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Grant recipient EIN 94-3436433Jobs and employment

Who funds Employee Connections?

3 private foundations gave Employee Connections in Waukegan, IL $90,135 across 8 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 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

8 grants

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

  1. The Yankee Springer FoundationLake Forest, IL 2025

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  2. The Yankee Springer FoundationLake Forest, IL 2024

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  3. The Yankee Springer FoundationLake Forest, IL 2023

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  4. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $5
  5. The Yankee Springer FoundationLake Forest, IL 2020

    Unrestricted

    $20,000
  6. The Yankee Springer FoundationLake Forest, IL 2019

    Unrestricted

    $20,000
  7. The Yankee Springer FoundationLake Forest, IL 2018

    Unrestricted

    $20,000
  8. AbbVie FoundationNorth Chicago, IL 2018

    Matching Grant

    $130

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other jobs and employment organizations in Illinois and are not among Employee Connections’s funders above.

  1. Polk Bros Foundation IncChicago, IL 89 grants Accepts applications $3,683,687 to similar organizations
  2. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 87 grants Accepts applications $2,176,842 to similar organizations
  3. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 70 grants Preselected only $11,705,136 to similar organizations
  4. The Allstate FoundationNorthbrook, IL 36 grants Accepts applications $3,279,868 to similar organizations
  5. Lloyd A Fry FoundationChicago, IL 71 grants Accepts applications $2,519,250 to similar organizations
  6. Circle of Service FoundationChicago, IL 52 grants Accepts applications $2,061,100 to similar organizations
  7. John D and Catherine T MacArthur FoundationChicago, IL 34 grants Preselected only $2,025,721 to similar organizations
  8. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation IncOwings Mills, MD 25 grants Preselected only $3,465,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 94-3436433 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.