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Grant recipient EIN 36-2166964Education

Who funds Aurora University?

52 private foundations gave Aurora University in Aurora, IL $1.9 million across 150 grants, in tax years 2017 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2017 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

150 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Vernon H Haase FoundationAurora, IL 2025

    Education

    $10,000
  2. Wadsworth Golf Charities FoundationPlainfield, IL 2025

    To further the foundation's exempt purposes.

    $5,000
  3. Harris Etta M UW Aurora UnivDallas, TX 2025

    Unrestricted general

    $4,587
  4. R D Cundiff Scholarship Trust DTD 10121East Peoria, IL 2025

    Scholarships

    $4,350
  5. Ryerson FoundationChicago, IL 2025

    Education

    $2,000
  6. Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce FoundationJoliet, IL 2025

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    $2,000
  7. Elsie C Eberhardt TrustEast Peoria, IL 2025

    Educational

    $750
  8. Meyerhoff Charitable TrustWaterloo, IA 2025

    Scholarship

    $700
  9. William & Beverly Burkardt Family Foundation NFPDixon, IL 2025

    Education

    $500
  10. Clow Family FoundationChicago, IL 2024

    Restricted

    $199,000
  11. Dunham FoundationAurora, IL 2024

    Program support

    $100,000
  12. Saccomanno Higher Education FoundationGrand Junction, CO 2024

    Education

    $13,000
  13. Vernon H Haase FoundationAurora, IL 2024

    Education

    $10,000
  14. Hansen-Furnas Foundation IncBatavia, IL 2024

    Scholarships

    $9,800
  15. Block Family FoundationNiles, IL 2024

    For operations

    $5,000
  16. Wadsworth Golf Charities FoundationPlainfield, IL 2024

    To further the foundation's exempt purposes.

    $5,000
  17. Hansen-Furnas Foundation IncBatavia, IL 2024

    General

    $5,000
  18. Harris Etta M UW Aurora UnivDallas, TX 2024

    Unrestricted general

    $4,721
  19. Edith Masters Testamentary TrustPetersburg, IL 2024

    FBO brady kinney

    $3,550
  20. Marquette Bank Education FoundationChicago, IL 2024

    Scholarships

    $2,500
  21. Twelve Twenty-One FundDenver, CO 2024

    Unrestricted donation

    $2,500
  22. The Granoff Family FoundationPalm Beach, FL 2024

    Charitable organization

    $2,000
  23. Ryerson FoundationChicago, IL 2024

    Education

    $2,000
  24. The Northrop Grumman FoundationFalls Church, VA 2024

    General operating grants & matching gifts.

    $1,950
  25. William & Beverly Burkardt Family Foundation NFPDixon, IL 2024

    Education

    $1,500
  26. Lockhart James H & Florence DPittsburgh, PA 2024

    General operating

    $1,274
  27. W Clement & Jessie V Stone FoundationChicago, IL 2024

    George Williams College

    $1,000
  28. The Northrop Grumman FoundationFalls Church, VA 2024

    General operating grants & matching gifts.

    $550
  29. Edward Jones FoundationSt Louis, MO 2024

    Educational institutions and related activities

    $50
  30. Clow Family FoundationChicago, IL 2023

    Restricted

    $139,000
  31. Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan FoundationChicago, IL 2023

    General charitable operations

    $25,000
  32. Hansen-Furnas Foundation IncBatavia, IL 2023

    Scholarships

    $14,600
  33. Aon FoundationChicago, IL 2023

    Higher education institution

    $10,000
  34. Vernon H Haase FoundationAurora, IL 2023

    Education

    $10,000
  35. Saccomanno Higher Education FoundationGrand Junction, CO 2023

    Education

    $8,500
  36. The Simms Family FoundationWalworth, WI 2023

    Charitable

    $5,000
  37. Hansen-Furnas Foundation IncBatavia, IL 2023

    General

    $5,000
  38. Enterprise Holdings FoundationSaint Louis, MO 2023

    Program Support

    $5,000
  39. Harris Etta M UW Aurora UnivDallas, TX 2023

    Unrestricted general

    $3,925
  40. The Francis J and Patricia A HoulihanBarrington, IL 2023

    General

    $3,000
  41. Wadsworth Golf Charities FoundationPlainfield, IL 2023

    To further the foundation's exempt purposes.

    $2,500
  42. Twelve Twenty-One FundDenver, CO 2023

    Unrestricted donation

    $2,500
  43. Alden & Dorothy Perkins ScholarshipRockford, IL 2023

    Scholarship

    $1,876
  44. Gould Norman & Anna Schol FDIthaca, NY 2023

    Scholarship

    $1,648
  45. W Clement & Jessie V Stone FoundationChicago, IL 2023

    George Williams College

    $1,000
  46. Block Family FoundationNiles, IL 2023

    For operations

    $1,000
  47. Lockhart James H & Florence DPittsburgh, PA 2023

    General operating

    $696
  48. Analog Devices FoundationBoston, MA 2023

    General support

    $212
  49. Clow Family FoundationChicago, IL 2022

    Restricted

    $160,000
  50. Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan FoundationChicago, IL 2022

    General charitable operations

    $50,000
  51. Dunham FoundationAurora, IL 2022

    Program support

    $50,000
  52. Hansen-Furnas Foundation IncBatavia, IL 2022

    Scholarships

    $16,100
  53. Wadsworth Golf Charities FoundationPlainfield, IL 2022

    To further the foundation's exempt purposes.

    $10,000
  54. Vernon H Haase FoundationAurora, IL 2022

    Education

    $10,000
  55. Harris Etta M UW Aurora UnivDallas, TX 2022

    Unrestricted general

    $5,083
  56. Hansen-Furnas Foundation IncBatavia, IL 2022

    General

    $5,000
  57. Enterprise Holdings FoundationSaint Louis, MO 2022

    Program Support

    $5,000
  58. The Francis J and Patricia A HoulihanBarrington, IL 2022

    General

    $3,000
  59. R D Cundiff Scholarship Trust DTD 10121East Peoria, IL 2022

    Scholarships

    $2,778
  60. Twelve Twenty-One FundDenver, CO 2022

    Unrestricted donation

    $2,500
  61. Carson Family FoundationKildeer, IL 2022

    Contributions are for unrestricted purposes

    $2,000
  62. Carl & Isabel Backlin TR UWMilwaukee, WI 2022

    Scholarship

    $1,938
  63. Gould Norman & Anna Schol FDIthaca, NY 2022

    Scholarship

    $1,648
  64. W Clement & Jessie V Stone FoundationChicago, IL 2022

    George Williams College

    $1,000
  65. Shea Family Foundation IncChicago, IL 2022

    General operation

    $1,000
  66. Lockhart James H & Florence DPittsburgh, PA 2022

    General operating

    $728
  67. Clow Family FoundationChicago, IL 2021

    Unrestricted

    $210,000
  68. Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan FoundationChicago, IL 2021

    General charitable operations

    $25,000
  69. Wadsworth Golf Charities FoundationPlainfield, IL 2021

    To further the foundation's exempt purposes.

    $15,000
  70. Vernon H Haase FoundationAurora, IL 2021

    Education

    $10,000
  71. Saccomanno Higher Education FoundationGrand Junction, CO 2021

    Education

    $7,800
  72. Hansen-Furnas Foundation IncBatavia, IL 2021

    Scholarships

    $6,700
  73. Carson Family FoundationKildeer, IL 2021

    Contributions are for unrestricted purposes

    $6,000
  74. GE Aerospace FoundationNorwalk, CT 2021

    Matching gifts

    $5,000
  75. The Allyn Foundation IncNaperville, IL 2021

    Education programs

    $5,000
  76. Hansen-Furnas Foundation IncBatavia, IL 2021

    General

    $5,000
  77. Enterprise Holdings FoundationSaint Louis, MO 2021

    Program Support

    $5,000
  78. Harris Etta M UW Aurora UnivDallas, TX 2021

    Unrestricted general

    $4,705
  79. The Granoff Family FoundationPalm Beach, FL 2021

    Charitable organization

    $3,500
  80. Mary Roberts Scholarship Foundation XXX-XX-XXXXEvansville, IN 2021

    Scholarships

    $3,250
  81. Marquette Bank Education FoundationChicago, IL 2021

    Scholarships

    $2,500
  82. Edith Andrew and Francis W Burchell Scholarship FundRockford, IL 2021

    Edcational

    $1,700
  83. Gould Norman & Anna Schol FDIthaca, NY 2021

    Scholarship

    $1,648
  84. Polish National Alliance School CorpChicago, IL 2021

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  85. Lockhart James H & Florence DPittsburgh, PA 2021

    General operating

    $1,294
  86. Chester and Angela Skrocki FoundationTraverse City, MI 2021

    Scholarshipscholarship

    $1,250
  87. W Clement & Jessie V Stone FoundationChicago, IL 2021

    George Williams College

    $1,000
  88. Andrew Family FoundationOrland Park, IL 2021

    Music By The Lake Summer 2022

    $1,000
  89. Sending Support FoundationGreenwood Village, CO 2021

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  90. Marquette Bank Education FoundationChicago, IL 2021

    Scholarships

    $1,000
  91. Shea Family Foundation IncChicago, IL 2021

    General operation

    $1,000
  92. Twelve Twenty-One FundDenver, CO 2021

    Unrestricted donation

    $1,000
  93. Southern Company Gas Charitable Foundation IncAtlanta, GA 2021

    Educational matching

    $25
  94. Clow Family FoundationChicago, IL 2020

    Unrestricted

    $126,734
  95. Dunham FundAurora, IL 2020

    Program support

    $100,000
  96. Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan FoundationChicago, IL 2020

    General charitable operations

    $25,000
  97. Hansen-Furnas Foundation IncBatavia, IL 2020

    Scholarships

    $18,400
  98. Vernon H Haase FoundationAurora, IL 2020

    Education

    $10,000
  99. Carson Family FoundationKildeer, IL 2020

    Contributions are for unrestricted purposes

    $6,000
  100. The Allyn Foundation IncNaperville, IL 2020

    Education programs

    $5,000
  101. Wadsworth Golf Charities FoundationPlainfield, IL 2020

    To further the foundation's exempt purposes.

    $5,000
  102. Hansen-Furnas Foundation IncBatavia, IL 2020

    General

    $5,000
  103. Lloyd A Fry FoundationChicago, IL 2020

    For the Autism Initiative

    $5,000
  104. Dewey Howard Educational TrustGrand Rapids, MI 2020

    Educational

    $4,930
  105. Harris Etta M UW Aurora UnivDallas, TX 2020

    Unrestricted general

    $4,235
  106. Lockhart James H & Florence DPittsburgh, PA 2020

    General operating purposes

    $3,598
  107. The Everett & Doris Bernardo Family FoundationElgin, IL 2020

    College education

    $2,500
  108. Gould Norman & Anna Schol FDIthaca, NY 2020

    Scholarship

    $1,648
  109. Chester and Angela Skrocki FoundationTraverse City, MI 2020

    Scholarshipscholarship

    $1,250
  110. The Granoff Family FoundationPalm Beach, FL 2020

    Charitable organization

    $1,000
  111. W Clement & Jessie V Stone FoundationChicago, IL 2020

    George William College

    $1,000
  112. Sending Support FoundationGreenwood Village, CO 2020

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  113. Twelve Twenty-One FundDenver, CO 2020

    Unrestricted donation

    $1,000
  114. The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2020

    Matching Gifts

    $500
  115. Southern Company Gas Charitable Foundation IncAtlanta, GA 2020

    Educational matching

    $50
  116. IBM International FoundationArmonk, NY 2020

    Employee matching grant

    $25
  117. Clow Family FoundationChicago, IL 2019

    Unrestricted

    $115,334
  118. Dunham FundAurora, IL 2019

    Program support

    $35,000
  119. Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan FoundationChicago, IL 2019

    General charitable operations

    $25,000
  120. Wadsworth Golf Charities FoundationPlainfield, IL 2019

    To further the foundation's exempt purposes.

    $15,000
  121. Vernon H Haase FoundationAurora, IL 2019

    Education

    $10,000
  122. Hansen-Furnas Foundation IncBatavia, IL 2019

    Scholarships

    $6,000
  123. The Allyn Foundation IncNaperville, IL 2019

    Education programs

    $5,000
  124. Hansen-Furnas Foundation IncBatavia, IL 2019

    General

    $5,000
  125. The Everett & Doris Bernardo Family FoundationElgin, IL 2019

    College education

    $4,000
  126. Harris Etta M UW Aurora UnivDallas, TX 2019

    Unrestricted general

    $3,636
  127. Lockhart James H & Florence DPittsburgh, PA 2019

    General operating purposes

    $2,878
  128. Polish National Alliance School CorpChicago, IL 2019

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  129. Grant Thornton FoundationChicago, IL 2019

    Education institution support

    $1,000
  130. W Clement & Jessie V Stone FoundationChicago, IL 2019

    to George Williams College

    $1,000
  131. Andrew Family FoundationOrland Park, IL 2019

    Charitable Event

    $1,000
  132. Sending Support FoundationGreenwood Village, CO 2019

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  133. Enterprise Holdings FoundationSaint Louis, MO 2019

    Program Support

    $1,000
  134. Twelve Twenty-One FundDenver, CO 2019

    To further goals of recipient organization

    $1,000
  135. Dewey Howard Educational TrustGrand Rapids, MI 2019

    Educational

    $300
  136. Clow Family FoundationChicago, IL 2018

    Unrestricted

    $52,476
  137. Vernon H Haase FoundationAurora, IL 2018

    Education

    $10,000
  138. Harris Etta M UW Aurora UnivDallas, TX 2018

    Unrestricted general

    $5,148
  139. The Allyn Foundation IncNaperville, IL 2018

    Education programs

    $5,000
  140. The Everett & Doris Bernardo Family FoundationElgin, IL 2018

    College education

    $4,000
  141. The Granoff Family FoundationPalm Beach, FL 2018

    Charitable organization

    $2,500
  142. Palmer Family FoundationRiver Forest, IL 2018

    "a" fund, aurora campus

    $2,500
  143. Polish National Alliance School CorpChicago, IL 2018

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  144. Andrew Family FoundationOrland Park, IL 2018

    Charitable Event

    $1,000
  145. Sending Support FoundationGreenwood Village, CO 2018

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  146. Kendall County Assn of Chiefs of Police NFPYorkville, IL 2018

    Educational

    $1,000
  147. Twelve Twenty-One FundDenver, CO 2018

    To further goals of recipient organization

    $1,000
  148. McGowan Gin Rosica Family Foundation IncNorth Aurora, IL 2018

    Family fund

    $500
  149. Dewey Howard Educational TrustGrand Rapids, MI 2018

    Educational

    $300
  150. The Granoff Family FoundationPalm Beach, FL 2017

    Charitable organization

    $100

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other education organizations in Aurora, IL and are not among Aurora University’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 59 grants Preselected only $9,343 to similar organizations
  2. International Paper Company FoundationMemphis, TN 9 grants Accepts applications $42,160 to similar organizations
  3. Arthur J Gallagher FoundationRolling Meadows, IL 4 grants Preselected only $1,853 to similar organizations
  4. CH Robinson Worldwide FoundationSioux Falls, SD 4 grants Accepts applications $242 to similar organizations
  5. Pentair FoundationGolden Valley, MN 2 grants Accepts applications $0 to similar organizations
  6. NKC Family FoundationGeneva, IL 7 grants Preselected only $839,020 to similar organizations
  7. Hopelab Foundation IncSan Francisco, CA 2 grants Preselected only $125,000 to similar organizations
  8. The Westerman FoundationPlano, TX 4 grants Accepts applications $62,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 36-2166964 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.