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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 46-5657301

Backstop Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 1 grant and $11,963 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 5, 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
Scott Latimer
233 S Wacker Drive Ste 5200
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 277-7780
Form and materials
Applications should be submitted in writing. The foundation provides a funding request form that must be completed.
Deadlines
N/A
Restrictions
N/A

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $11,963

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2024

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $11,977

  • Tax year 2023

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $7,176

  • Tax year 2022

    $22,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $7,290

  • Tax year 2021

    $26,910

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $9,444

  • Tax year 2020

    $31,800

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $6,352

  • Tax year 2019

    $33,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $8,150

  • Tax year 2018

    $37,600

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $25,317

Grants paid in 2025

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Bernie's Book BankLake Bluff, IL

    Charitable

    $11,963

Where the money goes

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

  1. Youth development1 grant $11,963100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois1 grant $11,963

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Kunal GullapalliPRESIDENT/DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Sunil BiswasDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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