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Grants paid by Dillon Foundation, tax year 2023

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

In tax year 2023, Dillon Foundation (EIN 36-6059349) reported 136 grants paid totaling $2,907,295. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.

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Grants reported by Dillon Foundation for tax year 2023
Tax year	Recipient	Match	Amount	Type	Purpose	Source filing
2023	Sterling Park District - Museum Association Sterling, IL	U	$443,500	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Sterling Park District Sterling, IL	C	$312,000	paid	TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT	202400739349100015
2023	Community Unit School District 5 Sterling, IL	U	$289,641	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Woodlawn Arts Academy Sterling, IL	B	$253,500	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	United Way of Whiteside County Sterling, IL	C	$185,250	paid	TO SUPPORT HUMAN SERVICE ACTIVITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Sterling Schools Foundation Sterling, IL	B	$131,835	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Sterling Rock Falls Family YMCA Sterling, IL	U	$121,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202400739349100015
2023	Whiteside Area Career Center Sterling, IL	U	$84,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Greater Sterling Development Corp Sterling, IL	B	$76,500	paid	TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT	202400739349100015
2023	Sauk Valley Community College Foundation Dixon, IL	D	$71,500	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	City of Sterling Sterling, IL	U	$54,829	paid	TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT	202400739349100015
2023	Rock River Hospice and Home Sterling, IL	B	$39,500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202400739349100015
2023	Grace Episcopal Church Sterling, IL	C	$36,000	paid	TO SUPPORT RELIGION/SPIRITUAL DEVELO	202400739349100015
2023	Sterling Rock Falls Historical Society Sterling, IL	B	$35,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Sauk Valley Foodbank Sterling, IL	B	$32,585	paid	TO SUPPORT FOOD, NUTRITION, AND AG	202400739349100015
2023	First Presbyterian Church Sterling, IL	U	$31,250	paid	IN SUPPORT OF RELIGION/SPIRITUAL DEV	202400739349100015
2023	Sterling Public Library Sterling, IL	U	$26,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Northern Illinois Cancer Treatment Center Dixon, IL	B	$25,000	paid	TO SUPPORT HEALTH/GENERAL AND RELATE	202400739349100015
2023	YWCA of the Sauk Valley Sterling, IL	U	$22,000	paid	TO SUPPORT HUMAN SERVICE ACTIVITIES	202400739349100015
2023	The Salvation Army Sterling, IL	C	$21,000	paid	TO SUPPORT HUMAN SERVICE ACTIVITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Cgh Health Foundation Sterling, IL	B	$21,000	paid	TO SUPPORT HEALTH/GENERAL AND RELATE	202400739349100015
2023	Mayo Foundation for Medical Educati and Research Rochester, MN	D	$17,000	paid	TO SUPPORT HEALTH/GENERAL	202400739349100015
2023	Whiteside County Senior Center Sterling, IL	U	$15,500	paid	TO SUPPORT HUMAN SERVICE ACTIVITES	202400739349100015
2023	Rock River Valley Self Help Enterprises Sterling, IL	B	$15,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	St Mark's Episcopal Church Geneva, IL	C	$15,000	paid	TO SUPPORT RELIGION/SPIRITUAL DEVELO	202400739349100015
2023	Rock Falls Elementary School Rock Falls, IL	U	$14,838	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	The Associated Colleges of Illinois Chicago, IL	C	$12,500	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	City of Sterling - Sterling Municipal Band Sterling, IL	U	$12,000	paid	TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT	202400739349100015
2023	Hope Life Center Sterling, IL	C	$10,750	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202400739349100015
2023	Exceptional Care & Training Center Sterling, IL	U	$10,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Coloma Township Park District Rock Falls, IL	U	$10,000	paid	TO SUPPORT RECREATION, LEISURE, SPOR	202400739349100015
2023	Community Christmas for Children Sterling, IL	B	$9,250	paid	TO SUPPORT HUMAN SERVICE ACTIVITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Rock Falls Township High School District 301 Rock Falls, IL	U	$9,212	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois Freeport, IL	C	$9,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT	202400739349100015
2023	Franklin Creek Conservation Association Franklin Grove, IL	B	$9,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY	202400739349100015
2023	Twin City Public Action to Deliver Shelter Inc Sterling, IL	D	$9,000	paid	TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY/EMERGENCY	202400739349100015
2023	Rock Falls Public Library Rock Falls, IL	D	$9,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Berea College Berea, KY	B	$9,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Presbyterian Church (usa) Foundatio Jeffersonville, IN	C	$9,000	paid	TO SUPPORT RELIGION/SPIRITUAL DEVELO	202400739349100015
2023	The Culver Educational Foundation Culver, IN	B	$8,750	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	University of Dubuque Dubuque, IA	U	$8,750	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Bi-County Cooperative Foundation Sterling, IL	B	$8,500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Rockford University Rockford, IL	U	$8,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	University of Colorado Foundation Inc Denver, CO	C	$8,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Lutheran Social Services of Illinois Sterling, IL	C	$8,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Erie County Spca West Seneca, NY	B	$8,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF ANIMALS	202400739349100015
2023	Home of Hope of the Rock River Valley Inc Dixon, IL	U	$7,500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE ACTIVITI	202400739349100015
2023	Boy Scouts of America Blackhawk Area Council Rockford, IL	U	$7,500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT	202400739349100015
2023	YMCA at University of Illinois Champaign, IL	U	$7,500	paid	TO SUPPORT HUMAN SERVICE ACTIVITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Sterling Rock Falls Day Care Agency Inc Sterling, IL	C	$7,500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT	202400739349100015
2023	The Nature Conservancy of Il Chapter Chicago, IL	D	$7,500	paid	TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY	202400739349100015
2023	Seymour Library Brockport, NY	B	$7,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Northern Illinois University Foundation - Wniu Dekalb, IL	C	$7,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	The Joseph F Glidden Homestead Foundation Dekalb, IL	D	$7,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Acs Relay for Life of Sauk Valley Sterling, IL	U	$7,000	paid	TO SUPPORT HEALTH/GENERAL AND RELATE	202400739349100015
2023	Mr Grey's Strays Inc Brockport, NY	B	$7,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF ANIMALS	202400739349100015
2023	The Museum of Flight Seattle, WA	C	$7,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Sterling Township Sterling, IL	U	$7,000	paid	TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT	202400739349100015
2023	St Jude Children's Research Hospita Memphis, TN	C	$7,000	paid	TO SUPPORT HEALTH/GENERAL AND RELATE	202400739349100015
2023	Junior Achievement of Heartland Inc Moline, IL	C	$6,500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT	202400739349100015
2023	Big Brother-Big Sister of the Mississippi Valley Rock Falls, IL	U	$6,500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT	202400739349100015
2023	Newman Central Catholic High School Sterling, IL	U	$6,100	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Whiteside County Community Health Clinic Rock Falls, IL	B	$6,000	paid	TO SUPPORT HEALTH/GENERAL AND RELATE	202400739349100015
2023	Timber Lake Playhouse Mount Carroll, IL	B	$6,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Flight for Life - Colorado Lakewood, CO	U	$6,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202400739349100015
2023	Siskin Children's Institute Chattanooga, TN	C	$5,500	paid	TO SUPPORT HEALTH/GENERAL RELATED	202400739349100015
2023	Sustainable Berea Inc Berea, KY	B	$5,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Park Nicollet Foundation Minneapolis, MN	C	$5,000	paid	TO SUPPORT HEALTH/GENERAL	202400739349100015
2023	American Battlefield Trust Washington, DC	C	$5,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	American Red Cross - Lincoln Land Chapter Rock Falls, IL	U	$5,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202400739349100015
2023	Living Well Cancer Resource Center Geneva, IL	U	$5,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HEALTH/GENERAL RELATED	202400739349100015
2023	Sterling Main Street Sterling, IL	D	$5,000	paid	TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT	202400739349100015
2023	Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation Springfield, IL	D	$5,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202400739349100015
2023	Kiwanis Club of Sterling Foundation Sterling, IL	B	$4,750	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE ACTIVITI	202400739349100015
2023	East Coloma School District 12 Rock Falls, IL	U	$4,525	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Eureka College Eureka, IL	C	$4,500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Montmorency School District 12 Rock Falls, IL	U	$4,500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Exponent Philanthropy Washington, DC	U	$4,400	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	St Mary's Grade School Sterling, IL	C	$4,313	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Clinton Symphony Orchestra Association Clinton, IA	B	$4,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	The Charlemagne Institute Bloomington, MN	U	$4,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY	U	$4,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH	202400739349100015
2023	The Fund for American Studies Davis, CA	U	$4,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Union League Boys & Girls Clubs Chicago, IL	B	$4,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT	202400739349100015
2023	Special Olympics of Illinois Normal, IL	C	$4,000	paid	TO SUPPORT RECREATION, LEISURE, SPOR	202400739349100015
2023	King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management Kingsville, TX	U	$4,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	National Trust for Historic Preservation Chicago, IL	U	$4,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Cultural Literacy Foundation Charlottesville, VA	U	$4,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Temple Shalom Sterling, IL	U	$3,500	paid	TO SUPPORT RELIGION/SPIRITUAL DEVELO	202400739349100015
2023	The Caring Center Rock Falls, IL	U	$3,500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202400739349100015
2023	Junior Tackle Football Inc of Sterling Il Sterling, IL	D	$3,500	paid	TO SUPPORT RECREATION, LEISURE, SPOR	202400739349100015
2023	The National Arbor Day Foundation Nebraska City, NE	C	$3,500	paid	TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY	202400739349100015
2023	City of God Sterling, IL	U	$3,500	paid	TO SUPPORT RELIGION/SPIRITUAL DEVELO	202400739349100015
2023	St Andrew's Catholic Elementary School Rock Falls, IL	U	$3,125	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Chicago, IL	C	$3,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH	202400739349100015
2023	Rock House Kids Rockford, IL	B	$3,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT	202400739349100015
2023	Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge Valley Forge, PA	U	$3,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIE	202400739349100015
2023	The United States Olympic Committee Colorado Springs, CO	U	$3,000	paid	TO SUPPORT RECREATION, LEISURE, SPOR	202400739349100015
2023	Happy Tails Humane Society Rock Falls, IL	D	$3,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF ANIMALS	202400739349100015
2023	Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home Preservation Dixon, IL	D	$3,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Capital Research Center Washington, DC	B	$3,000	paid	TO SUPPORT PUBLIC AFFAIRS	202400739349100015
2023	National Jewish Health Deerfield, IL	U	$2,750	paid	TO SUPPORT HEALTH/GENERAL AND RELATE	202400739349100015
2023	Guiding Eyes for the Blind Yorktown Heights, NY	B	$2,500	paid	TO SUPPORT HEALTH/GENERAL RELATED	202400739349100015
2023	Denver Zoological Foundation Inc Denver, CO	B	$2,500	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Whiteside County Public Transportation Sterling, IL	U	$2,500	paid	TO SUPPORT HUMAN SERVICE ACTIVITIES	202400739349100015
2023	March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation - N Il Division Rockford, IL	U	$2,500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH	202400739349100015
2023	Northwestern Illinois Center for Independent Living Rock Falls, IL	C	$2,400	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202400739349100015
2023	Feeding Westchester Elmsford, NY	B	$2,330	paid	TO SUPPORT FOOD, NUTRITION, AND AG	202400739349100015
2023	Christ Lutheran School Sterling, IL	U	$2,312	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Shelter Box USA Lakewood Ranch, FL	D	$2,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT	202400739349100015
2023	Tunnel to Towers Foundation Staten Island, NY	U	$2,000	paid	TO SUPPORT FOOD, NUTRITION, AND AG	202400739349100015
2023	St Charles Library Foundation St Peters, MO	D	$2,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Preborn Indianapolis, IN	U	$2,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202400739349100015
2023	Christ Lutheran Church Sterling, IL	U	$2,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Augustana College - Wvik Rock Island, IL	C	$2,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Sterling Rock Falls Community Trust Sterling, IL	B	$2,000	paid	TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT	202400739349100015
2023	First United Methodist Church Sterling, IL	U	$1,750	paid	IN SUPPORT OF RELIGION/SPIRITUAL DEV	202400739349100015
2023	St Vincent de Paul - Sterling Rock Falls Sterling, IL	U	$1,600	paid	TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT	202400739349100015
2023	Arly Kruse Educational Foundation Boulder, CO	B	$1,500	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Seventh Day Adventist Church Rock Falls, IL	U	$1,500	paid	TO SUPPORT RELIGION/SPIRITUAL DEVELO	202400739349100015
2023	The Philanthropy Roundtable Washington, DC	C	$1,500	paid	TO SUPPORT PHILANTHROPY/VOLUNTARISM	202400739349100015
2023	Summit Church Blue Ridge Campus Raleigh, NC	U	$1,500	paid	TO SUPPORT RELIGION/SPIRITUAL DEVELO	202400739349100015
2023	Rock Falls Youth Football Rock Falls, IL	U	$1,500	paid	TO SUPPORT RECREATION, LEISURE, SPOR	202400739349100015
2023	Save Ellis Island Inc Budd Lake, NJ	C	$1,000	paid	TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT	202400739349100015
2023	Stars and Stripes Honor Flight Inc Menomonee Falls, WI	B	$1,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202400739349100015
2023	Paws of War Smithtown, NY	C	$1,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF ANIMALS	202400739349100015
2023	Boylan Catholic High School Rockford, IL	U	$1,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION	202400739349100015
2023	Friends of Foothills Animal Shelter Golden, CO	B	$1,000	paid	IN SUPPORT OF ANIMALS	202400739349100015
2023	Discovery Center Museum of Rockford Inc Rockford, IL	B	$1,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Rockford Art Museum Rockford, IL	B	$1,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES	202400739349100015
2023	Children's Diabetes Foundation at Denver Denver, CO	D	$1,000	paid	TO SUPPORT HEALTH/DISEASE/DISORDER	202400739349100015
2023	National Fire Safety Council Inc Sterling, IL	U	$900	paid	PUBLIC SAFETY, DISASTER, PREPAREDNES	202400739349100015
2023	City of Sterling Fire Department Sterling, IL	U	$600	paid	TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY	202400739349100015
2023	Mercy Ships Garden Valley, TX	C	$500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202400739349100015
2023	Operation Smile Norfolk, VA	C	$500	paid	IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SERVICE	202400739349100015
2023	St Mary's Church Sterling, IL	U	$500	paid	TO SUPPORT RELIGION/SPIRITUAL DEVELO	202400739349100015

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Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.

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