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Private foundation (trust)EIN 237022709Est. 1969-05

Russell and Betty Shirk Foundation

Bloomington, IL 61702

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$19.5M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$1.1M

FY 2024

Grants Made

21

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$54K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$767K

Typical

Deadlines

May 1 and October 1 of each year

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$357K

Total Expenses

$1.2M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.2M

Distributable Amount

$906K

Min. Investment Return

$913K

Undistributed Income

$253K

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

21 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $5K to maximum $767K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

6 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $1.1M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

121 grants

Illinois Wesleyan University
$1.7M
6 grants
B-N Charitable Foundation NFP
$1.5M
2 grants
B-N YMCA Charitable Foundation
$976K
2 grants
Community Cancer Center
$72K
1 grant
The Arts Campus at Willits
$65K
5 grants
Illinois Prairie Community Foundation
$41K
5 grants
ISU Foundation
$30K
2 grants
Books and Breakfast
$28K
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

120 grants

<$10K
101
grants
$10–50K
9
grants
$50–250K
3
grants
$250K–1M
7
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

5 states

Illinois
$4.7M
98% of total
Colorado
$75K
2% of total
Massachusetts
$16K
0% of total
Pennsylvania
$5K
0% of total
California
$1K
0% of total

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