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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 23-7110778

Jerome Frankel Foundation

A private foundation in Evanston, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $17,700 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

    $17,700

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $194,317

  • Tax year 2024

    $20,700

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $198,397

  • Tax year 2023

    $19,700

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $211,158

  • Tax year 2022

    $19,889

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $228,677

  • Tax year 2021

    $19,041

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $244,937

  • Tax year 2020

    $19,452

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $259,478

  • Tax year 2019

    $18,662

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $258,567

  • Tax year 2018

    $17,485

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $242,931

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Temple Sholom of ChicagoChicago, IL

    General funds

    $6,700
  2. Ravinia Festival AssociationHighland Park, IL

    General funds

    $5,000
  3. Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL

    General funds

    $3,000
  4. WFMT RadioChicago, IL

    General funds

    $1,200
  5. MedglobalRolling Meadows, IL

    General funds

    $1,000
  6. SharsheretTeaneck, NJ

    General funds

    $500
  7. Chicago Botanic GardenGlencoe, IL

    General funds

    $300

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $5,00057% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $3,00034% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $5006% of the total
  4. Environment1 grant $3003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois6 grants $17,200
  2. New Jersey1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Rhoda FrankelPRESIDENT - PART TIME Hours 0Pay $0
  • Laura FrankelVP/SECRTY/DIREC - PART TIME Hours 0Pay $0
  • Stanley FrankelVP/DIRECTOR - PART TIME Hours 0Pay $0
  • David FrankelVP/TREAS/DIRECTOR - PART TIME Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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