W Darrell Kilton Foundation
Litchfield, IL · EIN 37-1233371. Reported 81 grants totalling $4,425,347 to 45 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. W Darrell Kilton 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 $13,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $60,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $500,000. 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Litchfield Unlimited Corporation | Litchfield, IL | $1,350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hshs St Francis Hospital | Litchfield, IL | $680,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Litchfield Cusd #12 | Litchfield, IL | $440,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| City of Litchfield | Litchfield, IL | $396,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Litchfield Park District | Litchfield, IL | $288,500 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Litchfield Community | Litchfield, IL | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Next Network | Litchfield, IL | $182,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Litchfield Police Department | Litchfield, IL | $124,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| City of Litchfield Public Safety | Litchfield, IL | $117,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lincoln Land Community College | Litchfield, IL | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hearts United Association | Litchfield, IL | $63,540 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Next | Litchfield, IL | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Litchfield Fire Department | Litchfield, IL | $53,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lincoln Land Community | Litchfield, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Litchfield Community Youth Development Program | Litchfield, IL | $49,900 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Litchfield Chamber of Commerce | Litchfield, IL | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Litchfield Community Partners | Litchfield, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Litchfield Sports Boosters | Litchfield, IL | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crabtree Cemetery | Litchfield, IL | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Zion Lutheran School | Litchfield, IL | $17,209 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Montgomery County Fair | Litchfield, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Litchfield Museum & Rt 66 | Litchfield, IL | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Make-It | Litchfield, IL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Baptist Church | Litchfield, IL | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cross Over Ministries Nfp | Hillsboro, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Baptist Church Litchfield | Litchfield, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Montgomery County Cancer Association | Hillsboro, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Litchfield Lake Department | Litchfield, IL | $9,074 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Litchfield Wrestling Foundation | Litchfield, IL | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Operation Elf | Litchfield, IL | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Litchfield High School FFA | Litchfield, IL | $7,112 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Montgomery County 4-H Foundation | Hillsboro, IL | $7,112 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Litchfield Chamber of | Litchfield, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Make It Program | Litchfield, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Montgomery County | Litchfield, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mt Olive Care Center | Mt Olive, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Timothy Methodist Church | Litchfield, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Litchfield Museum & Route 66 Welcome Center | Litchfield, IL | $4,879 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Operation Elf of | Litchfield, IL | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Montgomery County Sharks Swim Team | Litchfield, IL | $2,221 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Historical Society of | Litchfield, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Litchfield Christmas Basket Association | Litchfield, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carlinville Women's | Carlinville, IL | $1,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes Power Camp | Litchfield, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Paws Care of Montgomery | Litchfield, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
18 of 45 (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 69%, 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.
- Litchfield Unlimited Corporation
recreation and wellness facility - City of Litchfield
Assistance with one-ton truck.Pickleball courtsCarnegie Park electronic sign - Litchfield Park District
Construct restroom/concession stand - Hshs St Francis Hospital
to convert one surgical suite - The Next Network
vehicle purchase and Outreachprogram materials - Litchfield Cusd #12
sound and electrical costs at the WD Kilton Fine Arts Center
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 18 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | $1,020,574 | $9,074 |
| 2022 | 25 | $1,154,524 | $8,000 |
| 2023 | 17 | $1,106,221 | $21,000 |
| 2024 | 22 | $1,144,028 | $19,270 |
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
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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 $13,000. 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 W Darrell Kilton 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: P O Box 410, Litchfield, IL, 62056. 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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