Community Foundation of Grundy County
Morris, IL · EIN 36-4299824. Reported 127 grants totalling $3,993,843 to 76 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Community Foundation of Grundy County, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31).
- How spread out its giving is. 76 distinct organizations, with 17% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 49% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $11,968. Half of what it reported fell between $9,000 and $23,500; the smallest was $5,500 and the largest $641,071. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Hospital Auxiliary & Foundation | Morris, IL | $672,769 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Young Mens Christian Association Joliet | Shorewood, IL | $536,861 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Children's Cancer Therapy Development Institute | Beaverton, OR | $449,560 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Grundy Eunoia Wellness Center Nfp | Mazon, IL | $277,945 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Morris Area Public Library | Morris, IL | $157,146 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Patricks Catholic Church | Seneca, IL | $155,033 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Morris | Morris, IL | $110,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Grundy County Health Department | Morris, IL | $98,277 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| We Care of Gc | Morris, IL | $78,218 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Grundy Area Pads | Morris, IL | $65,110 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Minooka Community High School | Channahon, IL | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mental Health Matters Fund | Shorewood, IL | $64,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cup of Cold Water Ministries | Newark, IL | $59,600 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Minooka Community High School | Channahon, IL | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Conservation Commission Town of Hanover Nh | Hanover, NH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Joliet Catholic Academy | Joliet, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater Joliet Area YMCA | Joliet, IL | $45,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Illinois Valley Industries | Morris, IL | $44,343 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Our Savior's Lutheran Church | Seneca, IL | $43,600 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Immaculate Conception Morris Il | Morris, IL | $43,315 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Village of Minooka | Minooka, IL | $43,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Champaign, IL | $40,738 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Minooka Ccsd 201 | Minooka, IL | $40,411 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Nutrition Network and Senior Services Association | N Riverside, IL | $34,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Guardian Angel Community Services | Joliet, IL | $33,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Village of Seneca | Seneca, IL | $32,408 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Beans-and-Bites | Coal City, IL | $32,166 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Chestnut Health Systems Inc | Bloomington, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Avila Foundation | Morris, IL | $29,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dwight Economic Alliance | Dwight, IL | $28,463 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Morris Community High School | Morris, IL | $27,471 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Nutrition Network | Morris, IL | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Guardian Angel Community Services | Joliet, IL | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Morris Community High School Education Foundation | Morris, IL | $21,810 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Aurora University | Aurora, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Morris Hospital Foundation | Morris, IL | $19,780 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| First Presbyterian Church Morris | Morris, IL | $19,217 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Immaculate Conception School | Morris, IL | $18,490 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grundy Area P a D S | Morris, IL | $18,436 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Catholic Charities - Diocese of Joliet | Joliet, IL | $16,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| United Way of Grundy County | Morris, IL | $15,809 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Board of Trustees of Illinois State University | Normal, IL | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Reddick Firefighters' Assn | Reddick, IL | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Special Connections of Grundy County | Morris, IL | $13,270 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| CASA of River Valley Inc | Joliet, IL | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| K9S for Veterans Nfp | Plainfield, IL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Minooka Ccsd 201 | Minooka, IL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Eastern Lasalle County - Labor of Love | Ottawa, IL | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Evansville | Evansville, IN | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| RECLAIM3D Inc | Channahon, IL | $10,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Saratoga Ccsd 60C | Morris, IL | $10,163 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lewis University | Romeoville, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Olivet Nazarene University | Bourbonnais, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Samford University | Birmingham, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seneca Community Food Bank | Seneca, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Inc | Memphis, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Western Illinois University Foundation | Macomb, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New Hope Presbyterian Church | Eustis, FL | $9,948 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Morris | Morris, IL | $9,240 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saratoga School District #60C | Morris, IL | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Foundation of the First Presbyterian Church of Morris Il | Morris, IL | $8,296 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Coal City Community Unit School Dist 1 | Coal City, IL | $7,157 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Morris Elementary School Dist 54 | Morris, IL | $6,982 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Turn the Towns Teal Inc | Brookside, NJ | $6,711 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church | Coal City, IL | $6,645 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gardner South Wilmington High School | Gardner, IL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Grundy County Veterans Assistance Commission | Morris, IL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reclaimed Inc | Minooka, IL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Premier Academy | Morris, IL | $5,850 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kendall-Grundy Roe-Paasss | Morris, IL | $5,719 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels Foundation of Northern Il | North Riverside, IL | $5,719 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seneca Police Department | Seneca, IL | $5,700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bens Way Forward | Downers Grove, IL | $5,650 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Grundy Area Vocational Center (gavc) | Morris, IL | $5,517 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Grundy County Special Education Cooprtve | Morris, IL | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jason Clearwater Fund Nfp | Minooka, IL | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
28 of 76 (37%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Morris Hospital Auxiliary & Foundation
GENERAL WELL BEING OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 17 of 76 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | $286,630 | $11,902 |
| 2022 | 17 | $419,707 | $12,000 |
| 2023 | 22 | $754,410 | $13,618 |
| 2024 | 31 | $743,758 | $12,558 |
| 2025 | 35 | $1,789,338 | $10,200 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
86% of its giving went to organizations in Illinois. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $11,968 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Illinois.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Community Foundation of Grundy County's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 520 W Illinois Ave, Morris, IL, 60450.
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