Lithuanian Foundation Inc
Lemont, IL · EIN 36-6118312. Reported 84 grants totalling $3,796,724 to 32 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Lithuanian Foundation Inc, by its IRS classification it raises and distributes funds for arts & culture (NTEE A122).
- How spread out its giving is. 32 distinct organizations, with 36% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 78% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $22,000. Half of what it reported fell between $13,000 and $40,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $402,075. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuanian American Community Inc | Lemont, IL | $1,356,959 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lithuanian Education Council of the USA | Chicago, IL | $511,820 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lithuanian World Center | Lemont, IL | $276,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lithuanian Research & Studies Center Inc | Lemont, IL | $195,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lithuanian World Community | Cumberland, RI | $172,680 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lithuanian American Youth Association | Downers Grove, IL | $137,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lithuanian American Roman Catholic Fed Youth Camp Dairava | Manchester, MI | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lithuanian Catholic Press Society | Chicago, IL | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Camp Neringa Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture | Chicago, IL | $93,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lithuanian Cultural Center of Phila Delphia | Philadelphia, PA | $89,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lithuanian Scouts Association | Chicago, IL | $71,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lithuanian Hall Association Inc | Baltimore, MD | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lithuanian Center Inc | Chicago, IL | $63,850 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Popajav Nfp | Lisle, IL | $47,950 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lithuanian Human Services Council of the USA Inc | Chicago, IL | $44,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lithuanian Museum of Art Inc | Lemont, IL | $41,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ateitis Foundation | Lemont, IL | $37,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lithuanian World Youth Association | Lemont, IL | $25,815 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lithuanian Opera Company | Lemont, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lithuanian American Club Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lithuanian Choral Ensemble Dainava | Lemont, IL | $22,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lithuanian Art Gallery Ciurlionis Inc | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| South Boston Lithuanian Citizens Association | South Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lithuanian Athletic Union of North America Nfp | Shirley, NY | $15,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lithuanian Cultural Gardens | University Ht, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lithuanian Days | Frackville, PA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lithuanian Alliance of America | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Viltis Inc | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lithuanian Folk Dance Institute | Marietta, GA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childs Gate to Learning | Lemont, IL | $5,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
22 of 32 (69%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Lithuanian American Community
STUDENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, PUBLICATIONS, CHAPTER EVENTS, CULTURAL PROJECTS & CAMP "LANKAS" - Lithuanian Educational Council of the USA
SUPPORT TO THE LITHUANIAN HERITAGE SCHOOLS - Lithuanian American Community (national Exec Committee)
STUDENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, PUBLICATIONS, CHAPTER EVENTS - Lithuanian American Community (cultural Council)
LAC CHAPTER EVENTS & OTHER CULTURAL PROJECTS - Lithuanian World Center
GENERAL SUPPORT, BUILDING RENOVATIONS, SPECIAL EVENTS - Lithuanian American Youth Association
WORLD LITHUANIAN YOUTH CONGRESS & MEETING
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 23 of 32 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 | $433,511 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 22 | $1,033,383 | $21,000 |
| 2023 | 28 | $1,173,190 | $21,000 |
| 2024 | 24 | $1,156,640 | $22,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
81% of its giving went to organizations in Illinois. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $22,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Illinois.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Lithuanian Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I 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: 14911 127TH Street, Lemont, IL, 60439.
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