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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-0414455

Ellie's Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Milwaukee, WI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 16 grants and $550,806 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $550,806

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $19,251,400

  • Tax year 2024

    $483,569

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $13,031,327

  • Tax year 2023

    $477,987

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $9,600,181

  • Tax year 2022

    $459,649

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $8,689,765

  • Tax year 2021

    $372,125

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $9,173,655

  • Tax year 2020

    $356,116

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $8,929,430

  • Tax year 2019

    $242,287

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $5,567,899

  • Tax year 2018

    $175,295

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $3,596,289

Grants paid in 2025

16 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Northwestern Memorial FoundationChicago, IL

    Charitable purposes

    $269,324
  2. Lutheran Social Services of IllinoisDes Plaines, IL

    Charitable purposes

    $226,472
  3. Resurrection Lutheran ChurchChicago, IL

    Charitable purposes

    $12,000
  4. Greater Chicago Food DepositoryChicago, IL

    General operations

    $10,000
  5. NCH Healthcare SystemNaples, FL

    Charitable purposes

    $10,000
  6. Emmanuel Lutheran ChurchNaples, FL

    Charitable purposes

    $5,000
  7. Mercy Home for Boys and GirlsChicago, IL

    Charitable purposes

    $4,000
  8. Grace Place for Children and FamiliesNaples, FL

    Charitable purposes

    $3,000
  9. Bethlehem Lutheran ChurchFlorence, WI

    Charitable purposes

    $2,500
  10. First Presbyterian ChurchFlorence, WI

    Charitable purposes

    $2,500
  11. Pine Mountain Music FestivalHoughton, MI

    Charitable purposes

    $2,500
  12. Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL

    General operating support

    $1,000
  13. Chicago Symphony Orchestra AssociationChicago, IL

    Charitable purposes

    $1,000
  14. ArcsChicago, IL

    Charitable purposes

    $700
  15. Misericordia HomeChicago, IL

    Charitable purposes

    $500
  16. Chicago History MuseumChicago, IL

    Charitable purposes

    $310

Where the money goes

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

  1. Food and agriculture1 grant $10,00040% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $10,00040% of the total
  3. Human services2 grants $3,50014% of the total
  4. Education1 grant $1,0004% of the total
  5. Arts and culture1 grant $3101% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois10 grants $525,306
  2. Florida3 grants $18,000
  3. Wisconsin2 grants $5,000
  4. Michigan1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Ellen BechtholdPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Walter DeweyVICE-PRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Ellen BechtholdTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Kurt BechtholdSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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