The Jw Gardner II Foundation
Quincy, IL · EIN 37-1404507. Reported 105 grants totalling $1,202,213 to 55 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. The Jw Gardner II Foundation 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 $9,600. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $11,400; the smallest was $258 and the largest $51,542. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvation Army | Quincy, IL | $175,042 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cheerful Home | Quincy, IL | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Quincy University Corporation | Quincy, IL | $95,308 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chaddock | Quincy, IL | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Quincy Humane Society | Quincy, IL | $52,042 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way of Adams County | Quincy, IL | $49,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Good Samaritan Home | Quincy, IL | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cornerstone Foundation for Families | Quincy, IL | $41,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jackson Lincoln Pool | Quincy, IL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Make-a-Wish Illinois | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young Life | Quincy, IL | $38,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Transitions of Western Illinois | Quincy, IL | $33,300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America Mississippi Valley Council | Quincy, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Quincy Children's Museum | Quincy, IL | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Blessing Foundation | Quincy, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Advocacy Network for Children | Quincy, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Good Samaritan Home Fdn | Quincy, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mary Weems Barton Qpl Foundation | Quincy, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Young America's Foundation | Reston, VA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Muddy River Opera Company | Quincy, IL | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| John Wood Cc Foundation | Quincy, IL | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Connect Child and Family Solutions | Quincy, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wgca-Fm | Quincy, IL | $13,898 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Quincy Area Project | Quincy, IL | $12,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Quincy Symphony Orchestra Assoc | Quincy, IL | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Advocacy Network | Quincy, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bella Ease | Quincy, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement in Ne Mo & Wc Il | Quincy, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mississippi Valley Scouts BSA | Quincy, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Quincy Family YMCA | Quincy, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Quincy Public School Foundation | Quincy, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Quincy Public Schools Foundation | Quincy, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sunset Home | Quincy, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Quincy Museum | Quincy, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YWCA Quincy | Quincy, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement of Ne Mo & Wc Il | Quincy, IL | $9,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Quincy Art Center | Quincy, IL | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arts Quincy | Quincy, IL | $7,741 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wgca | Quincy, IL | $6,930 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Quincy Montessori School | Quincy, IL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Quest | Orlando, FL | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Blessing Rieman College | Quincy, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Performing Arts | Quincy, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Trails | Quincy, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Quincy Area Community Cat Coallitio | Quincy, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Quincy Community Theatre | Quincy, IL | $3,900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Western Illinois Fellowship | Jacksonville, IL | $3,350 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dancer Love Foundation | Quincy, IL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Special Olympics Illinois | Chicago, IL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Quincy Police Department | Quincy, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| John Wood Community College Fdn | Quincy, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Child Safety Council | Michigan Center, MI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Log Cabins | Quincy, IL | $1,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Covered Bottoms Diaper Bank | Quincy, IL | $1,244 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Blessing Health System | Quincy, IL | $258 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
22 of 55 (40%) 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 67%, 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.
- Quincy University Corporation
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSE - Salvation Army
FAMILY SERVICES/EMERGENCY SHELTER - Young America's Foundation
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES - Quincy Public School Foundation
DREAM BIG ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 44 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | $283,665 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 24 | $342,342 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 26 | $278,098 | $5,449 |
| 2024 | 26 | $298,108 | $10,000 |
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. 98% 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 $9,600. 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 The Jw Gardner II Foundation'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: 510 Maine Street Po Box 140, Quincy, IL, 62306. 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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