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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-2312494

The Portes Foundation

A private foundation in Westmont, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $57,971 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

    $57,971

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,173,991

  • Tax year 2024

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,075,786

  • Tax year 2023

    $66,700

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,018,769

  • Tax year 2022

    $71,700

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $995,027

  • Tax year 2021

    $70,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,255,653

  • Tax year 2020

    $62,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,190,389

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Bears CareLake Forest, IL

    Medical Research

    $25,000
  2. The Institute of Medicine of ChicagoChicago, IL

    Medical Research

    $22,971
  3. Hektoen Institute of MedicineChicago, IL

    Grants for the Underserved

    $10,000

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 $25,00071% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $10,00029% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois3 grants $57,971

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Gerald R StapletonTreasurer Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Shrimrah Bullock-AdkinsVice President Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Mark GrachChair Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Kiran ChekkaPresident Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Susan KernSecretary Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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