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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-3420990

Robert & Debra Peterson Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Elmhurst, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $44,445 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

    $44,445

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $755,689

  • Tax year 2024

    $20,691

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $719,317

  • Tax year 2023

    $44,956

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $697,462

  • Tax year 2022

    $21,496

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $700,294

  • Tax year 2021

    $61,051

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $712,489

  • Tax year 2020

    $55,768

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $708,254

  • Tax year 2019

    $45,160

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $709,323

  • Tax year 2018

    $94,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $649,255

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. MisericordiaChicago, IL

    General purpose

    $28,200
  2. Brother Rice High SchoolOak Brook, IL

    General purpose

    $10,100
  3. Violet Foundation for Pediatric Brain CancerCountryside, IL

    General purpose

    $5,145
  4. Folds of Honor FoundationTulsa, OK

    General purpose

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $10,10066% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $5,14534% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois3 grants $43,445
  2. Oklahoma1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Robert A PetersonPRES/TREAS/DIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Debra A PetersonVICE PRES/SEC/DIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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