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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-3384341

Ross C Robbins Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 19 grants and $19,955 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

    $19,955

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $199,889

  • Tax year 2024

    $14,830

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $218,773

  • Tax year 2023

    $13,475

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $226,013

  • Tax year 2022

    $11,550

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $191,410

  • Tax year 2021

    $17,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $206,612

  • Tax year 2020

    $15,800

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $215,502

  • Tax year 2019

    $27,800

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $228,200

  • Tax year 2018

    $26,490

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $247,161

Grants paid in 2025

19 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Opportunity InternationalChicago, IL

    Social Justice

    $5,000
  2. Dartmouth College FundHanover, NH

    Education

    $2,500
  3. Forbeck FoundationLake Geneva, WI

    Social Justice

    $2,400
  4. Individual

    Religious

    $2,000
  5. Friends of LaneChicago, IL

    Social

    $1,555
  6. Illinois Holocaust MuseumSkokie, IL

    Social Justice

    $1,500
  7. Saint Clement ParishChicago, IL

    Religious

    $1,000
  8. Habitat for HumanityChicago, IL

    Social Justice

    $1,000
  9. Individual

    Religious

    $1,000
  10. Individual

    Health

    $350
  11. Individual

    Religious

    $300
  12. Alzheimers AssociationChicago, IL

    Health

    $250
  13. Chicago Guild History MuseumChicago, IL

    Education

    $250
  14. Individual

    Health

    $250
  15. Individual

    Social Justice

    $200
  16. Individual

    Religious

    $100
  17. Individual

    Social Justice

    $100
  18. Individual

    Social Justice

    $100
  19. Saint Joseph Indian SchoolChamberlain, SD

    Social Justice

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. International aid1 grant $5,00073% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $1,55523% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $2504% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois7 grants $10,555
  2. New Hampshire1 grant $2,500
  3. Wisconsin1 grant $2,400
  4. South Dakota1 grant $100

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Ross RobbinsDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Wendy RobbinsOfficer Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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