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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 13-6083440

Harding Educational and Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 43 grants and $398,000 paid in grants.

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
JP Morgan Chase Bank N A
10 S Dearborn IL1-0111
Chicago, IL 60603
(800) 496-2583
Form and materials
www.jpmorgan.com/onlinegrants NONE
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Limited to organizations qualified under irc section 501 c 3- no grants are made to individuals

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $398,000

    Grants listed
    43
    Assets, end of year
    $4,398,704
  • Tax year 2024

    $336,000

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $4,303,287
  • Tax year 2023

    $344,000

    Grants listed
    40
    Assets, end of year
    $4,222,325
  • Tax year 2022

    $362,000

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $4,273,877
  • Tax year 2021

    $309,000

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $4,572,048
  • Tax year 2020

    $294,000

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $4,554,775
  • Tax year 2019

    $283,000

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $4,726,099
  • Tax year 2018

    $279,000

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $4,639,782

Grants paid in 2025

43 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Greater Boston Food BankBoston, MA

    General

    $25,000
  2. Boston Harbor NowBoston, MA

    General

    $25,000
  3. Boys and Girls Club of BostonBoston, MA

    General

    $25,000
  4. Marine Biology LaboratoriesWoods Hole, MA

    General

    $20,000
  5. Dana Farber Cancer Institute IncBoston, MA

    General

    $20,000
  6. Childrens Hospital BostonBoston, MA

    General

    $20,000
  7. Science Club for GirlsCambridge, MA

    General operating

    $20,000
  8. Knowles Teacher InitiativeMoorestown, NJ

    General operating

    $15,000
  9. The Trustees of ReservationsBoston, MA

    General

    $15,000
  10. Pine Street InnBoston, MA

    General

    $15,000
  11. Landmark on Main Street IncPort Washington, NY

    General

    $15,000
  12. Monmouth County SPCA (mcspca)Eatontown, NJ

    General operating

    $15,000
  13. Adirondack CouncilElizabethtown, NY

    General

    $12,000
  14. A Place for AceMalden, MA

    General

    $10,797
  15. Community Boating of BostonBoston, MA

    General

    $10,000
  16. Rosie's PlaceBoston, MA

    General

    $10,000
  17. City SpoutsCambridge, MA

    General

    $10,000
  18. Community Chest of Port WashingtonPort Washington, NY

    General

    $10,000
  19. Port Washington Childrens CenterPRT Washingtn, NY

    General

    $10,000
  20. Youth Services Opportunity FundNew York, NY

    General

    $10,000
  21. Wilderness SocietyWashington, DC

    General

    $10,000
  22. Flat Rock PlayhouseFlat Rock, NC

    General

    $10,000
  23. United Methodist ChurchPort Washington, NY

    General

    $5,000
  24. Port Washington Youth CouncilPRT Washingtn, NY

    General

    $5,000
  25. Cliffs Residents Outreach IncTravelers RST, SC

    General operating

    $5,000
  26. Upstate Warrior SolutionGreenville, SC

    General

    $5,000
  27. Foundation ForwardValdese, NC

    General

    $5,000
  28. Andrew McMorris FoundationWading River, NY

    General

    $5,000
  29. Happy Hooves Therapeutic Equestion CenteMarietta, SC

    General

    $5,000
  30. Greenville Humane SocietyGreenville, SC

    General

    $5,000
  31. Boy Scouts of America - Theodore Roosevelt CouncilIrving, TX

    General

    $5,000
  32. Art GuildManhasset, NY

    General

    $2,500
  33. Grassroots Environmental EducationPort Washington, NY

    General

    $2,500
  34. Northshore University HospitalManhasset, NY

    General

    $2,076
  35. The Brooklyn HospitalBrooklyn, NY

    General

    $2,000
  36. Plymouth Church of the PilgrimsBrooklyn, NY

    General

    $2,000
  37. Lake George Land ConservancyBolton LNDG, NY

    General

    $2,000
  38. Fort Ticonderoga Association IncTiconderoga, NY

    General

    $2,000
  39. Silver Bay Assoc for Christian ConfSilver Bay, NY

    General

    $1,127
  40. Regina OperaBrooklyn, NY

    General

    $1,000
  41. Green-Wood Historic FundBrooklyn, NY

    General

    $1,000
  42. Fort LigonierLigonier, PA

    General

    $1,000
  43. Brooklyn Boatworks IncBrooklyn, NY

    General

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment6 grants $66,50031% of the total
  2. Human services4 grants $35,00016% of the total
  3. Arts and culture4 grants $28,00013% of the total
  4. Medical research1 grant $20,0009% of the total
  5. Youth development1 grant $20,0009% of the total
  6. Animals2 grants $15,7977% of the total
  7. 4 other causes5 grants $31,00014% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts12 grants $200,797
  2. New York19 grants $91,203
  3. New Jersey2 grants $30,000
  4. Maine1 grant $25,000
  5. South Carolina4 grants $20,000
  6. North Carolina2 grants $15,000
  7. District of Columbia1 grant $10,000
  8. Texas1 grant $5,000
  9. Pennsylvania1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • JP Morgan Chase Bank N ATRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $89,449
  • Timothy L ThompsonCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $8,305
  • Mrs Faith Harding MoriCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Scott HardingCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $8,305
  • Thomas H MoriCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $8,305

The return

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