| Builders Initiative | | Chicago, IL | National | 2 | 2024 | $450,000 |
| Windward Fund | | Washington, DC | National | 2 | 2024 | $225,000 |
| Harold M and Adeline S Morrison Family Foundation | | Chicago, IL | Local | 7 | 2024 | $196,000 |
| Hunter Family Foundation | | Chicago, IL | Local | 6 | 2024 | $160,000 |
| Mid-America Arts Alliance | | Kansas City, MO | National | 2 | 2024 | $90,000 |
| The Buchanan Family Foundation | | Lake Forest, IL | Local | 6 | 2024 | $80,000 |
| Butler Family Foundation | | Lake Forest, IL | Local | 3 | 2024 | $50,000 |
| Forest Service International Foundation | | Washington, DC | Local | 1 | 2024 | $17,000 |
| The Donnelley Foundation | | Chicago, IL | Local | 4 | 2024 | $16,000 |
| Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc | | Chicago, IL | Local | 3 | 2024 | $14,000 |
| Clarks Fork Foundation | | Lake Forest, IL | Local | 5 | 2024 | $2,800 |
| Make It Better Foundation | | Wilmette, IL | Local | 2 | 2024 | $2,000 |
| Francis Beidler III and Prudence R Beidler Foundation | | Chicago, IL | National | 7 | 2024 | $1,750 |
| Rosslevee Charitable Foundation | | Northbrook, IL | Local | 1 | 2024 | $350 |
| Walder Family Foundation | | Skokie, IL | Local | 3 | 2023 | $320,000 |
| Oberweiler Foundation | | Barrington, IL | Local | 4 | 2023 | $85,000 |
| The John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation | | Lake Forest, IL | Local | 4 | 2023 | $46,000 |
| National Recreation Foundation Inc | | Lake Forest, IL | National | 1 | 2023 | $30,000 |
| Northwestern Memorial Healthcare | | Chicago, IL | Local | 1 | 2023 | $25,000 |
| Norwottock Charitable Trust | | Chicago, IL | Local | 3 | 2023 | $16,200 |
| Fulk Family Foundation Inc | | Chicago, IL | Local | 1 | 2023 | $10,000 |
| Jerome H Stone Family Foundation | | Winnetka, IL | Local | 2 | 2023 | $3,500 |
| Season of Change Foundation | | Highland Park, IL | Local | 1 | 2023 | $250 |
| Thomas L & Kathleen G Bindley Charitable Trust | | Naples, FL | Local | 1 | 2023 | $200 |
| Robert R Mccormick Foundation | | Chicago, IL | Local | 2 | 2021 | $83,000 |
| Field Foundation of Illinois Inc | | Chicago, IL | Local | 1 | 2021 | $5,000 |
| Laurie and Jim Richter Family Foundation | | Chicago, IL | Local | 1 | 2021 | $500 |
| Illinois Humanities Council Incorporated | | Chicago, IL | Local | 2 | 2020 | $24,000 |
| The Lumpkin Family Foundation | | Mattoon, IL | Local | 1 | 2020 | $2,000 |
| Irving & Marilyn L Naiditch Family Foundation | | Highland Park, IL | National | 2 | 2020 | $1,250 |
| Lumw Foundation | | Pleasant Pr, WI | Local | 1 | 2020 | $300 |
| Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc | | Washington, DC | National | 1 | 2019 | $8,400 |
| Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation | | | Local | 1 | 2019 | $5,500 |
| Liberty Prairie Nfp | | Grayslake, IL | — | 2 | 2019 | $3,250 |
| The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation | | Minneapolis, MN | Local | 1 | 2019 | $2,500 |
| Hunter Family Foundation Co Financial Investments Corporation | | | — | 1 | 2018 | $10,000 |
| The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation | | Washington, DC | National | 1 | 2018 | $7,700 |
| Joseph a and Susan J Kainz Foundation | | Lake Barrington, IL | Local | 1 | 2018 | $1,500 |
| B & J Association | | Winnetka, IL | Local | 1 | 2018 | $410 |
| Dolores Kohl Educational Foundation | | Highland Park, IL | Local | 1 | 2017 | $1,000 |