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US Fiduciary Services

Lisle, IL · EIN 20-4540416. Reported 46 grants totalling $157,571 to 36 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$500median grant
$157,571granted, 2021-2024
36organizations funded
20%of grantees funded again the next year
$2assets, 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. US Fiduciary Services 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 $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $100 and $3,000; the smallest was $40 and the largest $36,950. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
30 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
6 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
5 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
2 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
3 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
Cristo Rey Work Study ProgramChicago, IL$94,933442024
Chicago Bar FoundationChicago, IL$16,000332023
Ctk Corporate Work Study ProgramChicago, IL$13,333112023
Employee Ownership FoundationWashington, DC$10,000112021
The National Red CrossWashington, DC$5,450112022
American Cancer Society IncChicago, IL$3,240112021
Be the Match Foundationnmdp FoundationMinneapolis, MN$3,000112024
Center for Enriched LivingRiverwoods, IL$1,200222023
Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteNew York, NY$1,000112021
Northern Illinois Food BankGeneva, IL$1,000112022
Safe - Shelter Assistance FoundatioNaperville, IL$1,000222022
Shore Community ServicesSkokie, IL$1,000222023
University of MissouriColumbia, MO$1,000112022
Day One Pact IncLisle, IL$500112021
Lisle Partners for Parks FdnLisle, IL$500112021
Loyola University of ChicagoChicago, IL$500112021
Mamanasco Lake Improvement Fund IncRidgefield, CT$500112023
Safe - Shelter Assistance FoundationNaperville, IL$500112023
Westchester Neighborhood Food PantryChesterton, IN$500112022
ClearbrookArlington Heights, IL$250112021
Immanuel Lutheran ChurchValparaiso, TN$250112021
Jc's House Recovery Ministries IncHollywood, FL$250112022
United States Olympic and Paralympic FoundationSt Peters, MO$250112023
Chicago LighthouseChicago, IL$200222022
Riverside FoundationLincolnshire, IL$200222022
Home for Our TroopsAlexandria, VA$100112022
Mercy Ships InternationalGarden Valley, TX$100112023
Pact IncLisle, IL$100112021
Paws for Purple HeartsPenngrove, CA$100112023
Shriners Hospital for ChildrenTampa, FL$100112023
Sisters of St Benedict of Ferninand IndianaFerdinand, IN$100112022
Sos Children's Villages IllinoisChicago, IL$100112022
Support Our Aging Religious Inc (soar)Washington, DC$100112021
The Abbey of Saint Mary & Saint LouisCreve Coeur, MO$100112021
Little City FoundationInverness, IL$75112023
Dupage Pads IncWheaton, IL$40112022

7 of 36 (19%) 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 20%, 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 19 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
9 grants
Education
4 grants
Health Care
1 grant
Public & Societal Benefit
1 grant
International Affairs
1 grant
Housing & Shelter
1 grant
Food & Nutrition
1 grant
Religion
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202117$59,290$500
202215$40,557$500
202312$48,058$500
20242$9,666$4,833

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. 85% 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.

Illinois
$135K
District of Columbia
$16K
Minnesota
$3K
Missouri
$1K
New York
$1K
Indiana
$600
Connecticut
$500
Florida
$350

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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.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc15 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund14 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program13 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust12 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc12 shared recipientsThe Chicago Community Trust11 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. 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.
  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 US Fiduciary Services'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: 801 Warrenville Rd Ste 500, Lisle, IL, 60532. 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 20-4540416 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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