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Form 990-PFTax year 2018EIN 20-0406578

Pollack Family Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2018 lists 10 grants and $604,464 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2018 (period ending Jun 30, 2019), 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

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

1 return on file

Tax year 2018 is the only return we have read for this foundation so far.

  • Tax year 2018

    $604,464

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $0

Grants paid in 2018

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Pollack Community FundChicago, IL

    Unrestricted

    $287,732
  2. Siegal Advisory Gift TrustFort Lauderdale, FL

    Unrestricted

    $287,732
  3. Frances W Parker SchoolChicago, IL

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  4. Friends United for Juvenille DiabetesHighland Park, IL

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  5. Lambda Legal DefenseChicago, IL

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  6. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  7. Jewish United FundChicago, IL

    Unrestricted

    $3,000
  8. Ort AmericaNew York, NY

    Unrestricted

    $3,000
  9. Stanford Graduate School of BusinessStanford, CA

    Unrestricted

    $1,500
  10. Trust Bridge HospiseWest Palm Beach, FL

    Unrstricted

    $1,500

Approved for future payment

2 grants

Approved in 2018 and not yet paid.

  1. Pollack Community FundChicago, IL

    Unrestricted

    $589
  2. Siegal Advisory Gift TrustFort Lauderdale, FL

    Unrestricted

    $589

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $5,00062% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $3,00038% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois5 grants $305,732
  2. Florida2 grants $289,232
  3. New Jersey1 grant $5,000
  4. New York1 grant $3,000
  5. California1 grant $1,500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Sheldon A PollackPRESIDENT Hours 5Pay $0
  • Marvin PollackSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Sandra SiegalTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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