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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-7238483

Margaret A Roberts Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $8.6 million 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

    $8,617,632

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2024

    $995,000

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $6,976,899

  • Tax year 2023

    $565,000

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $7,401,983

  • Tax year 2022

    $481,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $7,858,182

  • Tax year 2021

    $651,000

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $8,139,582

  • Tax year 2020

    $496,000

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $7,889,092

  • Tax year 2019

    $375,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $7,808,746

  • Tax year 2018

    $3,005,842

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $7,709,769

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Margaret A Roberts Char Found FDPurchase, NY

    To fund a donor advised fund for distribution to qualified charities

    $5,953,878
  2. Fidelity Charitable the Hesse Giving FundCincinnati, OH

    To fund a donor advised fund for distribution to qualified charities

    $2,588,754
  3. Center for Victims of TortureSaint Paul, MN

    General operating support

    $75,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. International aid1 grant $75,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $5,953,878
  2. Ohio1 grant $2,588,754
  3. Minnesota1 grant $75,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Crystal Melissa Roberts SmittkampTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Daniel Elliott OstlerTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Susan S RobertsTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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