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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-4565107

Cabaa Educational Foundation

A private foundation in Downers Grove, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 14 grants and $73,450 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
Melissa Fischer
42 Stephen St PO Box 471
Lemont, IL 60439
(630) 863-4534
[email protected]
Form and materials
ALL SCHOLARSHIPS HAVE THE SAME ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, EXCEPT IN 2025 STUDENTS DID NOT HAVE TO BE A CABAA MEMBER. SUBMITTED ONLINE AT CABAA.COM/SCHOLARSHIPS. REQUIREMENTS: - MAJOR IN AN AVIATION-RELATED FIELD AND HAVE ACCEPTED OR WILL ACCEPT ENROLLMENT AT A FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY OR A TWO-YEAR COLLEGE- DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO AVIATION AND A DESIRE TO WORK IN THE BUSINESS AVIATION FIELD- HAVE AT LEAST A 3.0 GPA ON A 4.0 SCALEo EXCEPT MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE SCHOLARSHIP WHICH HAS A 2.5 OUT OF 4.0 GPA- INCLUDE AN UNOFFICIAL HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT COPY- SUBMIT A TYPED ESSAY, DOUBLE-SPACED, MAXIMUM OF 1,000 WORDS ANSWERING: o WHAT IS YOUR OUTLOOK ON AN AVIATION CAREER?o HOW WOULD THIS SCHOLARSHIP HELP YOU GET YOUR START IN A CAREER IN BUSINESS AVIATION?o HOW WILL THIS SCHOLARSHIP HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS?- INCLUDE AT LEAST THREE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION (OTHER THAN RELATIVES OR STUDENTS)- AT LEAST ONE RECOMMENDATION LETTER FROM AN INDIVIDUAL CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN BUSINESS AVIATION OUTSI
Deadlines
May 31st annually
Restrictions
Chicagoland/illinois residents and students attending a college or university in the chicagoland area. Some scholarships are for professionals already working in the field, the collegiate scholarships are for college/university students, and the general financial scholarships can be used for students who are slight training outside of a 4 year university.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $73,450

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $49,175

  • Tax year 2024

    $81,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $104,793

Grants paid in 2025

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Lewis UniversityRomeoville, IL

    Business aviation scholarship

    $8,000
  2. Individual

    Collegiate scholarship

    $8,000
  3. Individual

    Collegiate scholarship

    $8,000
  4. Individual

    Collegiate scholarship

    $8,000
  5. Individual

    Maintenance committee scholarship

    $8,000
  6. Individual

    Scott herwick memorial scholarship

    $5,500
  7. Individual

    General financial award scholarship

    $5,000
  8. Individual

    General financial award scholarship

    $5,000
  9. Individual

    Training award

    $5,000
  10. Individual

    Training award

    $5,000
  11. Individual

    Professional development scholarship

    $2,000
  12. Individual

    Professional development scholarship

    $2,000
  13. Individual

    General financial award scholarship

    $2,000
  14. Individual

    Training award

    $1,950

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $8,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois1 grant $8,000

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

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

  • Carl RobstPresident Hours 2Pay $0
  • Ryan CanfieldTreasurer Hours 2Pay $0
  • Julie MarellaSecretary Hours 2Pay $0
  • Pam KavenaughDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • Bill MadaryDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • Alex KwiatkowskiVice President Hours 2Pay $0
  • Marc PozdolDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • Mark RettererDirector Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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