Vanderpoel Conservation Foundation
Private foundation · Chicago, IL · EIN 36-7193086 · reported 2023–2025
33grants reported
$2,000median award
$2,000lower quartile
$1,000smallest grant
$177Ktotal paid
6states reached
3years giving
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
10 S Dearborn IL1-0111
Chicago, IL 60603-2300
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. 1,191 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Natural Land Institute | Rockford, IL | $41,800 |
| Citizens for Conservation Inc | Barrington, IL | $25,000 |
| Citizens for Conservation Inc | Barrington, IL | $20,817 |
| Friends of Nachusa Grasslands | Franklin Grove, IL | $6,000 |
| Friends of Nachusa Grasslands | Franklin Grove, IL | $6,000 |
| Chicago Academy of Sciences | Chicago, IL | $5,500 |
| Citizens for Conservation Inc | Barrington, IL | $5,000 |
| Chicago Academy of Sciences | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Natural Land Institute | Rockford, IL | $5,000 |
| Colorado Agricultural Leadership | Castle Rock, CO | $5,000 |
| Friends of Nachusa Grasslands | Franklin Grove, IL | $5,000 |
| Chicago Academy of Sciences | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves | Northbrook, IL | $4,000 |
| Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves | Northbrook, IL | $4,000 |
| Island Conservation | Santa Cruz, CA | $3,000 |
| Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves | Northbrook, IL | $3,000 |
| The National Mississippi River Museum | Dubuque, IA | $2,000 |
| Austin Peay State University | Clarksville, TN | $2,000 |
| Preservation Foundation of the | Libertyville, IL | $2,000 |
| Southeastern Grasslands Initiative | Clarksville, TN | $2,000 |
| Natural Land Institute | Rockford, IL | $2,000 |
| Preservation Foundation of the | Libertyville, IL | $2,000 |
| Southeastern Grasslands Initiative | Clarksville, TN | $2,000 |
| The National Mississippi River Museum | Dubuque, IA | $2,000 |
| Island Conservation | Santa Cruz, CA | $2,000 |
| Preservation Foundation of the | Libertyville, IL | $2,000 |
| The National Mississippi River Museum | Dubuque, IA | $1,500 |
| Sea Turtle Conservancy | Forest Knolls, CA | $1,000 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $1,000 |
| Sea Turtle Conservancy | Forest Knolls, CA | $1,000 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $1,000 |
| Island Conservation | Santa Cruz, CA | $1,000 |
| Sea Turtle Conservancy | Forest Knolls, CA | $1,000 |
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