Sherman Family Community Foundation Nfp
Peoria Heights, IL · EIN 85-1294707. Reported 69 grants totalling $71,010 to 48 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Sherman Family Community Foundation Nfp did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $200 and $1,500; the smallest was $50 and the largest $7,950. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinervin Family Foundation | Bloomington, IL | $9,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Product of the Project | Peoria, IL | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| No Child Hungry | Apopka, FL | $7,950 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Western Avenue Community Center | Bloomington, IL | $7,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Peoria Christian Center | Peoria, IL | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sams Woofstock | Hanna City, IL | $4,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Peru Hall Township Food Pantry | Spring Valley, IL | $2,917 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sophia's Kitchen | Peoria, IL | $2,917 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Salvation Armysafe Harbor-Bloomington | Bloomington, IL | $2,916 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Home Association | Peoria, IL | $1,541 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West Blm Revitalization | Bloomington, IL | $1,510 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christian Center Sponsorship | Peoria, IL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peoria Area Civic Chorale | Peoria, IL | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Promise Council | Bloomington, IL | $1,312 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Phoenix Community Services | Peoria, IL | $1,240 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Taryn Bradleythe Yani Collective | Peoria, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Yani Collective | Peoria, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bloomington-Normal Baseball Association | Bloomington, IL | $950 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pekin YMCA | Pekin, IL | $834 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Miracle League of Central Illinois | Normal, IL | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peoria Public Schools | Peoria, IL | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hickory Grove Elementary School PTO | Dunlap, IL | $700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Canton Union School Dist 66 | Canton, IL | $650 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eureka Grace Church of the Nazarene | Eureka, IL | $550 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Main Street Play Cafe | Morton, IL | $534 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peoria Notre Dame High School | Peoria, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Miracle League of Illinois | Normal, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peoria Park District | Peoria, IL | $495 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wd Boyce Council Boy Scouts of America | Peoria, IL | $303 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lasalle Rotary Foundation | Lasalle, IL | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mclean County Pony Baseball | Normal, IL | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Coldest Night of the Year | St Charles, IL | $261 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mosquitoes Softball Association | Groveland, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peoria Pride Basketball | Peoria, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Cancer Society | Kennesaw, GA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| G&g Foundation | Peoria Heights, IL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Limestone High School - Moms Who Care | Peoria, IL | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mclean Pony Baseball | Normal, IL | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sun Foundation Art & Science Camp | Washburn, IL | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central Il Special Hockey Association | Normal, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Christ Lutheran | Peoria, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Easter Seals | Peoria, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Limestone High School | Peoria, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| River City Gems | Peoria, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trails Edge | Peoria, IL | $80 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Illini Bluffs Elementary School District 327 | Glasford, IL | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Thomas Parishschool | Peoria, IL | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stage - 212 | Lasalle, IL | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
10 of 48 (21%) 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 33%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- Tinervin Family Foundation
TINERVIN FAMILY FOUNDATION IS A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZANIZATION. THIS DONATION WAS A GOLF CLASSIC EVENT - Product of the Project
PRODUCT OF THE PROJECT IS A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZANIZATION. THIS DONATION WAS FOR A BACK TO SCHOOL BACKPACK SPONSORSHIP. - Peoria Christian Center
YOUTH SPORTS SPONSORSHIPS - Christian Center Sponsorship
CHRISTIAN CENTER IS A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZANIZATION. THIS DONATION WAS A TEAM/MEMBERSHIP SPONSORSHIP - Promise Council
WASHER/DRYER DONATION FOR CEDAR RIDGE SCHOOL - Sams Woofstock
SAMS WOOFSTOCK IS A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZANIZATION. THIS WAS AN FUNDRAISER DONATION.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 13 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | $8,803 | $625 |
| 2022 | 23 | $20,003 | $550 |
| 2023 | 21 | $23,759 | $400 |
| 2024 | 13 | $18,445 | $1,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 89% of this one's giving went to organizations in Illinois. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Illinois.
- 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.
- 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 Sherman Family Community Foundation Nfp'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: 1203 East Marietta Avenue, Peoria Heights, IL, 61616. 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.
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