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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 36-4170236

Ernest Wentcher Educational Fund

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 96 grants and $3 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 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
Chris Broughton
233 S Wacker Drive, Suite 4400
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 722-6949
[email protected]
Form and materials
Occ post graduate program - fafsa eligible, an application, occ transcript, teacher recommendations and an essay are required. Chicago public schools - fafsa eligible, an application, high school transcript, teacher and counselor recommendations, an essay and a student aid report are required.
Deadlines
Spring of each year
Restrictions
Successful oakton community college wentcher scholar graduates, fafsa-eligible students. Chicago public schools seniors, fasfa-eligible

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $2,967,198

    Grants listed
    96
    Assets, end of year
    $69,263,326

  • Tax year 2023

    $3,154,193

    Grants listed
    108
    Assets, end of year
    $58,447,835

  • Tax year 2022

    $2,996,930

    Grants listed
    119
    Assets, end of year
    $60,936,960

  • Tax year 2021

    $2,840,760

    Grants listed
    115
    Assets, end of year
    $63,025,469

  • Tax year 2020

    $2,652,283

    Grants listed
    112
    Assets, end of year
    $62,134,885

  • Tax year 2019

    $2,675,353

    Grants listed
    99
    Assets, end of year
    $64,087,456

  • Tax year 2018

    $2,313,882

    Grants listed
    89
    Assets, end of year
    $67,566,196

Grants paid in 2024

96 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Univ of Illinois UrbanaChampaign, IL

    Education

    $473,652
  2. University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI

    Education

    $319,566
  3. Depaul UnivChicago, IL

    Education

    $170,273
  4. Univ of Illinois ChicagoChicago, IL

    Education

    $153,465
  5. Howard UniversityWashington, DC

    Education

    $121,356
  6. Univ of WisconsinMadison, WI

    Education

    $101,325
  7. Loyola UniversityChicago, IL

    Education

    $97,500
  8. Univ of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA

    Education

    $97,483
  9. Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL

    Education

    $87,927
  10. Cornell UnivIthaca, NY

    Education

    $84,500
  11. IitChicago, IL

    Education

    $65,407
  12. Dominican UnivRiver Forest, IL

    Education

    $49,772
  13. Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, VT

    Education

    $46,356
  14. Spelman CollegeAtl, GA

    Education

    $40,000
  15. Univ of ChicagoChicago, IL

    Education

    $32,247
  16. Illinois State UniversityNormal, IL

    Education

    $31,341
  17. Morehouse CollegeAtlanta, GA

    Education

    $30,000
  18. Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA

    Education

    $30,000
  19. Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA

    Education

    $30,000
  20. Lewis UniversityRomeoville, IL

    Education

    $28,588
  21. Oakton Comm CollegeDes Plaines, IL

    Education

    $26,250
  22. George Washington UniversityAshburn, VA

    Education

    $25,000
  23. Washington UniversitySt Louis, MO

    Education

    $23,462
  24. Emory UnivAtlanta, GA

    Education

    $20,812
  25. American UniversityWashington, DC

    Education

    $20,000
  26. Bradley UniversityPeoria, IL

    Education

    $20,000
  27. Columbia UnivNew York, NY

    Education

    $20,000
  28. Depauw UniversityGreencastle, IN

    Education

    $20,000
  29. Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington, IL

    Education

    $20,000
  30. Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, CA

    Education

    $20,000
  31. Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, WI

    Education

    $20,000
  32. New York UniversityNew York, NY

    Education

    $20,000
  33. School of the Art Institute of ChicChicago, IL

    Education

    $20,000
  34. Univ of MissouriColumbia, MO

    Education

    $20,000
  35. University of MiamiArlington, TX

    Education

    $20,000
  36. Boston UniversityBoston, MA

    Education

    $17,764
  37. Columbia CollegeChicago, IL

    Education

    $17,688
  38. Duke UniversityDurham, NC

    Education

    $16,283
  39. University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA

    Education

    $15,888
  40. Connecticut CollegeNew London, CT

    Education

    $15,000
  41. Univ of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN

    Education

    $11,400
  42. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Education

    $11,000
  43. Augustana CollegeRock Island, IL

    Education

    $10,000
  44. Azusa Pacific UniversityAzusa, CA

    Education

    $10,000
  45. Barnard CollegeNew York, NY

    Education

    $10,000
  46. Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, ME

    Education

    $10,000
  47. Cal Polytechnic State UniversitySan Luis Obispo, CA

    Education

    $10,000
  48. Case Western UniversityCleveland, OH

    Education

    $10,000
  49. Elmhurst UniversityElmhurst, IL

    Education

    $10,000
  50. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversitDaytona Beach, FL

    Education

    $10,000
  51. Emerson CollegeBoston, MA

    Education

    $10,000
  52. Florida Memorial UnivMiami Gardens, FL

    Education

    $10,000
  53. Florida State UnivTallahassee, FL

    Education

    $10,000
  54. Hampton UniversityHampton, VA

    Education

    $10,000
  55. Kenyon CollegeGambier, OH

    Education

    $10,000
  56. Knox CollegeGalesburg, IL

    Education

    $10,000
  57. North Carolina A&T State UniversityGreensboro, NC

    Education

    $10,000
  58. Oberlin CollegeOberlin, OH

    Education

    $10,000
  59. Ohio Northern UnivAda, OH

    Education

    $10,000
  60. Ohio UniversityAthens, OH

    Education

    $10,000
  61. Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PA

    Education

    $10,000
  62. Saint Louis UniversitySt Louis, MO

    Education

    $10,000
  63. St Olaf CollegeNorthfield, MN

    Education

    $10,000
  64. Tuskegee UniversityTuskegee Institute, AL

    Education

    $10,000
  65. Univ of Minnesota - Twin CitiesMinneapolis, MN

    Education

    $10,000
  66. University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, AL

    Education

    $10,000
  67. University of California BerkleyBerkeley, CA

    Education

    $10,000
  68. University of IowaIowa City, IA

    Education

    $10,000
  69. University of Massachusetts AmhurstAmhurst, MA

    Education

    $10,000
  70. University of Wisconsin WhitewaterWhitewater, WI

    Education

    $10,000
  71. Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso, IN

    Education

    $10,000
  72. Virginia TechBlacksburg, VA

    Education

    $10,000
  73. Wheaton CollegeWheaton, IL

    Education

    $10,000
  74. Xavier Univ of LANew Orleans, LA

    Education

    $10,000
  75. Quincy UniversityQuincy, IL

    Education

    $10,000
  76. Soka UniversityAliso Viejo, CA

    Education

    $9,952
  77. Unversity of TampaTampa, FL

    Education

    $9,577
  78. So Illinois UnivEdwardsville, IL

    Education

    $8,743
  79. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    Education

    $8,169
  80. Purdue UniversityW Lafayette, IN

    Education

    $7,971
  81. MITCambridge, MA

    Education

    $7,730
  82. North Park UniversityChicago, IL

    Education

    $7,530
  83. Truman State UniversityKirksville, MO

    Education

    $6,680
  84. Saint Xavier UniversityChicago, IL

    Education

    $6,161
  85. Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH

    Education

    $6,135
  86. Brown UnivProvidence, RI

    Education

    $5,850
  87. Colorado CollegeColorado SPGS, CO

    Education

    $5,125
  88. Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest, IL

    Education

    $5,000
  89. Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, OR

    Education

    $5,000
  90. Trinity CollegeHartford, CT

    Education

    $4,699
  91. Governers State UniversityUniversity Park, IL

    Education

    $4,579
  92. Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN

    Education

    $4,500
  93. So Illinois UnivCarbondale, IL

    Education

    $4,462
  94. Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, CT

    Education

    $3,950
  95. Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT

    Education

    $3,700
  96. Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, IL

    Education

    $380

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education39 grants $666,84688% of the total
  2. Sports and recreation1 grant $87,92712% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois27 grants $1,380,965
  2. Michigan1 grant $319,566
  3. California8 grants $195,604
  4. District of Columbia2 grants $141,356
  5. New York4 grants $134,500
  6. Wisconsin3 grants $131,325
  7. Georgia3 grants $90,812
  8. Massachusetts6 grants $86,494
  9. Missouri4 grants $60,142
  10. Ohio5 grants $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

9 people as filed

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

  • Chris BroughtonEXECUTIVE DI Hours 40Pay $233,911
  • Brian FitzpatrickPRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0
  • Robert WiseVICE PRESIDE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Sally TomlinsonBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
  • Dan WilliamsTREASURER Hours 2Pay $0
  • Robert SlayBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
  • Lucy TuckBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
  • Laura FarrBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
  • Richard HelmholzBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0

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