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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-6955819

Laura Hare Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $528,090 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
Bmo Harris Bank NA
3929 River Crossing Parkway Suite
Indianapolis, IN 46240
(317) 472-3570
n/a
Form and materials
No standardized form
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Maintaining ecologically significant undeveloped land for purposes of preserving it in its natural state

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $528,090

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $7,755,947

  • Tax year 2024

    $452,588

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $7,312,658

  • Tax year 2023

    $469,708

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $6,770,489

  • Tax year 2022

    $520,023

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $6,782,750

  • Tax year 2021

    $396,885

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,961,127

  • Tax year 2020

    $385,112

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $6,580,872

  • Tax year 2019

    $386,061

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,514,710

  • Tax year 2018

    $357,687

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,607,642

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Niches Land Trust IncW Lafayette, IN

    Program support

    $220,000
  2. Shirley Heinze Land TrustValparaiso, IN

    Program support

    $200,000
  3. Sycamore Land TrustBloomington, IN

    Program support

    $108,090

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment2 grants $308,090100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Indiana3 grants $528,090

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Bmo Bank N ATRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $121,452
  • Lenore TedescoSELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBER Hours 1Pay $350
  • Helga BehrooziSELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBER Hours 1Pay $350
  • Valita M FredlandSELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBER Hours 1Pay $350

The return

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