Private foundation · EIN 51-6522857 · Chicago, Illinois · Philanthropy & grantmaking

Warner Foundation

Should you approach them?

Don't send a cold proposal. The foundation reports that it only gives to preselected organizations; an introduction through a current grantee or board member is the realistic route.

From the 2025 Form 990-PF: 39 grants paid, $288K total, median $5,000. 3% of grants stayed in Illinois.

Accepts applications
No
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2025
39
$288K
Median grant
$5,000
Stays in IL
3%
of grants
Deadline
—
Assets
$4.7M

Grants paid in 2025

39 grants, all shown · from Form 990-PF Part XV

RecipientPurposeAmount
Hospital for Special Surgery Fund IncNew York, NYGeneral$30K
The Hill SchoolPottstown, PAGeneral$30K
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CTGeneral$26K
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center IncNe Wyork, NYGeneral$26K
Boys and Girls Club of Martin CountyHobe Sound, FLGeneral$25K
Little Traverse Conservancy IncHarbor Springs, MIGeneral$11K
The Blake SchoolHopkins, MNGeneral$10K
Cleveland Clinic Martin Health FoundationStuart, FLGeneral$10K
Jupiter Medical Center Foundation IncJupiter, FLGeneral$10K
Best Buddies InternationalMiami, FLGeneral operating$6,000
McClaren Northern Michigan FoundationPetoskey, MIGeneral$6,000
Jupiter Island Medical Clinic IncHobe Sound, FLGeneral$5,500
Voyage FoundationJupiter, FLGeneral$5,000
Washburn Center for ChildrenMinneapolis, MNGeneral operating$5,000
Planned Parenthood North Central StatesSt Paul, MNGeneral$5,000
Edina Give and GoEdina, MNGeneral$5,000
Baptist Health South Florida FoundationCoral Gables, FLGeneral$5,000
The Everglades Foundation IncPalmetto Bay, FLGeneral$5,000
Maltz Jupiter Theatre IncJupiter, FLGeneral$5,000
Surfrider FoundationSan Clemente, CAGeneral operating$5,000
Evans Scholars FoundationGlenview, ILGeneral$5,000
Hanley FoundationAmherst, MAGeneral$5,000
Gulfstream SchoolGulf Stream, FLGeneral$5,000
Boys and Girls Club of Palm Beach CountyWest Palm Beach, FLGeneral$5,000
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PAGeneral$5,000
People Serving People IncMinneapolis, MNGeneral operating$4,000
Second Harvest FoodbankBrooklyn Park, MNGeneral operating$4,000
Cincinnati Country Day SchoolCincinnati, OHGeneral operating$3,000
Friends of the Boundary Waters WildernessSt Paul, MNGeneral operating$3,000
The Millbrook SchoolMillbrook, NYGeneral$2,500
Palm Beach Area Tennis Patrons Inc DbaWest Palm Beach, FLGeneral$2,500
St Andrews School of DelawareMiddletown, DEGeneral$2,000
Miss Porter's School Inc Attn Jose LugoFarmington, CTGeneral$1,000
Green Vale SchoolOld Brookville, NYGeneral$1,000
University of Michigan Law School TrNew York, NYGeneral operating$1,000
Pathfinder Village FoundationEdmeston, NYGeneral$1,000
University of Virginia School of LawCharlottesville, VAGeneral operating$1,000
Shriners Children's Attn Processing CenterAtlanta, GAGeneral$919
The Conservation Fund Attnainsley Pittman Director of StraArlington, VAGeneral$500

By state: Florida 12 · New York 6 · Minnesota 7 · Pennsylvania 2 · Connecticut 2 · Michigan 2

About this foundation

Warner Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation in Chicago, Illinois, administered in care of Jpmorgan Chase Bank Na, tax-exempt since 2001. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.

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Does Warner Foundation accept grant applications?

No. On its 2025 Form 990-PF the foundation checked that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations. Look for an introduction through a current grantee.

How much does Warner Foundation give each year?

In tax year 2025 it paid $288K across 39 grants, a median of $5,000.

Where does Warner Foundation give?

Florida (12 grants), New York (6 grants), Minnesota (7 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.

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