Helen & Curtis Pinnell Foundation
Private foundation · Des Plaines, IL · EIN 36-3621711 · reported 2023–2025 · files as Helen and Curtis Pinnell Foundation
168grants reported
$5,000median award
$2,000lower quartile
$500smallest grant
$1.6Mtotal paid
7states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 8 of its 168 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $51K 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
2700 S River RD Ste 100
Des Plaines, IL 60018-4104
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.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Lyric Opera of Chicago General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
| 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 |
| Handel Week Incorporated General charitable purposes | Oak Park, IL | $25,000 |
| Handel Week Incorporated General charitable purposes | Oak Park, IL | $25,000 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository 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 |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Pacific Garden Mission General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Chicago Academy of Sciences General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Big Shoulders Fund General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Pacific Garden Mission General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Chicago Academy of Sciences General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $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 |
| Facing Forward to End Homelessness General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Housing Forward General charitable purposes | Maywood, IL | $15,000 |
| Evangelical Child and Family Agency General charitable purposes | Wheaton, IL | $15,000 |
| Window to the World Communications General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Facing Forward to End Homelessness General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Beyond Hunger General charitable purposes | Oak Park, IL | $15,000 |
| Housing Forward General charitable purposes | Maywood, IL | $15,000 |
| Misericordia Foundation General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Feed My Starving Children General charitable purposes | Coon Rapids, MN | $12,000 |
| Evangelical Child and Family Agency General charitable purposes | Wheaton, IL | $12,000 |
| The Haymarket Opera Company Nfp General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $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 |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc General charitable purposes | Orlando, FL | $10,000 |
| Feed My Starving Children General charitable purposes | Coon Rapids, MN | $10,000 |
| Beyond Hunger General charitable purposes | Oak Park, IL | $10,000 |
| The Haymarket Opera Company Nfp General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Misericordia Foundation General charitable purposes | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| 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 |
| Feed My Starving Children General charitable purposes | Coon Rapids, MN | $10,000 |
| Loaves Fishes of Rio Grande Valley General charitable purposes | Harlingen, 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 |
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