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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 03-0564464

Benjamin & Bettina Van Cleave Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $23,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Email
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
Requests accepted during the 1st three qrts. Grants reviewed in 4th Qrt. and paid in Dec.
Restrictions
See attached mission statement

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Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $23,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $138,950

  • Tax year 2024

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $164,289

  • Tax year 2023

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $193,713

  • Tax year 2022

    $19,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $225,078

  • Tax year 2021

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $238,445

  • Tax year 2020

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $257,541

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Logan Square ImprovChicago, IL

    Charitable

    $5,000
  2. Cedille RecordsChicago, IL

    Charitable

    $3,000
  3. Chicago Youth Symphony OrchestrasChicago, IL

    Charitable

    $3,000
  4. MisericordiaChicago, IL

    Charitable

    $3,000
  5. WFMT 987WTTWChicago, IL

    Charitable

    $3,000
  6. Alternatives IncChicago, IL

    Charitable

    $2,000
  7. Chicago International Puppet Theatre FestivalChicago, IL

    Charitable

    $1,500
  8. Hibernian TransmediaRiver Forest, IL

    Charitable

    $1,500
  9. Josephinum AcademyChicago, IL

    Charitable

    $1,500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $8,00070% of the total
  2. Mental health1 grant $2,00017% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $1,50013% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois9 grants $23,500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Maureen J KellyPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Walter RobinsonTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0
  • Patrick PopeDirector Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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