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Carrie L Winter Trust Under Will

Olney, IL · EIN 37-6243151. Reported 116 grants totalling $592,119 to 52 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$3,450median grant
$592,119granted, 2021-2024
52organizations funded
70%of grantees funded again the next year
$3,522,946assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Carrie L Winter Trust Under Will did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $3,450. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $7,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $30,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
3 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
73 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
23 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
15 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
2 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Project CommunityOlney, IL$70,000442024
The Master's HandsOlney, IL$66,576442024
Fall Kids Mall of Richland CountyOlney, IL$34,000442024
Richland County Middle SchoolOlney, IL$33,019442024
Richland County High SchoolOlney, IL$28,300332024
Richland County Elementary SchoolOlney, IL$27,600332023
Olney Public LibraryOlney, IL$26,500442024
Olney Junior Football LeagueOlney, IL$19,000222024
Richland County 4-H ExtensionOlney, IL$16,070332024
Village of ClaremontClaremont, IL$15,000112023
Olney Cubs Wrestling ClubOlney, IL$14,000332023
Olney Arts CouncilOlney, IL$13,000222024
Boy Scout Troop 211Olney, IL$12,610442024
Cub Scout Pack 211Olney, IL$12,080332024
Arc Community Support SystemsOlney, IL$12,000332023
Richland County Ceo ProgramOlney, IL$12,000332024
Girl Scouts of Southern IllinoisSalem, IL$11,800442024
Olney Tiger Track and FieldOlney, IL$11,000112021
Good Samaritan of Richland CountyOlney, IL$10,000112021
Trio Upward Bound - OccieccOlney, IL$10,000112024
Richland County Recreation CouncilOlney, IL$9,165442024
Rchs After Prom CommitteeOlney, IL$9,000332024
Mentor Richland CountyOlney, IL$8,800442024
Richland County Archery ClubNoble, IL$8,500222023
Olney Basketball League IncOlney, IL$7,500222024
Richland County Community Unit School District #1Olney, IL$7,000222023
Southeastern Illinois Youth Golf IncOlney, IL$7,000222024
Blaze Orange Youth Sporting Club IncCisne, IL$6,000442024
Jasper County Health Department Richland County WicOlney, IL$6,000332024
Tiger Pride Alumni AssociationOlney, IL$6,000332024
St Joseph BoostersOlney, IL$5,625332024
City of OlneyOlney, IL$5,000112024
St Joseph's Catholic SchoolOlney, IL$4,625442024
Community Support SystemsOlney, IL$4,500112024
Olney Central CollegeOlney, IL$4,470112024
Richland County Sheriff's OfficeOlney, IL$4,000112023
Olney Music BoostersOlney, IL$3,500112022
Olney Tigers WrestlingOlney, IL$3,500222023
American Legion Post #30Olney, IL$3,000222024
Full Armor OlneyOlney, IL$3,000112022
Olney White Squirrel Archery ClubOlney, IL$3,000222024
Richland County Early Learning CenterOlney, IL$3,000112024
Se Illinois Chapter of National AmbucsOlney, IL$2,379112024
Carle Health Center for PhilanthropyOlney, IL$2,000112024
Village of NobleNoble, IL$2,000112022
Olney JR Pro CheerleadingNoble, IL$1,500112022
Olney Little LeagueOlney, IL$1,500112023
White Squirrel Saddle ClubOlney, IL$1,500112024
Olney Tigers Swim TeamOlney, IL$1,300112021
Claws and Paws Resale CorpOlney, IL$1,200112024
Limitless FundNewton, IL$1,000112022
Trinity Lutheran Church YouthOlney, IL$1,000112023

31 of 52 (60%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 70%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 31 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Recreation & Sports
16 grants
Education
6 grants
Community Improvement
4 grants
Youth Development
4 grants
Mental Health
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202123$134,604$5,000
202227$165,393$3,800
202332$148,063$2,500
202434$144,059$3,257

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Olney, IL
$546K
Claremont, IL
$15K
Noble, IL
$12K
Salem, IL
$12K
Cisne, IL
$6K
Newton, IL
$1K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

The Johnsie Fiock Fildes Foundation Ltd6 shared recipientsTri-State Food Bank2 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,450. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Illinois.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Carrie L Winter Trust Under Will's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 100, Olney, IL, 62450. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 37-6243151 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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