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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 36-6940417

Wavering Family Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 12 grants and $759,900 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $759,900

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $10,224,865
  • Tax year 2023

    $781,997

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $10,490,317
  • Tax year 2022

    $887,150

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $10,761,395
  • Tax year 2021

    $710,800

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $11,355,043
  • Tax year 2020

    $741,850

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $10,991,164
  • Tax year 2019

    $715,650

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $11,261,766

Grants paid in 2024

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Everglades FoundationPalmetto Bay, FL

    Support for organization's mission

    $401,000
  2. Captains for Clean WaterFt Myers, FL

    Support for organization's mission

    $130,000
  3. Naples Historical SocietyNaples, FL

    Support for organization's mission

    $86,500
  4. Naples Botanical GardenNaples, FL

    Support for organization's mission

    $47,300
  5. Community School of NaplesNaples, FL

    Support for organization's mission

    $45,000
  6. Holocaust MuseumNaples, FL

    Support for organization's mission

    $20,000
  7. North Shore Country Club Foundation IncGlenview, IL

    Support for organization's mission

    $5,100
  8. Naples Yacht Club Blue Gavel Scholarship FundNaples, FL

    Support for organization's mission

    $5,000
  9. Neighborhood Health ClinicNaples, FL

    Support for organization's mission

    $5,000
  10. Northwoods Living Care FoundationPhelps, WI

    Support for organization's mission

    $5,000
  11. Shelter for Abused Women & ChildrenNaples, FL

    Support for organization's mission

    $5,000
  12. Youth HavenNaples, FL

    Support for organization's mission

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment2 grants $448,30086% of the total
  2. Education3 grants $55,10011% of the total
  3. Human services2 grants $10,0002% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $5,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Florida10 grants $749,800
  2. Illinois1 grant $5,100
  3. Wisconsin1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • The Northern Trust CompanyTRUSTEE Hours 40Pay $67,867

The return

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