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Grants paid by Dillon Foundation, tax year 2021

EIN 36-6059349 · Sterling, IL · Form 990-PF, Part XV

In tax year 2021, Dillon Foundation (EIN 36-6059349) reported 140 grants paid totaling $3,054,422. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.

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Every grant, 2021

Grants reported by Dillon Foundation for tax year 2021
Tax year	Recipient	Match	Amount	Type	Purpose	Source filing
2021	Greater Sterling Development Corp Sterling, IL	B	$649,000	paid	TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT	202200739349100515
2021	Sterling Park District Sterling, IL	C	$327,500	paid	TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT	202200739349100515
2021	Sterling Park District - Museum Association Sterling, IL	U	$270,250	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515
2021	Community Unit School District 5 Sterling, IL	U	$253,655	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Woodalwn Arts Academy - Operating Expenses Sterling, IL	U	$195,509	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515
2021	United Way of Whiteside County Sterling, IL	C	$178,750	paid	TO SUPPORT HUMAN SERVICE ACTIVITIES	202200739349100515
2021	Whiteside Area Career Center Sterling, IL	U	$84,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Sauk Valley Community College Foundation Dixon, IL	D	$80,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Sterling Schools Foundation Sterling, IL	B	$59,920	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Sterling Rock Falls Family YMCA Sterling, IL	U	$56,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202200739349100515
2021	Rock River Hospice and Home Sterling, IL	B	$41,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202200739349100515
2021	City of Sterling Sterling, IL	U	$38,945	paid	TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT	202200739349100515
2021	Grace Episcopal Church Sterling, IL	C	$36,000	paid	TO SUPPORT RELIGION/SPIRITUAL DEVELO	202200739349100515
2021	Sterling Rock Falls Historical Society Sterling, IL	B	$35,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515
2021	First Presbyterian Church Sterling, IL	U	$30,750	paid	IN SUPPORT OF RELIGION/SPIRITUAL DEV	202200739349100515
2021	Sauk Valley Foodbank Sterling, IL	B	$26,450	paid	TO SUPPORT FOOD, NUTRITION, AND AG	202200739349100515
2021	Sterling Public Library Sterling, IL	U	$26,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515
2021	YWCA of the Sauk Valley Sterling, IL	U	$23,000	paid	TO SUPPORT HUMAN SERVICE ACTIVITIES	202200739349100515
2021	Cgh Health Foundation Sterling, IL	B	$21,500	paid	TO SUPPORT HEALTH/GENERAL AND RELATE	202200739349100515
2021	Mayo Foundation for Medical Educati and Research Rochester, MN	D	$21,500	paid	TO SUPPORT HEALTH/GENERAL	202200739349100515
2021	The Salvation Army Sterling, IL	C	$21,000	paid	TO SUPPORT HUMAN SERVICE ACTIVITIES	202200739349100515
2021	St Mark's Episcopal Church Geneva, IL	C	$17,000	paid	TO SUPPORT RELIGION/SPIRITUAL DEVELO	202200739349100515
2021	Whiteside County Senior Center Sterling, IL	U	$15,500	paid	TO SUPPORT HUMAN SERVICE ACTIVITES	202200739349100515
2021	Rock Falls Elementary School Rock Falls, IL	U	$14,688	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Rock River Valley Self Help Enterprises Sterling, IL	B	$14,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Sterling High School Sterling, IL	U	$13,823	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	The Associated Colleges of Illinois Chicago, IL	C	$12,500	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	City of Sterling - Sterling Municipal Band Sterling, IL	U	$12,000	paid	TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT	202200739349100515
2021	Franklin Creek Conservation Association Franklin Grove, IL	B	$11,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY	202200739349100515
2021	Sterling Rock Falls Community Trust Sterling, IL	B	$10,800	paid	TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT	202200739349100515
2021	Coloma Township Park District Rock Falls, IL	U	$10,000	paid	TO SUPPORT RECREATION, LEISURE, SPOR	202200739349100515
2021	St Charles Library Foundation St Peters, MO	D	$10,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515
2021	Rock Falls Township High School District 301 Rock Falls, IL	U	$9,504	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Community Christmas for Children Sterling, IL	B	$9,000	paid	TO SUPPORT HUMAN SERVICE ACTIVITIES	202200739349100515
2021	Living Well Cancer Resource Center Geneva, IL	U	$9,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HEALTH/GENERAL RELATED	202200739349100515
2021	Rock Falls Public Library Rock Falls, IL	D	$9,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515
2021	Presbyterian Church (usa) Foundatio Jeffersonville, IN	C	$9,000	paid	TO SUPPORT RELIGION/SPIRITUAL DEVELO	202200739349100515
2021	Berea College Berea, KY	B	$9,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	The Culver Educational Foundation Culver, IN	B	$8,750	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	University of Dubuque Dubuque, IA	U	$8,750	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois Freeport, IL	C	$8,500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT	202200739349100515
2021	Bi-County Cooperative Foundation Sterling, IL	B	$8,500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	The Fund for American Studies Davis, CA	U	$8,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	University of Colorado Foundation Inc Denver, CO	C	$8,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Rockford University Rockford, IL	U	$8,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Home of Hope of the Rock River Valley Inc Dixon, IL	U	$7,500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE ACTIVITI	202200739349100515
2021	The Nature Conservancy of Il Chapter Chicago, IL	D	$7,500	paid	TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY	202200739349100515
2021	YMCA at University of Illinois Champaign, IL	U	$7,500	paid	TO SUPPORT HUMAN SERVICE ACTIVITIES	202200739349100515
2021	Boy Scouts of America Blackhawk Area Council Rockford, IL	U	$7,500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT	202200739349100515
2021	St Jude Children's Research Hospita Memphis, TN	C	$7,000	paid	TO SUPPORT HEALTH/GENERAL AND RELATE	202200739349100515
2021	The Museum of Flight Seattle, WA	C	$7,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515
2021	Northern Illinois University Foundation - Wniu Dekalb, IL	C	$7,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515
2021	Junior Achievement of Heartland Inc Moline, IL	C	$6,500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT	202200739349100515
2021	Big Brother-Big Sister of the Mississippi Valley Rock Falls, IL	U	$6,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT	202200739349100515
2021	American Cancer Society - Northern Region Lincolnshire, IL	U	$6,000	paid	TO SUPPORT MISSIONS RELATED TO DISEA	202200739349100515
2021	Sterling Township Sterling, IL	U	$6,000	paid	TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT	202200739349100515
2021	Sterling Rock Falls Day Care Agency Inc Sterling, IL	C	$6,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT	202200739349100515
2021	Siskin Children's Institute Chattanooga, TN	C	$5,500	paid	TO SUPPORT HEALTH/GENERAL RELATED	202200739349100515
2021	Lutheran Social Services of Illinois Sterling, IL	C	$5,500	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515
2021	Sustainable Berea Inc Berea, KY	B	$5,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	American Battlefield Trust Washington, DC	C	$5,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515
2021	Sterling Main Street Sterling, IL	D	$5,000	paid	TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT	202200739349100515
2021	The Joseph F Glidden Homestead Foundation Dekalb, IL	D	$5,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515
2021	Whiteside County Community Health Clinic Rock Falls, IL	B	$5,000	paid	TO SUPPORT HEALTH/GENERAL AND RELATE	202200739349100515
2021	Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation Springfield, IL	D	$5,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202200739349100515
2021	Timber Lake Playhouse Mount Carroll, IL	B	$5,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515
2021	American Red Cross - Lincoln Land Chapter Rock Falls, IL	U	$5,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202200739349100515
2021	Kiwanis Club of Sterling Foundation Sterling, IL	B	$4,750	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE ACTIVITI	202200739349100515
2021	East Coloma School District 12 Rock Falls, IL	U	$4,584	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Eureka College Eureka, IL	C	$4,500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Batavia Unit School District 101 Batavia, IL	U	$4,500	paid	SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Newman Central Catholic High School Sterling, IL	U	$4,440	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Exponent Philanthropy Washington, DC	U	$4,400	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Montmorency School District 12 Rock Falls, IL	U	$4,356	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	St Anthony Health Foundation Lakewood, CO	C	$4,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202200739349100515
2021	Denver Zoological Foundation Inc Denver, CO	B	$4,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515
2021	Flight for Life - Colorado Lakewood, CO	U	$4,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202200739349100515
2021	Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Aurora, IL	U	$4,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Special Olympics of Illinois Normal, IL	C	$4,000	paid	TO SUPPORT RECREATION, LEISURE, SPOR	202200739349100515
2021	National Trust for Historic Preservation Chicago, IL	U	$4,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515
2021	Union League Boys & Girls Clubs Chicago, IL	B	$4,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT	202200739349100515
2021	Twin City Public Action to Deliver Shelter Inc Sterling, IL	D	$4,000	paid	TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY/EMERGENCY	202200739349100515
2021	Arly Kruse Educational Foundation Boulder, CO	B	$4,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515
2021	King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management Kingsville, TX	U	$4,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Cultural Literacy Foundation Charlottesville, VA	U	$4,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	The Charlemagne Institute Bloomington, MN	U	$4,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY	U	$4,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH	202200739349100515
2021	St Mary's Grade School Sterling, IL	C	$3,624	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Candid New York, NY	B	$3,600	paid	TO SUPPORT PHILANTHROPY/VOLUNTARISM	202200739349100515
2021	Clinton Symphony Orchestra Association Clinton, IA	B	$3,500	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515
2021	The Caring Center Rock Falls, IL	U	$3,500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202200739349100515
2021	Junior Tackle Football Inc of Sterling Il Sterling, IL	D	$3,500	paid	TO SUPPORT RECREATION, LEISURE, SPOR	202200739349100515
2021	The National Arbor Day Foundation Nebraska City, NE	C	$3,500	paid	TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY	202200739349100515
2021	University of North Carolina Wilmington, NC	U	$3,200	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	St Andrew's Catholic Elementary School Rock Falls, IL	U	$3,012	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge Valley Forge, PA	U	$3,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIE	202200739349100515
2021	Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Chicago, IL	C	$3,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH	202200739349100515
2021	Happy Tails Humane Society Rock Falls, IL	D	$3,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF ANIMALS	202200739349100515
2021	Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home Preservation Dixon, IL	D	$3,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515
2021	Capital Research Center Washington, DC	B	$3,000	paid	TO SUPPORT PUBLIC AFFAIRS	202200739349100515
2021	City of God Sterling, IL	U	$3,000	paid	TO SUPPORT RELIGION/SPIRITUAL DEVELO	202200739349100515
2021	Fox Valley Hands of Hope Geneva, IL	B	$3,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202200739349100515
2021	The United States Olympic Committee Colorado Springs, CO	U	$3,000	paid	TO SUPPORT RECREATION, LEISURE, SPOR	202200739349100515
2021	National Jewish Health Deerfield, IL	U	$2,750	paid	TO SUPPORT HEALTH/GENERAL AND RELATE	202200739349100515
2021	Park Nicollet Foundation Minneapolis, MN	C	$2,500	paid	TO SUPPORT HEALTH/GENERAL	202200739349100515
2021	March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation - N Il Division Rockford, IL	U	$2,500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH	202200739349100515
2021	Illinois Fairgrounds Foundation Springfield, IL	C	$2,500	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515
2021	Guiding Eyes for the Blind Yorktown Heights, NY	B	$2,500	paid	TO SUPPORT HEALTH/GENERAL RELATED	202200739349100515
2021	Northwestern Illinois Center for Independent Living Rock Falls, IL	C	$2,400	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202200739349100515
2021	Christ Lutheran Church Sterling, IL	U	$2,328	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Johnson O'connor Research Foundation Inc Boston, MA	B	$2,100	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	St Vincent de Paul - Sterling Rock Falls Sterling, IL	U	$2,100	paid	TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT	202200739349100515
2021	Kaneville United Methodist Church Elburn, IL	C	$2,000	paid	TO SUPPORT RELIGION/SPIRITUAL DEVELO	202200739349100515
2021	Council for Economic Education New York, NY	B	$2,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Boy Scouts of America Denver Counci Denver, CO	U	$2,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT	202200739349100515
2021	Boylan Catholic High School Rockford, IL	U	$2,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Augustana College -Wvik Rock Island, IL	C	$2,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515
2021	Feeding Worchester Elmsford, NY	D	$2,000	paid	TO SUPPORT FOOD, NUTRITION, AND AG	202200739349100515
2021	Chinese Childrens Charities Centennial, CO	U	$2,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202200739349100515
2021	One Goat Foundation Centennial, CO	U	$2,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202200739349100515
2021	The Philanthropy Roundtable Washington, DC	C	$1,500	paid	TO SUPPORT PHILANTHROPY/VOLUNTARISM	202200739349100515
2021	Seventh Day Adventist Church Rock Falls, IL	U	$1,500	paid	TO SUPPORT RELIGION/SPIRITUAL DEVELO	202200739349100515
2021	Rock Falls Youth Football Rock Falls, IL	U	$1,500	paid	TO SUPPORT RECREATION, LEISURE, SPOR	202200739349100515
2021	Shelter Box USA Lakewood Ranch, FL	D	$1,500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT	202200739349100515
2021	Rock Falls Middle School Rock Falls, IL	U	$1,134	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Discovery Center Museum of Rockford Inc Rockford, IL	B	$1,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515
2021	City of Sterling Joint Fire Command Sterling, IL	U	$1,000	paid	TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT	202200739349100515
2021	Tunnel to Towers Foundation Staten Island, NY	U	$1,000	paid	TO SUPPORT FOOD, NUTRITION, AND AG	202200739349100515
2021	Paws of War Smithtown, NY	C	$1,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF ANIMALS	202200739349100515
2021	Friends of Foothills Animal Shelter Golden, CO	B	$1,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF ANIMALS	202200739349100515
2021	American Red Cross Boone, IA	U	$1,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202200739349100515
2021	Children's Diabetes Foundation at Denver Denver, CO	D	$1,000	paid	TO SUPPORT HEALTH/DISEASE/DISORDER	202200739349100515
2021	The Dictionary Project Charleston, SC	U	$1,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202200739349100515
2021	Save Ellis Island Inc Budd Lake, NJ	C	$1,000	paid	TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT	202200739349100515
2021	National Fire Safety Council Inc Sterling, IL	U	$600	paid	PUBLIC SAFETY, DISASTER, PREPAREDNES	202200739349100515
2021	Operation Smile Norfolk, VA	C	$500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202200739349100515
2021	Hope Life Center Sterling, IL	C	$500	paid	MENTAL HEALTH & CRISIS INTERVENTION	202200739349100515
2021	Mercy Ships Garden Valley, TX	C	$500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202200739349100515
2021	Food Bank of Monterey County Salinas, CA	D	$500	paid	TO SUPPORT FOOD NUTRITION AND AG	202200739349100515
2021	Rockford Art Museum Rockford, IL	B	$500	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202200739349100515

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