Grants awarded
Who does Dillon Foundation fund?
Dillon Foundation has awarded $19 million across 838 grants to 202 organizations between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $5,000, with most between $2,500 and $9,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $5,000 versus $2,750 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$18.7M
Typical grant
$5K
Grantees
202
Grants
838
Years
2019–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| S Sterling Park District | $2.4M | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Greater Sterling Development Corp
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$2.0M | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| S Sterling Park District Museum Association Sterling Park District | $1.5M | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| C Community Unit School District 5 | $1.4M | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Sterling Riverfront Foundation | $1.2M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$1.1M | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Woodlawn Arts Academy
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$693K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$561K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| W Whiteside Area Career Center | $504K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Sauk Valley Community College | $467K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Woodalwn Arts Academy - Operating | $439K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Sterling-Rock Falls Family YMCA of Sterling Illinois
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$397K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| S Sterling Public Library | $327K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C City of Sterling | $306K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Rock River Hospice and Home
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$274K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| G Grace Episcopal Church | $216K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Sterling Rock Falls Historical | $200K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F First Presbyterian Church | $192K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Woodalwn Arts Academy | $176K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Sauk Valley Foodbank
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$140K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| Y YWCA of the Sauk Valley | $136K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Cgh Health Foundation
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$128K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| T The Salvation Army | $122K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Mayo Foundation for Medical Educati | $113K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$111K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$103K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| S St Mark's Episcopal Church | $102K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Rock River Valley Self Help | $95K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Rock Falls Elementary School | $88K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Associated Colleges of Illinois INC
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$75K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$70K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| N Northern Illinois Cancer Treatment | $60K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C City of Sterling - Sterling | $60K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Coloma Township Park District | $60K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Berea College
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$57K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
| R Rock Falls Public Library | $56K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Community Christmas for Children | $55K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| R Rock Falls Township High School | $55K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Presbyterian Church (usa) Foundatio | $54K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$53K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$53K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
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$52K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IN | |
| B Bi-County Cooperative Foundation | $51K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| F Franklin Creek Conservation | $50K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Museum of Flight | $49K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
University of Colorado Foundation
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$48K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$48K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| L Living Well Cancer Resource Center | $47K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Boy Scouts of America Blackhawk | $47K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Lutheran Social Services of | $46K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| Y YMCA at University of Illinois | $45K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S St Jude Children's Research Hospita | $45K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N Northern Illinois University | $42K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Temple Shalom | $40K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Sterling Township | $39K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Big Brother-Big Sister of the | $38K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S St Charles Library Foundation | $38K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Sterling Rock Falls Day Care Agency | $38K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Nature Conservancy of Il | $38K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Joseph F Glidden Homestead | $36K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Twin City Public Action to Deliver | $36K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J Junior Achievement of Heartland | $36K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Whiteside County Community Health | $34K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N Newman Central Catholic High School | $33K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Flight for Life - Colorado | $32K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Sustainable Berea INC | $30K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
| A American Red Cross - Lincoln Land | $30K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Sterling Main Street | $30K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Home of Hope of the Rock River | $29K | 4 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| K Kiwanis Club of Sterling Foundation | $29K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| S Siskin Children's Institute | $28K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S St Mary's Grade School | $27K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Eureka College
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$27K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| E East Coloma School District 12 | $27K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Montmorency School District 12 | $27K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Union League Boys and Girls Clubs
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$26K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| E Exponent Philanthropy | $26K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$26K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| R Rock River Stone Real Estate LLC | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S St Mary's School Saints Club | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Seymour Library
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$25K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| A American Battlefield Trust | $25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Abraham Lincoln Presidential | $25K | 4 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Erie County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
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$24K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| C Cultural Literacy Foundation | $24K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home | $24K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Special Olympics Illinois
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$24K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| C Clinton Symphony Orchestra | $22K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Exceptional Care & Training Center | $22K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| K King Ranch Institute for Ranch | $22K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Denver Zoological Foundation INC
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$22K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| M Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer | $21K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Fund for American Studies
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$21K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| A Acs Relay for Life of Sauk Valley | $21K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
National Arbor Day Foundation
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$21K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | NE | |
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$20K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | KY | |
| H Happy Tails Humane Society | $20K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S St Andrew's Catholic Elementary | $18K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Cancer Society - Northern | $18K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Guiding Eyes for the Blind INC
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$18K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | NY |
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