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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-4000368

Osprey Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $100,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $100,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $873,978

  • Tax year 2024

    $115,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $963,258

  • Tax year 2023

    $99,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $964,169

  • Tax year 2022

    $98,500

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,032,775

  • Tax year 2021

    $58,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $672,534

  • Tax year 2020

    $55,750

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $545,704

  • Tax year 2019

    $47,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $608,108

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Earth Justice Legal Defense FundWashington, DC

    Further exempt purpose

    $13,000
  2. Chicago Symphony OrchestraChicago, IL

    Further exempt purpose

    $13,000
  3. Sierra Club FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    Further exempt purpose

    $12,000
  4. Conservation Biology InstituteCorvallis, OR

    To further the exempt purpose

    $12,000
  5. Citizens United for Research of EpilepsyBurr Ridge, IL

    Further exempt purpose

    $11,000
  6. Amnesty InternationalNew York, NY

    Further exempt purpose

    $11,000
  7. Kijana Ed EmpowermentNorth Palm Beach, FL

    Further exempt purpose

    $10,000
  8. Christ Lutheran CHURCH4 Pete SakeSpring Green, WI

    Further exempt purpose

    $5,500
  9. KqedHagerstown, MD

    To further exempt purpose

    $5,000
  10. Wi Public RadioMilwaukee, WI

    Further exempt purpose

    $5,000
  11. River Valley School DistrictSpring Green, WI

    Further exempt purpose

    $2,500
  12. Chicago Public MediaChicago, IL

    Further exempt purpose

    $0
  13. Environmental Law & Poverty CtrChicago, IL

    Further exempt purpose

    $0

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $13,00052% of the total
  2. Environment1 grant $12,00048% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois4 grants $24,000
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $13,000
  3. Wisconsin3 grants $13,000
  4. California1 grant $12,000
  5. Oregon1 grant $12,000
  6. New York1 grant $11,000
  7. Florida1 grant $10,000
  8. Maryland1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • James BohnenTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Helen Lee BohnenTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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