History shows that almost 37% of their giving goes to support Education, 16% goes to Social & Human Services and almost 12% goes to Health category.
Grants in recent years include:
$500,000 for University of Notre Dame;
$290,000 for Center for The Study of The Presidency and Congress;
$200,000 for Big Shoulders Fund support of visitation school and scholarship program;
$150,000 for Mt. Vernon Ladies Association of The Union;
$100,000 for Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation;
$50,000 for Loyola University;
$250,000 for World Central Kitchen;
$90,000 for Orangutan Outreach;
$80,000 for Girls Inc of Chicago;
$40,000 for Easter Seals Joliet Region;
$150,000 for Mayo Clinic;
$100,000 for Gates Philanthropy Partners;
$70,000 for Manx Blind Welfare Society -Sight Matters-; and
$60,000 for Mobile C A R E Foundation.