Marion Gardner Jackson Charitable Trust

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OVERVIEW: The Marion Gardner Jackson Charitable Trust supports arts and culture, education, health and human services in Illinois.

FUNDING AREAS: Arts and culture, education, health, human services

IP TAKE: This is a hyper-local-focused foundation with broad interests and an essential one to know in the city of Quincy, Illinois for all kinds of nonprofit support.

PROFILE: Established in 1976, the Marion Gardner Jackson Charitable Trust is a private foundation that is managed by Bank of America Philanthropic Solutions’ Illinois office. Jackson was the granddaughter of the local industrialist, Robert W. Gardner, who founded the Gardner-Denver Company. She set up this perpetual trust before her death to support charitable causes. It funds local efforts for arts and culture, education, health and human services.

The Marion Gardner Jackson Charitable Trust has broad interests and supports many different causes in the local communities it serves. It provides capital grants of up to $50,000 and also program and operating support grants of between $10,000 and $50,000. These grants go to organizations with budgets of $10 million or less. Yearly requests should not be more than 30 percent of a program’s budget. Most grants are for one-year periods.

Grants range between about $5,000 and $50,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on Quincy, Illinois and other communities nearby in Adams County, Illinois. Past local grantees include the Good Samaritan Home of Quincy, Quincy University and Quincy Family YMCA.

This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. Grantseekers should submit applications through the Bank of America online system. The application deadline is August 31, and the foundation notifies applicants of its decisions by mid-December. Direct general questions to the staff at ilgrantmaking@bankofamerica.com or 312-828-8166.

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