FundersIllinois

Webb Foundation

Winthrop Harbor, IL · EIN 23-7028768. Reported 199 grants totalling $1,291,750 to 84 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$1,291,750granted, 2021-2024
84organizations funded
70%of grantees funded again the next year
$7,311,178assets, 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. Webb 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.

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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $8,000; the smallest was $1,900 and the largest $25,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
13 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
147 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
37 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
2 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
Lutheran Chld & Fam SvcsOakbrook Terrace, IL$73,000842024
Salvation ArmyChicago, IL$70,0001242024
Vincent Gray AcademyEast St Louis, IL$41,000432024
Little Bit FoundationSt Louis, MO$40,000442024
Kids for ChristFreeburg, IL$38,000442024
Fidalgo Island Rotary FoundationAnacortes, WA$36,900442024
Lutheran World ReliefBaltimore, MD$35,000222024
Next Level ChurchFort Myers, FL$35,000222024
Opal HouseSnohomish, WA$32,000442024
Embrace GuatemalaEdmonds, WA$31,000332024
Direct ReliefSanta Barbara, CA$30,000332023
Oakland City University FoundationOakland City, IN$30,000222022
Camp BrimshireSt James, MO$27,500442024
The Harbour IncPark Ridge, IL$24,500442024
Womens Resource Center in RacineRacine, WI$24,500332024
The Center of ConcernDesplaines, IL$23,000442024
Central Institute for the DeafSt Louis, MO$22,500442024
Cool MinistriesWaukegan, IL$22,500442024
Crystal Lake Food PantryCrystal Lake, IL$22,500442024
Fish of Mchenry Food PantryMchenry, IL$22,500442024
Loyola AcademySt Louis, MO$22,000332024
Almost HomeSt Louis, MO$20,000442024
Delta Gamma CenterRichmond Hts, MO$20,000442024
ELCA Outreach CenterKenosha, WI$20,000442024
Good Shepherd Children & Fam SvcsSt Louis, MO$20,000442024
Luterhan World ReliefBaltimore, MD$20,000112024
Lutheran HomeArlington Hts, IL$20,000332024
My Joyful HeartMokena, IL$20,000442024
One Love Global Wellness FdnOrland Park, IL$20,000442024
PadsNorth Chicago, IL$20,000442024
Shalom Center of InterfaithKenosha, WI$20,000442024
Alain Locke Charter SchoolChicago, IL$17,500332024
Center for Hearing & SpeechSt Louis, MO$17,000442024
Alicia's HouseBeecher, IL$15,000332024
Crystal Lake Central Hs TheaterCrystal Lake, IL$15,000222022
Northern Il Food BankGeneva, IL$15,000222022
Prairie Ridge High SchoolCrystal Lake, IL$15,000222022
Turning PointWoodstock, IL$15,000332023
Camp WartburgWaterloo, IL$14,000442024
Connections to CareArlington Heights, IL$12,500222023
Carmel of St JosephSt Louis, MO$10,000112022
Home of the SparrowMchenry, IL$10,000222022
Margaret's VillageChicago, IL$10,000222024
Marian Middle SchoolSt Louis, MO$10,000222024
New MomsChicago, IL$10,000222022
Nurses for NewbornsSt Louis, MO$10,000222024
The Dragonfly FdnHighland Park, IL$10,000222024
The Heart OrganizationBolingbrook, IL$10,000112021
Wells 4 WellnessMoline, IL$10,000222023
City in Motion Dance Theater IncKansas City, MO$5,350222024
AliveNaperville, IL$5,000112021
Altamont Lutheran Interfaith SchoolAltamont, IL$5,000112021
Chgoland Lutheran Education FdnBensonville, IL$5,000112024
Chicagoland Lutheran Educ FdnBensonville, IL$5,000112023
Christians Against PovertyLisle, IL$5,000112021
Crossroads Youth Center IncMilford, IL$5,000112023
Disabled Patriot FundsTinley Park, IL$5,000112023
Friends of Fisher HouseAddison, IL$5,000112021
Friends of Fisher House IllinoisAddison, IL$5,000112023
Gigi PlayhouseTinley Park, IL$5,000112024
Heart of Il HarvestPeoria, IL$5,000112021
Helping HandsCountryside, IL$5,000112022
Helping Hands PantryMachesney Park, IL$5,000112021
Hope Center IncWaukesha, WI$5,000112023
Humanitarian Service ProjectCarol Stream, IL$5,000112023
Jesus Word Center ChurchChicago, IL$5,000112022
Lutherdale Bible Camp IncElkhorn, WI$5,000112021
MarygroveFlorissant, MO$5,000112024
MiriamSt Louis, MO$5,000112021
NAMI Mchenry CountyCrystal Lake, IL$5,000112024
Natl Childrens Cancer SocietySt Louis, MO$5,000112022
Northwest Compass IncMt Prospect, IL$5,000112021
Senior Care VolunteerCrystal Lake, IL$5,000112024
St Andrews Charitable FdnSt Louis, MO$5,000112024
St Mary Catholic SchoolMokena, IL$5,000112024
United Stroke AlliancePeoria, IL$5,000112022
Veterans Path to HopeCrystal Lake, IL$5,000112024
Womens & Childrens HorizonsKenosha, WI$5,000112023
Zacharias Sexual Abuse CenterGurnee, IL$5,000112023
Chicagoland Lutheran Educational FdBensonville, IL$2,500112021
College of Lake County FdnGrayslake, IL$2,500112024
Prof Firefighters of Wi FdnMadison, WI$2,500112024
Turning Pointe Autism FdnNaperville, IL$2,500112022
Whatcom County Mstr Gardener FndBellingham, WA$2,000112023

47 of 84 (56%) 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 70%, 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 102 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
42 grants
Education
18 grants
Religion
10 grants
International Affairs
8 grants
Food & Nutrition
6 grants
Diseases & Disorders
4 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants
Housing & Shelter
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202152$347,500$5,000
202248$323,000$5,000
202349$307,000$5,000
202450$314,250$5,000

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. 55% 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
$714K
Missouri
$244K
Washington
$102K
Wisconsin
$82K
Maryland
$55K
Florida
$35K
California
$30K
Indiana
$30K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund28 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc24 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc23 shared recipientsThe Blackbaud Giving Fund21 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program17 shared recipientsGeorge M Eisenberg Foundation15 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. 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 Webb 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: Po Box 432, Winthrop Harbor, IL, 60096. 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 23-7028768 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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