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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-1746794

Lakshmi Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 21 grants and $173,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Apr 30, 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $173,000

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $1,824,081

  • Tax year 2023

    $156,000

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $1,860,892

  • Tax year 2022

    $115,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,005,694

  • Tax year 2021

    $128,500

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $2,085,800

  • Tax year 2020

    $147,500

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $2,187,632

  • Tax year 2019

    $159,250

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,351,117

  • Tax year 2018

    $155,500

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $485,590

Grants paid in 2024

21 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Cheshire Project DBA Zeno Mountain FarmVenice, CA

    General support

    $16,000
  2. Aspire of IllinoisHillside, IL

    General support

    $12,000
  3. Access Living of Metropolitan ChicagoChicago, IL

    General support

    $10,000
  4. Chicago Foundation for WomenChicago, IL

    General support

    $10,000
  5. Collaborative Community -CchiHighland Park, IL

    General support

    $10,000
  6. I Am ALSChicago, IL

    General support

    $10,000
  7. National Public RadioWashington, DC

    General support

    $10,000
  8. Planned Parenthood of IllinoisChicago, IL

    General support

    $10,000
  9. Special Olympics of IllinoisNormal, IL

    General support

    $10,000
  10. TOTALLINK2 CommunityNorthbrook, IL

    General support

    $10,000
  11. Voices and Faces ProjectChicago, IL

    General support

    $10,000
  12. Wbez - Chicago Public RadioChicago, IL

    General support

    $10,000
  13. Chicago Alliance Against Sexual ExploitationChicago, IL

    General support

    $5,000
  14. Equal Justice InitiativeMontgomery, AL

    General support

    $5,000
  15. Greater Chicago Food DepositoryChicago, IL

    General support

    $5,000
  16. L'arche ChicagoForest Park, IL

    General support

    $5,000
  17. Midwest Access ProjectBerwyn, IL

    General support

    $5,000
  18. National Association for Down SyndromePark Ridge, IL

    General support

    $5,000
  19. Southern Poverty Law CenterMontgomery, AL

    General support

    $5,000
  20. The Nora Project NFPMontgomery, IL

    General support

    $5,000
  21. Women EmployedChicago, IL

    General support

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health5 grants $35,00038% of the total
  2. Human services2 grants $22,00024% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $10,00011% of the total
  4. Civil rights2 grants $10,00011% of the total
  5. Crime and legal aid1 grant $5,0005% of the total
  6. Food and agriculture1 grant $5,0005% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $5,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois16 grants $127,000
  2. District of Columbia2 grants $20,000
  3. California1 grant $16,000
  4. Alabama2 grants $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Kemery BloomPRES.TREAS.DIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Kara BloomDIRECTOR & VP Hours 1Pay $0
  • Matthew ChapmanDIRECTOR & SECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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