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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-3930242

LVA Foundation

A private foundation in Lincolnshire, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $75,019 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
Larry A Smith
475 Half Day Road Suite 500
Lincolnshire, IL 60069
(847) 247-8959
Form and materials
Application should include descriptive information about the organization requesting funds, including their purpose and their current sources of funding.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $75,019

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $538,635

  • Tax year 2024

    $92,474

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $568,413

  • Tax year 2023

    $95,271

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $646,299

  • Tax year 2022

    $94,055

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $734,469

  • Tax year 2021

    $95,736

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $834,825

  • Tax year 2020

    $111,572

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $857,294

  • Tax year 2019

    $90,719

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $933,742

  • Tax year 2018

    $87,264

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,023,254

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Amici per CortonaBasiglio, Italy

    general charitable gift

    $17,405
  2. fuller theological seminaryPasadena, CA

    general charitable gift

    $16,000
  3. youth with a missionlake view terrace, CA

    general charitable gift

    $13,000
  4. First ThingsNaples, FL

    General charitable gift

    $11,500
  5. United World MissionCharlotte, NC

    General Charitable gift

    $10,000
  6. Congo InitiativeDurham, NC

    General Charitable Gifts

    $2,000
  7. Miscellaneous grants under 1000Lincolnshire, IL

    General charitable gift

    $1,854
  8. Baan Phak PingHarderwijk, Netherlands

    General charitable gift

    $1,260
  9. The Chicago Help InitiativeChicago, IL

    General charitable gift

    $1,000
  10. Sophos AfricaNew Haven, CT

    General charitable gift

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $16,00089% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $1,0006% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $1,0006% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California2 grants $29,000
  2. North Carolina2 grants $12,000
  3. Florida1 grant $11,500
  4. Illinois2 grants $2,854
  5. Connecticut1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Larry A SmithDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Victoria C SmithDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jeffery L MoweryDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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