Helen and Curtis Pinnell Foundation
Private foundation · Des Plaines, IL · EIN 36-3621711 · reported 2025
64grants reported
$6,000median award
$5,000lower quartile
$500smallest grant
$648Ktotal paid
7states reached
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 2 of its 64 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $19K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Lyric Opera of Chicago General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $30,000 |
| Handel Week Incorporated General charitable purposes | Oak Park, IL | $25,000 |
| Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| Big Shoulders Fund General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Pacific Garden Mission General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Loaves Fishes of Rio Grande Valley General charitable purposes | Harlingen, TX | $20,000 |
| Evangelical Child and Family Agency General charitable purposes | Wheaton, IL | $18,000 |
| Facing Forward to End Homelessness General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $18,000 |
| Housing Forward General charitable purposes | Maywood, IL | $18,000 |
| Window to the World Communications General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Beyond Hunger General charitable purposes | Oak Park, IL | $15,000 |
| Haymarket Opera Company General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Misericordia Foundation General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Feed My Starving Children General charitable purposes | Coon Rapids, MN | $12,000 |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators INC General charitable purposes | Orlando, FL | $10,000 |
| South Padre Island Birding Nature C General charitable purposes | South Padre Island, TX | $10,000 |
| Sea Turtle INC General charitable purposes | South Padre Island, TX | $10,000 |
| Maywood Fine Arts Association General charitable purposes | Maywood, IL | $10,000 |
| Children's Bereavement Center of RG General charitable purposes | Harlingen, TX | $10,000 |
| Family Crisis Center General charitable purposes | Harlingen, TX | $10,000 |
| Midwest Shelter for Homeless Vetera General charitable purposes | Wheaton, IL | $10,000 |
| Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley General charitable purposes | Pharr, TX | $10,000 |
| Opera Theatre of Saint Louis General charitable purposes | St Louis, MO | $8,000 |
| The Bloc General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $8,000 |
| World Relief Chicagoland General charitable purposes | Carol Stream, IL | $8,000 |
| Chicago Zoological Society General charitable purposes | Brookfield, IL | $7,000 |
| Morton Arboretum General charitable purposes | Lisle, IL | $7,000 |
| Chicago Botanic Garden General charitable purposes | Glencoe, IL | $7,000 |
| Chicago Opera Theater General chritable purposes | Chicago, IL | $7,000 |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank General chritable purposes | Geneva, IL | $7,000 |
| Adler Planetarium General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Salvation Army General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Missouri Botanical Garden General charitable purposes | St Louis, MO | $5,000 |
| The Metropolitan Opera General charitable purposes | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| One Hope United General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| The Newberry Consort-Newberry Conso General charitable purposes | Evanston, IL | $5,000 |
| Sit Stay Read INC General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Future Ties General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| The People's Music School General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Revive Center for Housing and Heali General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Art Institute of Chicago General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Field Museum General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Griffin Museum of Science and Indus General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Lincoln Park Zoo General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Friends of Oak Park Conservatory General charitable purposes | Oak Park, IL | $5,000 |
| Texas Search and Rescue INC General charitable purposes | Wimberley, TX | $5,000 |
| Walk for Women INC General charitable purposes | South Padre Island, TX | $5,000 |
| Learning Edge Tutoring General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| The Learning Center House of Connec General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Chicago Public Media INC General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $2,000 |
| Valley Haven INC General charitable purposes | Harlingen, TX | $2,000 |
| Chicago High School Agricultural Sc General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $2,000 |
| Early Music Now General charitable purposes | Milwaukee, WI | $2,000 |
| Driscoll Children's Hospital Develo General charitable purposes | Corpus Christi, TX | $2,000 |
| Chicago Historical Society General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $2,000 |
| Dusable Black History Museum Ed Cen General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $2,000 |
| U of C Inst for Study Ancient Cultu General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $2,000 |
| National Museum of Mexican Art General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $2,000 |
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