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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 38-3822931

Esse Health Foundation

A private foundation in St Louis, MO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 14 grants and $45,000 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

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

    $45,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $60,681

  • Tax year 2024

    $33,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $6,731

  • Tax year 2023

    $70,500

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $42,164

  • Tax year 2022

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $13,535

  • Tax year 2021

    $31,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $61,946

  • Tax year 2020

    $67,662

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $43,120

  • Tax year 2019

    $57,500

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $60,374

  • Tax year 2018

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $65,456

Grants paid in 2025

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. American Diabetes AssociationAlexandria, VA

    General support

    $5,000
  2. Center for Hearing and SpeechSaint Louis, MO

    General support

    $5,000
  3. Leukemia and Lymphoma SocietyWhite Plains, NY

    General support

    $5,000
  4. Midtown Community ServicesSt Louis, MO

    General support

    $5,000
  5. United Cerebral Palsy FoundationVienna, VA

    General support

    $5,000
  6. College BoundSt Louis, MO

    General support

    $2,500
  7. Loyola AcademySt Louis, MO

    General support

    $2,500
  8. Memory Care Home SolutionsSaint Louis, MO

    General support

    $2,500
  9. National Kidney FoundationSt Louis, MO

    General support

    $2,500
  10. EvertrueSt Louis, MO

    General supportgeneral support

    $2,000
  11. Independence CenterSaint Louis, MO

    General support

    $2,000
  12. Nurses for NewbornsSaint Louis, MO

    General support

    $2,000
  13. St Louis Jewish LightSaint Louis, MO

    General support

    $2,000
  14. The Children's Heart FoundationNorthbrook, IL

    General support

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $2,50038% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $2,00031% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $2,00031% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Missouri10 grants $28,000
  2. Virginia2 grants $10,000
  3. New York1 grant $5,000
  4. Illinois1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

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

  • Carey MerzlickerTREASURER Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Jaime BremerkampSECRETARY Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Dave KearneyPRESIDENT Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Kathleen CizekDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Dana McBroomVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Kelly Wassel PNPDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Julie MacpheeDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0

The return

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