Miner Charitable Foundation Inc
Private foundation · Watseka, IL · EIN 51-0476676 · reported 2020–2025
257grants reported
$1,000median award
$750lower quartile
$5smallest grant
$1.0Mtotal paid
19states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 8 of its 257 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $33K 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
1455 N 1750 East RD
Watseka, IL 60970-6606
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Iroq Co Sheriff Dept | Watseka, IL | $500,000 |
| Iroquois County Goat Producers | Crescent City, IL | $35,000 |
| Crossroads Youth Center | Milford, IL | $25,000 |
| Iroquis Co Fair | Crescent City, IL | $25,000 |
| Wateska Fire Dept | Watseka, IL | $25,000 |
| Iroquis Co Fair | Crescent City, IL | $25,000 |
| Cres-Iroq Fire Dept | Crescent City, IL | $20,000 |
| Iroquis Co Fair | Crescent City, IL | $17,500 |
| Crescent Grade School | Crescent City, IL | $17,500 |
| Iroq Co Amateur Radio | Watseka, IL | $15,000 |
| Country Theatre Workshop | Cissna Park, IL | $15,000 |
| Watseka Food Pantry | Watseka, IL | $10,000 |
| Prairie States Camp | Watseka, IL | $10,000 |
| Belmont Twnspbody Cem | Watseka, IL | $10,000 |
| Watseka Police Dept | Watseka, IL | $10,000 |
| Crescent City Methodist Church | Crescent City, IL | $8,000 |
| Watseka Food Pantry | Watseka, IL | $8,000 |
| U of I Ford-Iroquois Counties | Onarga, IL | $7,000 |
| Wateska FFA | Watseka, IL | $5,500 |
| Milford Christian Church | Milford, IL | $5,000 |
| Shine FM 897 | Bourbonnais, IL | $5,000 |
| Milford Park & Pool | Milford, IL | $5,000 |
| Village of Crescent | Crescent City, IL | $5,000 |
| Crescent City United Methodist | Crescent City, IL | $4,000 |
| United Methodist Church CC ANNUAL GIFTING PROGRAM | Crescent City, IL | $4,000 |
| Crescent City Methodist Church | Crescent City, IL | $4,000 |
| Christ Lutheran High School | Buckley, IL | $3,200 |
| Cres-Iroq Fire Dept | Crescent City, IL | $3,000 |
| Food From the Heart | Watseka, IL | $2,500 |
| Village of Woodland | Woodland, IL | $2,500 |
| Watseka Family Festival | Watseka, IL | $2,500 |
| Crescent Grade School | Crescent City, IL | $2,500 |
| Prairie Dell Church | Watseka, IL | $2,500 |
| Watseka Family Festival | Watseka, IL | $2,500 |
| The Baby Fold ANNUAL GIFTING PROGRAM | Normal, IL | $2,000 |
| Illini Christian Ministries ANNUAL GIFTING PROGRAM | Champaign, IL | $2,000 |
| Salvation Army of Kankakee Co | Kankakee, IL | $2,000 |
| Ford Iroq 4-H Foundation | Onarga, IL | $1,500 |
| Ford Iroq 4-H Foundation | Onarga, IL | $1,500 |
| Ford Iroq 4-H Foundation | Onarga, IL | $1,500 |
| Cody Carley | Crescent City, IL | $1,250 |
| Cissna Park American Legion | Cissna Park, IL | $1,000 |
| Salvation Army of Kankakee | Kankakee, IL | $1,000 |
| Madison McTaggart | Gilman, IL | $1,000 |
| Ilyana Nambo | Onarga, IL | $1,000 |
| Jace Pankey | Onarga, IL | $1,000 |
| Aubrey Wagner | Onarga, IL | $1,000 |
| Benjamin Storm | Milford, IL | $1,000 |
| Lindsey Barbosa | Onarga, IL | $1,000 |
| Cabery Brown | Milford, IL | $1,000 |
| Addyson Chandler | Onarga, IL | $1,000 |
| London Clark | Milford, IL | $1,000 |
| Dean Clendenen | Onarga, IL | $1,000 |
| Grace Coleman | Watseka, IL | $1,000 |
| Clarity Crawford | Milford, IL | $1,000 |
| Madison Demarse | Sheldon, IL | $1,000 |
| Mason Galyen | Watseka, IL | $1,000 |
| Mitchell Galyen | Watseka, IL | $1,000 |
| Dorothy Harms | Watseka, IL | $1,000 |
| Madison Hughes | Watseka, IL | $1,000 |
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