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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-3990756

Law-Ware-Shedd-Murphy Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $99,500 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $99,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $544,551

  • Tax year 2024

    $108,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $561,565

  • Tax year 2023

    $101,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $557,465

  • Tax year 2022

    $90,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $135,766

  • Tax year 2021

    $80,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $167,199

  • Tax year 2020

    $80,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $193,913

  • Tax year 2019

    $62,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $188,427

  • Tax year 2018

    $70,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $148,516

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    General org purposes

    $30,000
  2. Latin School of ChicagoChicago, IL

    General org purposes

    $30,000
  3. Individual

    General purposes

    $15,000
  4. Friends of 2nd Pres ChurchChicago, IL

    General purposes

    $14,000
  5. Individual

    General purposes

    $10,000
  6. Omena Historical SocietyOmena, MI

    General org purposes

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $30,00098% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $5002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois2 grants $44,000
  2. Michigan1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Elizabeth S MurphyPresident Hours 0Pay $0
  • Margaret E MurphyDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Suzanne E Murphy HeathTreasurer Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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