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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 31-1624576

Taj Mazhar Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Naperville, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $9,600 paid in grants.

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
M Saleem Sheikh
8S263 Hampton Circle
Naperville, IL 60540
(630) 479-7872
Form and materials
Letter written to the organization detailing the needs for the funds.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $9,600

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $202,668
  • Tax year 2024

    $19,443

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $169,179
  • Tax year 2023

    $7,147

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $173,717
  • Tax year 2022

    $8,628

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $175,912
  • Tax year 2021

    $5,913

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $180,563
  • Tax year 2020

    $5,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $155,721
  • Tax year 2019

    $9,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $153,934
  • Tax year 2018

    $4,750

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $155,927

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Uthman Masjid AcademyLombard, IL

    Educational Scholarship

    $5,000
  2. DePaul UniversityChicago, IL

    Educational Scholarship

    $4,600

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $4,600100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois2 grants $9,600

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • M Saleem SheikhTrustee Hours 0Pay $0
  • Ahsen SheikhTrustee Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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