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Irving S Gilmore Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 23-7236057 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$29.4M
Grants reported
414
Typical grant
$25K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

$5.5M

How to apply

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Original filing text
Contact
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Address
136 E MICHIGAN AVE KALAMAZOO, MI, 49007
Phone
2693426411
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Reported organization name: IRVING S 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 yearGrants paidAmount
2025205$15.7M
2024209$13.7M

Where Irving S 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.

Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation

KALAMAZOO, MI

$1.7MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Industrial trades complex renovation and expansion

Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation

KALAMAZOO, MI

$1.3MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Industrial trades complex renovation and expansion

Western Michigan University Foundation

KALAMAZOO, MI

$1MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Gilmore theatre complex lighting/technology upgrades

Irving S Gilmore International Keyboard Festival

KALAMAZOO, MI

$1MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Operational support

Irving S Gilmore International Keyboard Festival

KALAMAZOO, MI

$900KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Operational support

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (414 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Irving S 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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