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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 36-7207753

Suzanne Smelcer Robinson Foundation

A private foundation in Dallas, TX. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 11 grants and $49,500 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Oct 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
Timothy Quinn
110 N Wacker
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 828-2055
Form and materials
No formal application required
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

    $49,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $793,857
  • Tax year 2023

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $795,301
  • Tax year 2022

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $790,048
  • Tax year 2021

    $48,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $787,585
  • Tax year 2020

    $58,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $797,194
  • Tax year 2019

    $61,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $814,242

Grants paid in 2024

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Paws ChicagoChicago, IL

    Unrestricted general

    $25,000
  2. Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington, IL

    Unrestricted general

    $8,000
  3. Anti-Cruelty Society of IllinoisChicago, IL

    Unrestricted general

    $3,500
  4. Noah's Ark Foundation IncFairfield, IA

    Unrestricted general

    $3,500
  5. Chicago Horticultural SocietyGlencoe, IL

    Unrestricted general

    $2,500
  6. Ann & Robert Lurie Children's HospitalChicago, IL

    Unrestricted general

    $2,000
  7. Lincoln Park ZooChicago, IL

    Unrestricted general

    $2,000
  8. Junior Achievement of ChicagoChicago, IL

    Unrestricted general

    $1,000
  9. American Red CrossWashington, DC

    Unrestricted general

    $1,000
  10. Heavenly Pet SanctuaryFairfield, IA

    Unrestricted general

    $500
  11. Loving IndeedAntioch, IL

    Unrestricted general

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals2 grants $28,50069% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $8,00019% of the total
  3. Environment1 grant $2,5006% of the total
  4. Human services2 grants $1,5004% of the total
  5. International aid1 grant $1,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois8 grants $44,500
  2. Iowa2 grants $4,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Bank of America N ACo-Trustee Hours 1Pay $12,924
  • Wilma Jean SmelcerCo-Fiduciary Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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