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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 35-2015314

Bruce Family Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $147,500 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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $147,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $3,137,043

  • Tax year 2024

    $100,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,927,644

  • Tax year 2023

    $98,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,691,010

  • Tax year 2022

    $108,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,183,368

  • Tax year 2021

    $107,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,229,342

  • Tax year 2020

    $106,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,081,343

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Purdue FoundationWest Lafayette, IN

    General support

    $75,000
  2. Frank Duvanek Arts and Cultural Walnut Hills HS Alumni FundCovington, KY

    General support

    $20,000
  3. Cincinnati Contemporary Arts CenterCincinnati, OH

    General support

    $10,000
  4. Cincinnati Museum CenterCincinnati, OH

    General support

    $10,000
  5. Matthew 25 Ministries IncBlue Ash, OH

    General support

    $10,000
  6. Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Med CtrCincinnati, OH

    General support

    $5,000
  7. Mercy Montessori CenterCincinnati, OH

    General support

    $5,000
  8. SPCA CincinnatiCincinnati, OH

    General support

    $3,000
  9. Cincinnati Parks FoundationCincinnati, OH

    General support

    $3,000
  10. Saint Ursula Academy of Cincinnati IncCincinnati, OH

    General support

    $2,500
  11. ASPCANew York, NY

    General support

    $2,000
  12. Cincinnati Preservation AssociationCincinnati, OH

    General support

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $12,00038% of the total
  2. International aid1 grant $10,00031% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $5,00016% of the total
  4. Sports and recreation1 grant $3,0009% of the total
  5. Animals1 grant $2,0006% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Indiana1 grant $75,000
  2. Ohio9 grants $50,500
  3. Kentucky1 grant $20,000
  4. New York1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Northern Trust CompanyINSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE Hours 40Pay $17,857

The return

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