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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
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Tax year 2025
$85,900
- Grants listed
- 4
- Assets, end of year
- $2,520,571
-
Tax year 2024
$82,670
- Grants listed
- 4
- Assets, end of year
- $2,356,561
-
Tax year 2023
$76,050
- Grants listed
- 4
- Assets, end of year
- $2,282,391
-
Tax year 2022
$76,500
- Grants listed
- 4
- Assets, end of year
- $2,267,309
-
Tax year 2021
$47,000
- Grants listed
- 4
- Assets, end of year
- $2,221,729
-
Tax year 2020
$45,564
- Grants listed
- 3
- Assets, end of year
- $2,072,972
-
Tax year 2019
$53,500
- Grants listed
- 3
- Assets, end of year
- $2,007,594
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
-
In Dunes Environmental Learning CenterChesterton, IN
Elementary education programs
$39,000 -
Shirley Heinze Land TrustValparaiso, IN
Educational
$38,000 -
Indiana Dunes Birding FestivalChesterton, IN
Educational
$6,900 -
Westchester TWP Historical MuseumChesterton, IN
Educational
$2,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Environment1 grant $38,000100% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Indiana4 grants $85,900
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Timothy KollarPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
- Paul LabusVICE PRESIDE Hours 1Pay $0
- Jeannette BapstTREASURER Hours 3Pay $0
- Lynne RemingtonSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
- Gayle S TonkovichDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
- Susan AlterioDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
- Penny StarinDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
- Barbara PlampinDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
- William SchaudtDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
The return
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