Filkins Family Foundation Inc
Private foundation · Chicago, IL · EIN 47-4916071 · reported 2023–2025
58grants reported
$15Kmedian award
$10Klower quartile
$5,000smallest grant
$1.5Mtotal paid
8states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 5 of its 58 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $305K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
PO Box 803878
Chicago, IL 60680-3878
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
This address is a trust department, not an office. 256 other foundations file from the same address, which means a bank or a management company administers the trust. Put the full legal name of the fund and its EIN at the top of the letter, or it lands in a pile with thousands of others and nobody knows which fund you are writing about.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| American Cancer Society | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, TX | $100,000 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation | Houston, TX | $100,000 |
| Chicago Botanic Garden | Glencoe, IL | $85,000 |
| St Augustines Episcopal Church | Wilmette, IL | $75,000 |
| St Augustines Episcopal Church | Wilmette, IL | $60,000 |
| Residential Hospice Foundation | Troy, MI | $55,000 |
| St Michael and All Angels Episcopal | Sanibel, FL | $50,000 |
| Northshore Hospitals Foundation | Evanston, IL | $45,000 |
| American Cancer Society | Chicago, IL | $45,000 |
| St Michael and All Angels Episcopal | Sanibel, FL | $35,000 |
| St Michael's Episcopal Church | Sanibel, FL | $35,000 |
| St Augustines Episcopal Church | Wilmette, IL | $35,000 |
| St Michael and All Angels Episcopal | Sanibel, FL | $35,000 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $30,000 |
| Alsacst Jude Children's Hospital | Chicago, IL | $30,000 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $30,000 |
| Chicago Boys & Girls Club | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Lee Co | Fort Myers, FL | $25,000 |
| National Alliance | Arlington, VA | $25,000 |
| Culver Academics | Culver, IN | $20,000 |
| Lurie Children's Hospital | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Culver Educational Foundation | Culver, IN | $20,000 |
| Culver Academics | Culver, IN | $20,000 |
| National Alliance | Arlington, VA | $20,000 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Ronald McDonald House | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Chicago's Children's Advocacy Ctr | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Chicago Boys & Girls Club | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Lee Co | Fort Myers, FL | $15,000 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Ronald McDonald House | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Chicago's Children's Advocacy Ctr | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Alsacst Jude Children's Hospital | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Fish of Sancap Initiative | Sanibel, FL | $10,000 |
| United Way of Lee County Initiative | Fort Myers, FL | $10,000 |
| Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation | Sanibel, FL | $10,000 |
| Chicago Botanic Garden | Glencoe, IL | $10,000 |
| Enchanted Back Pack | Bensenville, IL | $10,000 |
| ASPCA | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| Adopt | Naperville, IL | $10,000 |
| Fish of Sancap Initiative | Sanibel, FL | $10,000 |
| United Way of Lee County Initiative | Fort Myers, FL | $10,000 |
| Foundation for Lee County Public Schools | Fort Myers, FL | $10,000 |
| Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation | Sanibel, FL | $10,000 |
| Chicago Boys & Girls Club | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Sanibel Sea School | Sanibel, FL | $10,000 |
| Fish of Sancap Initiative | Sanibel, FL | $10,000 |
| United Way of Lee County Initiative | Fort Myers, FL | $10,000 |
| Foundation for Lee County Public Schools | Fort Myers, FL | $10,000 |
| Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation | Sanibel, FL | $10,000 |
| Chicago Botanic Garden | Glencoe, IL | $10,000 |
| Enchanted Back Pack | Bensenville, IL | $10,000 |
| ASPCA | New York, NY | $6,000 |
| Big Arts Sanibel | Sanibel Island, FL | $5,000 |
| Community Housing and Resources Inc | Sanibel, FL | $5,000 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
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