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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-7034733

The Fermata Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Elmhurst, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 17 grants and $186,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $186,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $5,650,825

  • Tax year 2024

    $388,200

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $5,046,195

  • Tax year 2023

    $380,700

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $4,638,335

  • Tax year 2022

    $159,200

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $4,752,882

  • Tax year 2021

    $645,400

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $5,084,055

  • Tax year 2020

    $644,900

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $4,159,050

  • Tax year 2019

    $170,720

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $4,187,874

Grants paid in 2025

17 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. St Paul Lutheran ChurchVilla Park, IL

    Program Support

    $85,000
  2. Northern Illinois Food BankGeneva, IL

    Program Support

    $25,000
  3. DuPage PADS IncWheaton, IL

    Program Support

    $18,000
  4. NAMI Johnson CountyIowa City, IA

    Program Support

    $10,000
  5. Shelter HouseIowa City, IA

    Program Support

    $10,000
  6. NAMI DuPage Community CenterWheaton, IL

    Program Support

    $8,000
  7. Zion Lutheran ChurchIowa City, IA

    Program Support

    $6,000
  8. Esther's FriendsChicago, IL

    Program Support

    $5,000
  9. Bridge CommunitiesGlen Ellyn, IL

    Program Support

    $5,000
  10. New MomsChicago, IL

    Program Support

    $4,000
  11. Outreach HouseLombard, IL

    Program Support

    $2,000
  12. Breakthrough T1DNew York, NY

    Program Support

    $2,000
  13. Roger Baldwin Foundation (ACLU)Chicago, IL

    Program Support

    $2,000
  14. ScarceWheaton, IL

    Program Support

    $1,000
  15. League of Womens Voters Education FundWashington, DC

    Program Support

    $1,000
  16. Pancreatic Cancer Action NetworkEl Segundo, CA

    Program Support

    $1,000
  17. People's Resource CenterWheaton, IL

    Program Support

    $1,000

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 $25,00043% of the total
  2. Housing and shelter2 grants $23,00040% of the total
  3. Human services2 grants $6,00010% of the total
  4. Health2 grants $3,0005% of the total
  5. Environment1 grant $1,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois11 grants $156,000
  2. Iowa4 grants $27,000
  3. Maryland1 grant $2,000
  4. District of Columbia1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Gaylene R NassCo-Trustee Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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