Peoria Area Community Foundation
Peoria, IL · EIN 37-1185713. Reported 97 grants totalling $8,545,844 to 92 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, 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 Peoria Area Community Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31Z).
- How spread out its giving is. 92 distinct organizations, with 52% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $21,964; the smallest was $5,275 and the largest $1,907,609. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peoria Area Community Foundation | Peoria, IL | $4,477,599 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Morton Community Foundation | Morton, IL | $959,455 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trillium Place | Urbana, IL | $916,539 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central Illinois Friends of Pwa Inc | Peoria, IL | $494,911 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Simantel Group | Peoria, IL | $93,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peoria Riverfront Museum | Peoria, IL | $79,266 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forman Valley Community Foundation Inc | Manito, IL | $77,247 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tri-County Urban League Inc | Peoria, IL | $65,489 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Central Illinois | Springfield, IL | $62,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Look Its My Book Inc | Peoria, IL | $52,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peoria Area World Affairs Council | Peoria, IL | $50,772 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peoria School District 150 Foundation | Peoria, IL | $48,012 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood House Association | Peoria, IL | $44,263 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United States Catholic Conference | Washington, DC | $36,475 | 4 | 1 | 2023 |
| Illinois Central College Foundation | East Peoria, IL | $31,640 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Big Picture Initiative | Peoria, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Jude Catholic School | Peoria, IL | $27,920 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Dream Center of Peoria Nfp | Peoria, IL | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childrens Home Association of Illinois | Peoria, IL | $24,356 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peoria Promise Foundation | Peoria, IL | $23,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $22,655 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Retina Foundation of the Southwest | Dallas, TX | $22,655 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hult Center for Healthy Living Inc | Urbana, IL | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Chicago, IL | $21,964 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peoria Friendship House of Christian Service | Peoria, IL | $21,031 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Prevention of Abuse | Peoria, IL | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wheels O Time Museum | Dunlap, IL | $20,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Artspartners of Central Illinois Inc | Peoria, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central Illinois Youth Symphony | Peoria, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Loving Bottoms Diaper Bank | Galesburg, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tazewell County Health Department | Tremont, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| First Federated Church | Peoria, IL | $19,999 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc | Westfield, NY | $19,759 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Crittenton Centers | Peoria, IL | $18,531 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Clearwater Camp Foundation | Minocqua, WI | $18,124 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Washington Community Foundation | Washington, IL | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Hoffman Estates, IL | $17,702 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heart of Illinois Big Brothers/Big Sisters | Peoria, IL | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| South Side Office of Concern | Peoria, IL | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| South Side Mission of Peoria | Peoria, IL | $15,671 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Washington Area Community Center Inc | Washington, IL | $15,555 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Autism Collective | Peoria, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foster Village Peoria | Peoria, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Freedom House | Princeton, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Goodwill Industries of Central Illinois | Peoria, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lifeline Inc | Peoria, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Prairie State Legal Services Inc | Rockford, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Teen Challenge Illinois | Carlinville, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Carle Foundation | Urbana, IL | $14,062 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heartland Festival Orchestra | Peoria, IL | $13,846 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Americus, GA | $13,703 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Artists Reenvisioning Tomorrow | Peoria, IL | $12,745 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Washington Helps Its People Whip | Washington, IL | $12,171 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lutheran Church Missouri Synod | Saint Louis, MO | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Public Interest Law Initiative | Chicago, IL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sun Foundation for Advancement in the Enviromental Sciences and Art | Washburn, IL | $11,054 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central Illinois Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired Inc | Peoria, IL | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Roanoke Benson High School | Roanoke, IL | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heart of Illinois United Way Inc | Peoria, IL | $10,876 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Illinois State Dental Society Foundation | Springfield, IL | $10,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Why Not Now Inc | Farmington, IL | $10,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America | Lemont, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Apostolic Christian Home of Roanoke Illinois Inc | Roanoke, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Build Peoria | Peoria, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Corn Stock Theatre | West Peoria, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Counseling & Family Services of Peoria Il Inc | Peoria, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Manual High School Alumni Student Recognition Association | Peoria, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mid Mn Cycling Club | Saint Cloud, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peoria Grown | Peoria, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Princeton Theater Group | Princeton, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Easterseals Central Illinois | Peoria, IL | $9,970 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Delavan Baptist Church | Delavan, IL | $9,791 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc | Elkhart, IN | $9,700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peoria Park District Foundation | Peoria, IL | $9,202 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peoria Symphony Foundation Inc | Peoria, IL | $9,062 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Valeska Hinton Early Childhood Education Center | Peoria, IL | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Wildlife Prairie Park | Hanna City, IL | $8,712 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $8,655 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc | Chicago, IL | $8,655 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Washington Park District Foundation Nfp | Washington, IL | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Peoria County Regional Office of Education 48 | Peoria, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis | Peoria, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| General Assembly of the Christian Church Disciples of Christ Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $6,958 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peoria Charter School Initiative Co | Peoria, IL | $6,829 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Strays Inc | Princeton, IL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| River Bend Food Reservoir | Davenport, IA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Paul Baptist Church | Peoria, IL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Midwest Food Bank Nfp Inc | Normal, IL | $5,715 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Metamora Township High School | Metamora, IL | $5,698 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peoria Symphony Orchestra | Peoria, IL | $5,534 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Osf Healthcare Foundation | Peoria, IL | $5,516 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tazewell Animal Protective Society | Pekin, IL | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
1 of 92 (1%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 61 of 92 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | $1,907,609 | $1,907,609 |
| 2021 | 1 | $1,304,881 | $1,304,881 |
| 2022 | 1 | $1,265,109 | $1,265,109 |
| 2023 | 94 | $4,068,245 | $14,531 |
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
98% 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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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 $15,000 -- 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 Peoria Area Community Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 94 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 3625 North Sheridan Road, Peoria, IL, 61604.
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