Indians & Pioneers | Woodward, OK | $4,999 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Indiana FFA Foundation Inc | Traflagar, IN | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rogers County Literacy Council | Caremore, OK | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Broken Arrow Leadership Foundation Inc | Tulsa, OK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Just the Beginning | Tulsa, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
0 of 36 (0%) received money in more than one year over the 2 years we hold.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- One Acre Fund
FARMER LED REFORESTATION PROGRAM. - Ducks Unlimited Inc
IOWA WATER QUALITY WETLANDS PROGRAM AND IOWA SHALLOW LAKE RESTORATIONS. - Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater (new Orleans)
IMPROVE FOOD ACCESS IN LOUISIANA - Friends of the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences
EXPANDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, POULTRY PRODUCTION AREA - National American Red Cross
DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS IN OKLAHOMA. - United Way of Siouxland
DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS IN THE SIOUXLAND COMMUNITY.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 25 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 35 | $1,277,672 | $15,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Cf Industries Foundation has 17 of them, worth $1,887,727. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| One Acre Fund | Highland Park, IL | $978,663 |
| United Way for South Louisiana | Houma, LA | $165,000 |
| Mississippi State University Foundation Inc | Mississippi State, MS | $140,033 |
| Southern University System | Baton Rouge, LA | $124,869 |
| Ducks Unlimited Inc | Memphis, TN | $123,201 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | New Orleans, LA | $118,596 |
| Capital Area United Way | Baton Rouge, LA | $80,000 |
| United Way of Siouxland | Sioux City, IA | $50,000 |
| Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center | Baton Rouge, LA | $24,640 |
| River Parishes Community College | Gonzales, LA | $18,650 |
| Tulsa Area United Way | Tulsa, OK | $15,000 |
| United Fund of Woodward | Woodward, OK | $15,000 |
| Holmes Community College Development Foundation Inc | Goodman, MS | $13,605 |
| United Way of Lake County | Gurnee, IL | $10,000 |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
Where its money goes
46% of its giving went to organizations in Illinois.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Cf Industries Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2022-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 2375 Waterview Drive, Northbrook, IL, 60062. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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