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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-3879526

Goldberg Kohn Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 15 grants and $87,500 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
Kevan W Ventura
55 E Monroe Suite 3300
Chicago, IL 60603
(312) 201-4000
Form and materials
No formal application form exists. A letter requesting a contribution is sufficient.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Contributions are made only to organizations qualifying under irc section 170(c).

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $87,500

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $33,936

  • Tax year 2024

    $77,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $21,669

  • Tax year 2023

    $96,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $102,931

  • Tax year 2022

    $65,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $86,374

  • Tax year 2021

    $116,500

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $155,192

  • Tax year 2020

    $140,200

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $130,126

  • Tax year 2019

    $128,200

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $177,051

  • Tax year 2018

    $146,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $143,300

Grants paid in 2025

15 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Secured Finance FoundationNew York, NY

    To support the recipient's general charitable activities

    $22,500
  2. Chicago Bar Foundation's Investing in Justice CampaignChicago, IL

    To support the recipient's general charitable activities

    $10,000
  3. Chicago International Charter SchoolChicago, IL

    To support the recipient's general charitable activities

    $10,000
  4. Metropolitan Family ServicesMerrionette Park, IL

    To support the recipient's general charitable activities

    $10,000
  5. Alzheimer's AssociationLisle, IL

    To support the recipient's general charitable activities

    $5,000
  6. Children's Tumor FoundationNew York, NY

    To support the recipient's general charitable activities

    $5,000
  7. Noble SchoolsChicago, IL

    To support the recipient's general charitable activities

    $5,000
  8. St Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis, TN

    To support the recipient's general charitable activities

    $5,000
  9. United Cerebral Palsy of Greater ClevelandCleveland, OH

    To support the recipient's general charitable activities

    $3,500
  10. Namaste Charter SchoolChicago, IL

    To support the recipient's general charitable activities

    $3,000
  11. Prospect SchoolsBrooklyn, NY

    To support the recipient's general charitable activities

    $3,000
  12. Special Olympics Connecticut IncHamden, CT

    To support the recipient's general charitable activities.

    $2,500
  13. American College of Bankruptcy FoundationDover, DE

    To support the recipient's general charitable activities

    $1,000
  14. Blood Cancer UnitedNew York, NY

    To support the recipient's general charitable activities

    $1,000
  15. Bounce Children's FoundationWheeling, IL

    To support the recipient's general charitable activities

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $22,50034% of the total
  2. Education5 grants $22,00034% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $10,00015% of the total
  4. Health2 grants $6,0009% of the total
  5. Medical research1 grant $5,0008% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois7 grants $44,000
  2. New York4 grants $31,500
  3. Tennessee1 grant $5,000
  4. Ohio1 grant $3,500
  5. Connecticut1 grant $2,500
  6. Delaware1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Kevan W VenturaCHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Jami L BrodeyDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Jonathan M CooperDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Joseph L HoolihanDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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