The Kellcie Fund
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-4267581. Reported 300 grants totalling $1,067,831 to 112 recipients across tax years 2023-2025. 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 Kellcie Fund 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $2,500; the smallest was $100 and the largest $50,000. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPR Foundation | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Prx Incorporated | St Louis, MO | $110,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Chicago Public Media Inc | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| James B Moran Center for Youth Advocacy | Evanston, IL | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jtp Professional Service Corporation | Saint Pual, MN | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lake Tanganyika Floating Hospital | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Circle of Hope Health Care Services | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU Inc | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Public Housing Museum | Chicago, IL | $26,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Colgate University Treasurers Office | Hamilton, NY | $23,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Evanston Community Foundation Inc | Evanston, IL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Teach for America Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Center for Conflict Resolution | Chicago, IL | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $13,500 | 8 | 3 | 2025 |
| Marshall Project Inc | New York, NY | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $11,000 | 12 | 3 | 2025 |
| C and W Foundation | Evanston, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Erie Family Health Centers | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| La Rabida Children's Hospital | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| White Stork - United States Ltd | Winnetka, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Center for International Policy Inc | Washington, DC | $9,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Media for Change Inc | Palmetto Bay, FL | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cw Market Foundation | Evanston, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mother Jones | San Francisco, CA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Project& | Chicago, IL | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lake Forest Country Day School | Lake Forest, IL | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Chicago Humanities Festival | Chicago, IL | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Midwest Access Project | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Operation White Stork | Winnetka, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Phillips Academy | Andover, MA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Chicago Council on Global Affairs | Chicago, IL | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Evanston Grows | Evanston, IL | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Evanston Scholars | Evanston, IL | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Legal Aid Chicago | Chicago, IL | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Peace Corps Association | Washington, DC | $3,200 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| American Jewish World Service Inc | Chicago, IL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Americans for Immigrant Justice | Miami, FL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Books and Breakfast | Evanston, IL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated | Wellingford, CT | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Evanston Wilmette Golf Course Association | Evanston, IL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Globalgiving | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Injustice Watch Nfp | Chicago, IL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Jazz Foundation of America Inc | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lake Forest Open Lands Association | Lake Forest, IL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mq Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| New Israel Fund | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Players Philanthropy Fund | Towson, MD | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Shirley Ryan Abilitylab | Chicago, IL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | Montgomery, AL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Joffrey Ballet | Chicago, IL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | Chicago, IL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Chicago Fund on Aging and Disability | Chicago, IL | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Northlight Theater | Skokie, IL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| T Daniel Productions Nfp | Chicago, IL | $2,500 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Warren W Cherry Preschool | Evanston, IL | $2,031 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| CASA De Paz | Aurora, CO | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chicago Children's Museum | Chicago, IL | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Global Philanthropy Partnership | Chicago, IL | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Military Religious Freedom Foundation Inc | Alburquerque, NM | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pomfret School Incorporated | Pomfret Center, CT | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United States Association for Unhcr | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Denver | Denver, CO | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Writers Museum | Chicago, IL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Better Government Association Inc | Chicago, IL | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Chicago, IL | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Independent Futures | Evanston, IL | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Chicago Foundation for Women | Chicago, IL | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Connections for the Homeless Inc | Evanston, IL | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Curts Cafe | Evanston, IL | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Fund for Innovative T V | Chicago, IL | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Futuro Media Group | New York, NY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | New York, NY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Jewish Council on Urban Affairs | Chicago, IL | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $1,500 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Miami Waterkeeper | Coral Gables, FL | $1,500 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| National Museum of Mexican Art | Chicago, IL | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Proctor Academy | Andover, NH | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law | Chicago, IL | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Telluride Adaptive Ski Program | Telluride, CO | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Telluride Medical Center Foundation | Telluride, CO | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of Arizona Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| World Ocean School | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Beacon Academy | Evanston, IL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Dystonia Medical Research Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Equal Hope | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Evanston Public Library Friends | Evanston, IL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Impact for Equity Inc | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| International Women's Democracy Center | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mcgaw YMCA | Evanston, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Meals on Wheels | Arlington, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mujeres Latinas En Accion Inc | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ukraine Childrens Aid Fund Inc | Fairfield, CT | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Evanston Animal Shelter Association | Evanston, IL | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Washington Office on Latin America Inc | Washington, DC | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Wilderness Inquiry Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Working in the Schools | Chicago, IL | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Youth & Opportunity United (you) | Evanston, IL | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Youth Job Center Inc | Evanston, IL | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Nora Project | Highland Park, IL | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Crow Canyon Archaeological Center | Cortz, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Evanston Roundtable Media | Evanston, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation Nfp | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
99 of 112 (88%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 82%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Chicago Public Media Inc
ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH ORGANIZATION.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 244 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 108 | $341,031 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 98 | $336,800 | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 94 | $390,000 | $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
48% of its giving went to organizations in Illinois. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 Kellcie Fund's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 227 W Monroe St Ste 3750, Chicago, IL, 60606. 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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