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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-4469984

Eisen Family Foundation

A private foundation in Winnetka, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $256,000 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
There are no submission deadlines.
Restrictions
Contributions will be used to furthur charitable, benevolent, eleemosynary, educational, civic and religious endeavors.

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $256,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $443,869

  • Tax year 2024

    $26,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $447,236

  • Tax year 2023

    $235,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $462,547

  • Tax year 2022

    $221,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $690,478

  • Tax year 2021

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $854,477

  • Tax year 2020

    $235,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $824,687

  • Tax year 2019

    $285,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $834,343

  • Tax year 2018

    $211,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,015,309

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Jewish United FundChicago, IL

    General operating

    $75,000
  2. Lyric OperaChicago, IL

    General operating

    $75,000
  3. Museum of Contemporary ArtChicago, IL

    General operating

    $75,000
  4. DARE2TRIChicago, IL

    General operating

    $10,000
  5. Joffrey BalletChicago, IL

    General operating

    $10,000
  6. Cradle to CrayonsChicago, IL

    General operating

    $6,000
  7. Driehaus MuseumChicago, IL

    General operating

    $5,000

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 $85,00053% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $75,00047% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois7 grants $256,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Stephen J EisenPRESIDENT/TREASURER/DIRECT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lois EisenVICE-PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Melvin S NewmanSECRETARY/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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