How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Committee on Charities Ad Johnson F
1701 E Lake Ave-Ste 240
Glenview, IL 60025
(847) 724-3464
- Form and materials
- No specific form is required, but information submitted should be sufficient to show that applicant qualifies. See answer 2d below.
- Deadlines
- None
- Restrictions
- Restrictions contained in the foundation's articles of incorporation. See exhibit attached.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$100,000
- Grants listed
- 12
- Assets, end of year
- $702,441
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Tax year 2024
$100,000
- Grants listed
- 12
- Assets, end of year
- $750,481
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Tax year 2023
$100,000
- Grants listed
- 9
- Assets, end of year
- $790,836
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Tax year 2022
$100,000
- Grants listed
- 10
- Assets, end of year
- $877,139
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Tax year 2021
$100,000
- Grants listed
- 11
- Assets, end of year
- $988,548
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Tax year 2020
$100,000
- Grants listed
- 10
- Assets, end of year
- $1,006,887
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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University of Colorado FoundationDenver, CO
Education-general fund
$25,000 -
Rise Up FoundationMcHenry, IL
Community project funding-children and families
$12,500 -
Joyful Noise Christian Pre-SchoolMcHenry, IL
Education-general fund
$10,000 -
McHenry Riverwalk FoundationMcHenry, IL
Civic development-general fund
$10,000 -
Community House WinnetkaWilmette, IL
Community center - general fund
$10,000 -
Spring Institute for Intercultural LearningDenver, CO
Advocacy and education - refugees and immigrants -general fund
$10,000 -
Macyn's JarsWoodstock, IL
Providing toys to hospitalized children-general fund
$5,000 -
Performing Arts at MetropolisArlington HTS, IL
Cultural arts-general fund
$5,000 -
The Hap FoundationGlenview, IL
Medical-terminally ill
$5,000 -
Downers Grove Area Fish IncDowners Grove, IL
Food pantry and community services - general fund
$5,000 -
Gigi's PlayhouseMcHenry, IL
Cultural arts-general fund
$1,500 -
Lakemoor Scholarship FundLakemoor, IL
Education-general fund
$1,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Education3 grants $36,00051% of the total
- Human services2 grants $17,50025% of the total
- Community development1 grant $10,00014% of the total
- Arts and culture1 grant $5,0007% of the total
- Mental health1 grant $1,5002% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Kenneth F TheisenSEC/GEN COUNSEL/DIRECTOR Hours 3Pay $0
- Keith R JohnsonPRESIDENT/DIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
- Deborah J SeymourDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
The return
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