The Canning Foundation

• The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations, so an organisation should not send it a cold application, which is unlikely to be considered.
• No geographic focus is stated, so location alone should not rule your organisation out, and the foundation's filings describe a broad range of charitable recipients rather than set thematic priorities.
• If you are invited to apply, about 8 in 10 of its grants fall between $5,000 and $120,000, with a median of $25,000 and half of grants at $25,000 or less, so a request near that figure fits its typical pattern; its largest grant was about $3,050,000 to a donor advised fund that regrants to other organisations, so that band is not a ceiling.
• In its most recent filing, 58% of grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in one of its two earlier filings, so the foundation leans towards repeat recipients, and a new applicant should expect the bar to be higher.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Donor Advised Charitable Giving · On 06/13/2024, the foundation donated 5 shs of brka with a book value of $511,413 to help further the organization's program services. valuations are based on the average of the high/low share price on the date of the contribution.
  $3,058,3502024 tax year
• Northwestern Memorial Foundation · On 06/12/2024, the foundation donated 4 shs of brka with a book value of $409,130 to help further the organization's program services. valuations are based on the average of the high/low share price on the date of the contribution.
  $2,446,0002024 tax year
• Big Shoulders Fund · On 06/12/2024, the foundation donated 2 shs of brka with a book value of $204,565 to help further the organization's program services. valuations are based on the average of the high/low share price on the date of the contribution.
  $727,0282024 tax year
• Northwestern University · To further program services
  $325,0002024 tax year
• African Wildlife Foundation · To further program services
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Youth Services Of Glenviewnorthbrook · To further program services
  $200,0002024 tax year
• De La Salle Institute · To further program services
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Smithsonian Institution · To further program services
  $100,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.