How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Arthur J Schmitt Foundation
PO Box 2007
Northbrook, IL 600652007
- Form and materials
- Letter, condensed request and support material
- Deadlines
- Quarterly meetings on awards.
- Restrictions
- None, yet most awards are in the immediate chicago metropolitan area.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2024
$880,000
- Grants listed
- 13
- Assets, end of year
- $19,529,857
-
Tax year 2023
$850,000
- Grants listed
- 13
- Assets, end of year
- $18,654,427
-
Tax year 2022
$840,000
- Grants listed
- 13
- Assets, end of year
- $18,304,328
-
Tax year 2021
$875,000
- Grants listed
- 13
- Assets, end of year
- $18,597,591
-
Tax year 2020
$808,500
- Grants listed
- 13
- Assets, end of year
- $20,857,330
-
Tax year 2019
$735,000
- Grants listed
- 13
- Assets, end of year
- $16,282,912
Grants paid in 2024
As listed on the return.
-
Daniel Murphy Scholarship FundChicago, IL
Student Scholarships & leadership development
$80,000 -
Link UnlimitedChicago, IL
Student Scholarships & leadership development
$80,000 -
Loyola UniversityChicago, IL
Student Scholarships & leadership development
$80,000 -
Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, WI
Student Scholarships & leadership development
$80,000 -
DePaul UniversityChicago, IL
Student Scholarships & leadership development
$75,000 -
University of Notre DameSouth Bend, IN
Student Scholarships & leadership development
$75,000 -
High SightChicago, IL
Student Scholarships & leadership development
$70,000 -
Benedictine UniversityLisle, IL
Student Scholarships & leadership development
$65,000 -
Dominican UniversityRiver Forest, IL
Student Scholarships & leadership development
$65,000 -
University of St FrancisJoliet, IL
Student Scholarships & leadership development
$65,000 -
University of St XavierChicago, IL
Student Scholarships & leadership development
$65,000 -
Lewis UniversityRomeoville, IL
Student Scholarships & leadership development
$60,000 -
Loyola University Arrupe CollegeChicago, IL
Student Scholarships & leadership development
$20,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Education6 grants $425,000100% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Carla SlawsonEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $150,000
- Patrick EilersDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $10,000
- Robert M Dow JrDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
- Virgil JonesDirector Hours 1Pay $10,000
- John J GearenFOUNDATION PRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN Hours 4Pay $10,000
- Mary DwyerTREASURER Hours 1Pay $10,000
- Mary CahillaneSECRETARY/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $10,000
- Dave SilvermanDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
The return
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