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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-4200766

Clingen Foundation LTD

A private foundation in Downers Grove, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $486,927 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

    $486,927

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $6,752,623

  • Tax year 2024

    $379,730

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $6,831,572

  • Tax year 2023

    $434,700

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $6,820,003

  • Tax year 2022

    $765,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $7,130,943

  • Tax year 2021

    $270,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $7,511,418

  • Tax year 2020

    $65,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $688,963

  • Tax year 2019

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,233,975

  • Tax year 2018

    $130,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,202,957

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Notre Dame Catholic SchoolClarendon Hills, IL

    General fund

    $116,927
  2. Catholic CharitiesAlexandria, VA

    General fund

    $100,000
  3. Womens Care CenterChicago, IL

    General fund

    $80,000
  4. Congregation of Holy CrossNotre Dame, IN

    General fund

    $50,000
  5. Mercy Home for Boys and GirlsChicago, IL

    General fund

    $50,000
  6. Hortus FoundationWhite Plains, NY

    General fund

    $50,000
  7. Shrine of St Anne ChurchChicago, IL

    General fund

    $15,000
  8. PMC Jimmy FundBrookline, MA

    General fund

    $10,000
  9. Focus Mission FoundationGolden, CO

    General fund

    $10,000
  10. Big Shoulders FundChicago, IL

    General fund

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Religion1 grant $10,00067% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $5,00033% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois5 grants $266,927
  2. Virginia1 grant $100,000
  3. Indiana1 grant $50,000
  4. New York1 grant $50,000
  5. Colorado1 grant $10,000
  6. Massachusetts1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Brian T ClingenDIR./PRES./TREAS. Hours 1Pay $0
  • Deidre M ClingenDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kenneth W ClingenDIR./SEC. Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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