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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 30-0064562

The Bellick Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 14 grants and $409,703 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

    $409,703

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $6,651,900

  • Tax year 2024

    $234,220

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $1,962,086

  • Tax year 2023

    $552,002

    Grants listed
    41
    Assets, end of year
    $2,076,123

  • Tax year 2022

    $391,317

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $419,487

  • Tax year 2021

    $322,179

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $803,119

  • Tax year 2020

    $457,007

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $1,125,197

  • Tax year 2019

    $574,784

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $1,578,007

  • Tax year 2018

    $720,828

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $2,119,733

Grants paid in 2025

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Temple ShalomChicago, IL

    General purpose

    $100,000
  2. Jewish United Fund (juf)Chicago, IL

    General purpose

    $79,180
  3. University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI

    General purpose

    $60,000
  4. US Holocaust Memorial MuseumWashington, DC

    General purpose

    $50,000
  5. Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer FoundationChicago, IL

    General purposegeneral purposes

    $36,215
  6. Friends of the School in the SquareNew York, NY

    General purpose

    $35,000
  7. Bernard Zell Jewish SchoolChicago, IL

    General purpose

    $23,000
  8. Usamidwest Tennis & Education FoundationIndianapolis, IN

    General purpose

    $20,000
  9. The ArkChicago, IL

    General purpose

    $5,175
  10. Israel Tennis & Education CentersChicago, IL

    General purpose

    $381
  11. Fight to FeedLake Forest, IL

    General purpose

    $320
  12. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY

    General purpose

    $180
  13. The TempleAtlanta, GA

    General purpose

    $180
  14. Jewish National Fund USA (JNF)New York, NY

    General purpose

    $72

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $36,21547% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $35,00046% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $5,1757% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $180<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois7 grants $244,271
  2. Michigan1 grant $60,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $50,000
  4. New York3 grants $35,252
  5. Indiana1 grant $20,000
  6. Georgia1 grant $180

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Robert R BellickDIRECTOR, TREAS & SEC Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Sheryl D BellickDIRECTOR, PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Christopher L GustDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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