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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-3486613

The Anvil Administrators Ltd

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 16 grants and $1.2 million paid in grants.

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

2 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $1,250,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $10,340,164
  • Tax year 2024

    $1,250,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $11,329,267

Grants paid in 2025

16 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Saints Joseph and Francis Xavier SchoolWilmette, IL

    Tuition Assistance

    $150,000
  2. Fenwick High SchoolOak Park, IL

    Tuition Assistance

    $150,000
  3. Trinity High SchoolRiver Forest, IL

    Tuition Assistance

    $150,000
  4. St Luke SchoolRiver Forest, IL

    Tuition Assistance

    $150,000
  5. St Thomas of Canterbury SchoolChicago, IL

    Tuition Assistance

    $125,000
  6. St John Berchmans SchoolChicago, IL

    Tuition Assistance

    $125,000
  7. St Giles SchoolOak Park, IL

    Tuition Assistance

    $100,000
  8. Christ the King Jesuit College PrepChicago, IL

    Tuition Assistance

    $50,000
  9. St Andrew Parish SchoolChicago, IL

    Tuition Assistance

    $50,000
  10. St Patrick High SchoolChicago, IL

    Tuition Assistance

    $50,000
  11. Boys Hope Girls Hope of IllinoisWilmette, IL

    Tuition Assistance

    $25,000
  12. Regina Dominican High SchoolWilmette, IL

    Tuition Assistance

    $25,000
  13. Chicago Hope AcademyChicago, IL

    Tuition Assistance

    $25,000
  14. Holy Trinity High SchoolChicago, IL

    Tuition Assistance

    $25,000
  15. St Vincent Ferrer SchoolRiver Forest, IL

    Tuition Assistance

    $25,000
  16. Augustus Tolton Catholic AcademyChicago, IL

    Tuition Assistance

    $25,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $25,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois16 grants $1,250,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Joseph Haddad c o BransfieldDirector President Hours 2Pay $0
  • Marigayle W HarringtonDirector Vice President Hours 5Pay $0
  • James WattsDirector Treasurer & Secretary Hours 5Pay $0
  • Rev Wayne WattsDirector Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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