Robert and Jamie Taylor Foundation: Grants for Diseases

OVERVIEW: The Robert and Jamie Taylor Foundation is an under-the-radar grantmaker that funds general operating expenses for a wide variety of disease-based organizations across the country. Priorities include cancer and brain diseases.

IP TAKE: Taylor may not accept unsolicited grant applications, but tax filings indicate that new organizations make its grants rosters each year. An address and phone number are provided below.

PROFILE: Based in Winnetka, Illinois, the Robert and Jamie Taylor Foundation is a small, family-run non-profit that awards modest grants to a number of disease-related organizations. The foundation does not operate a website, nor does it employ a formal staff, limiting what is known about the organization’s grantmaking goals and practices.

The Taylor Foundation awards both general operating and project-specific grants. In recent tax filings, disease-related donations made up a significant portion of the foundation’s reported giving. Grantees include the Alzheimer’s and Dementia Alliance, the American Brain Tumor Association, the Cancer Wellness Center, and the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Grant amounts coming out of Taylor can vary pretty widely, ranging anywhere from $1,000 to $350,000, though most fall in the $10,000 to $50,000 range. The foundation tends to favor organizations working in its home state of Illinois, but it does award grants to national organizations and groups operating outside of the state. This foundation does not accept unsolicited grant applications or requests for funding. An address and phone number are provided below.

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CONTACT:
Robert and Jaimie Taylor Foundation
312 Woodley Road
Winnetka, Illinois 60093
(847) 748-9591