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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 36-3866528

The Adjuvant Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 9 grants and $1.2 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,160,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $24,531,044

  • Tax year 2023

    $995,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $24,394,133

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,200,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $27,517,567

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,034,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $27,588,804

  • Tax year 2020

    $555,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $26,762,211

Grants paid in 2024

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Massachusetts General HospitalSomerville, MA

    Program support

    $500,000
  2. Massachusetts General HospitalSomerville, MA

    Program support

    $215,000
  3. Dieu Donne Paper Mill IncBrooklyn, NY

    General operating support/annual gift

    $125,000
  4. StreetsquashNew York, NY

    General operating support/annual gift

    $125,000
  5. Jazz Generation IncNew York, NY

    General operating support/annual gift

    $50,000
  6. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY

    Program support

    $50,000
  7. StreetsquashNew York, NY

    General operating support/annual gift

    $50,000
  8. Dieu Donne Paper Mill IncBrooklyn, NY

    General operating support/annual gift

    $35,000
  9. FIREDUP4Sarre Kent, United Kingdom

    Program support

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Sports and recreation2 grants $175,00052% of the total
  2. Arts and culture2 grants $160,00048% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts2 grants $715,000
  2. New York6 grants $435,000

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

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

  • Charles V PolskyVICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • George PolskyVICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • James Harris PolskyVICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jean PolskyVICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Richard M PolskyVICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Virginia PolskyPRESIDENT/SECRETARY/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lauren K MacDonaldTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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