Greater Peoria Leadership Council
Peoria, IL
$2.5MTax year 2024
Local community charitable support
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Gilmore Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 27-1400179 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Gilmore Foundation
- Phone
- (309) 685-0033
- Application materials
- No formal form exists
Deadlines, materials and limits are not in the filing; check with the foundation.
Original filing text
- Contact
- GILMORE FOUNDATION
- Address
- 5823 N FOREST PARK DRIVE PEORIA, IL, 61614
- Phone
- 3096850033
- Deadlines
- NONE
- Application materials
- NO FORMAL FORM EXISTS
- Restrictions
- NONE
Reported organization name: GILMORE FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | $3.6M |
| 2024 | 25 | $4.3M |
Where Gilmore Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria
Peoria, IL
$743.7KTax year 2024
Educational program support
Greater Peoria Leadership Council
Peoria, IL
$640KTax year 2025
Matching gift/support organizational missions
Univ of Ill College of Medicine-Peoria
Peoria, IL
$580.8KTax year 2025
Educational program support
Peoria Riverfront Museum
Peoria, IL
$510KTax year 2025
Educational exhibit support/lsc designated/america250
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (53 reported in all).
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Start freeAbout this data
Figures are aggregated from Gilmore Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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