Grant funders

Dillon Foundation

Private foundation, Illinois

United States
Follow this funder

Create a free account and its new calls come to you by email.

Open calls 0
Given in 2024 $3.2m
Typical grant $9,000 Middle half $7,000 to $24k
New grantees in 2024 17% first grant from this funder

Giving by year

17% of 2024 grantees were new to this funder

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

Illinois 175 grants · typical $10k
New York 8 grants · typical $7,000
Tennessee 7 grants · typical $5,500
Kentucky 6 grants · typical $7,000
Indiana 6 grants · typical $8,875
Minnesota 6 grants · typical $11k
Colorado 5 grants · typical $8,000
Washington 3 grants · typical $7,000

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

Big Brother-Big Sister of the Mississippi Valley Grant to Big Brother-Big Sister of the Mississippi Valley $6,500 31 Oct 2024
Whiteside County Community Health Clinic Grant to Whiteside County Community Health Clinic $6,000 31 Oct 2024
University of Dubuque Grant to University of Dubuque $9,000 31 Oct 2024
Dixon Habitat for Humanity Grant to Dixon Habitat for Humanity $5,000 31 Oct 2024
St Mary's Grade School Grant to St Mary's Grade School $7,388 31 Oct 2024
Rock Falls Elementary School Grant to Rock Falls Elementary School $15k 31 Oct 2024
The Nature Conservancy of Il Chapter Grant to The Nature Conservancy of Il Chapter $7,500 31 Oct 2024
University of Colorado Foundation Inc Grant to University of Colorado Foundation Inc $8,000 31 Oct 2024
American Battlefield Trust Grant to American Battlefield Trust $5,000 31 Oct 2024
Berea College Grant to Berea College $11k 31 Oct 2024

How to apply

How to apply
Submit a letter stating purpose of grant and include copy of exemption letter
Contact
Peter Dillon
Address
PO Box 537, Sterling, IL 61081
Phone
8156269000

From the funder's IRS Form 990-PF for the year to 31 Oct 2025.

Data: Source: Internal Revenue Service, Form 990-series e-file data. (Public IRS data); Source: Internal Revenue Service, Form 990-series e-file data (Public IRS data)