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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-3468997

W R Meadows Foundation

A private foundation in Hampshire, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $33,500 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Ann Dwyer
300 Industrial Drive
Hampshire, IL 60140
(847) 214-2100
Form and materials
No formal requirements, written unsolicited requests will be considered.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $33,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $892,567

  • Tax year 2024

    $33,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $807,462

  • Tax year 2023

    $35,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $693,074

  • Tax year 2022

    $37,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $589,334

  • Tax year 2021

    $40,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $747,564

  • Tax year 2020

    $72,425

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $655,172

  • Tax year 2019

    $51,710

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $639,088

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Judson UniversityElgin, IL

    General funds

    $10,000
  2. Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest, IL

    General funds

    $5,000
  3. St John Neumann Catholic ChurchSt Charles, IL

    General funds

    $5,000
  4. St Patrick's Catholic ChurchSt Charles, IL

    General funds

    $5,000
  5. St Charles Borromeo SchoolHampshire, IL

    General funds

    $3,500
  6. St Mary's ChurchElgin, IL

    General funds

    $3,000
  7. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY

    General funds

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $5,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois6 grants $31,500
  2. New York1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Ann DwyerTRUSTEE Hours 3Pay $0
  • Merrie MeadowsTRUSTEE Hours 3Pay $0
  • Matthew PriceTRUSTEE Hours 3Pay $0
  • James DwyerTRUSTEE Hours 3Pay $0

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