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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-2546470

S & E Bramsen Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 21 grants and $1.6 million 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $1,571,710

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $278,732

  • Tax year 2024

    $43,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $1,746,305

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,089,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $1,767,498

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,750,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $1,684,460

  • Tax year 2021

    $274,500

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $3,221,267

  • Tax year 2020

    $4,632,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $2,011,616

  • Tax year 2019

    $2,177,900

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $4,000,673

  • Tax year 2018

    $365,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $6,005,266

Grants paid in 2025

21 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Home Centered Care Institue (hcci)Schaumburg, IL

    Operating funds.

    $1,320,000
  2. Hudson Insitute - Award Dinner SponsorWashington, DC

    Operating funds.

    $100,000
  3. The Danish HomeChicago, IL

    Operating funds.

    $100,000
  4. Barrington Area Community FoundationBarrington, IL

    Major gifts campaign

    $5,000
  5. Conservation FoundationNaperville, IL

    Operating needs

    $5,000
  6. Citizens for ConservationBarrington, IL

    Operating needs

    $5,000
  7. Equine Land Conservation ResourceLexington, KY

    Operating needs

    $5,000
  8. Nature Conservancy of IllinoisChicago, IL

    Operating needs

    $5,000
  9. US Equestrian Team FoundationGladstone, NJ

    Operating needs

    $5,000
  10. Parkinson Research FoundationSarasota, FL

    Operating needs

    $3,000
  11. US Holocaust Memorial MuseumWashington, DC

    Operating needs

    $3,000
  12. Glendale Heights Police DepartmentGlendale Heights, IL

    Operating funds.

    $2,960
  13. OpenlandsChicago, IL

    Operating needs

    $2,500
  14. Alzheimer's Disease ResearchWellesley Hills, MA

    Operating funds

    $2,000
  15. Garfield Farm MuseumLa Fox, IL

    Operating needs

    $2,000
  16. Museum of Danish AmericaElk Horn, IA

    Operating needs

    $2,000
  17. Goldwater InstitutePhoenix, AZ

    Operating needs

    $1,000
  18. Hooved Animal Rescue & Protection SocietyBarrington, IL

    Operating needs

    $1,000
  19. Land Trust AllianceWashington, DC

    Operating needs

    $1,000
  20. Save Ellis IslandBranchville, NJ

    Operating needs

    $1,000
  21. Illinois Prairie PATHWheaton, IL

    Operating needs

    $250

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $100,00076% of the total
  2. Environment5 grants $18,50014% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $5,0004% of the total
  4. Arts and culture2 grants $3,0002% of the total
  5. Health1 grant $3,0002% of the total
  6. Animals1 grant $1,000<1% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $1,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois11 grants $1,448,710
  2. District of Columbia3 grants $104,000
  3. New Jersey2 grants $6,000
  4. Kentucky1 grant $5,000
  5. Florida1 grant $3,000
  6. Iowa1 grant $2,000
  7. Massachusetts1 grant $2,000
  8. Arizona1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • James E BramsenPRESIDENT/ TREASURER/DIR. Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Mary MuehlsteinSECRETARY/DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Franklin E BramsenDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Sigrid L GrayDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Julia E BramsenDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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