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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-6865159

Otis G Pike Article VIII Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 18 grants and $200,400 paid in grants.

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

    $200,400

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $3,817,795
  • Tax year 2024

    $160,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $3,753,954
  • Tax year 2023

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $3,728,539
  • Tax year 2022

    $120,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $3,669,826
  • Tax year 2021

    $220,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $3,914,393
  • Tax year 2020

    $176,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $3,918,782
  • Tax year 2019

    $140,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $3,978,725
  • Tax year 2018

    $185,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $4,027,571

Grants paid in 2025

18 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Salvation Army IrcVero Beach, FL

    General support

    $20,400
  2. Visiting Nurse Assocation & Hospice FDNValparaiso, IN

    General support

    $20,000
  3. Indian River Symphonic AssociationVero Beach, FL

    General support

    $15,000
  4. United Way of Indian River CountyVero Beach, FL

    General support

    $15,000
  5. Nature ConservancyArlington, VA

    General support

    $15,000
  6. Wxel Public BroadcastingBoynton Beach, FL

    General support

    $15,000
  7. Indian River Medical Center FoundationVero Beach, FL

    General support

    $10,000
  8. Hope Rural School IncIndiantown, FL

    General support

    $10,000
  9. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    General support

    $10,000
  10. Vero Beach Museum of Art IncVero Beach, FL

    General support

    $10,000
  11. Friends of the Indian River County LibraryVero Beach, FL

    General

    $10,000
  12. Friends of the Pasco County LibraryHudson, FL

    General support

    $10,000
  13. Friends of the Riverhead Free LibraryRiverhead, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  14. Hampton RD Educ Telecommunications AssocNorfolk, VA

    General support

    $10,000
  15. Atlantic Classical OrchestraVero Beach, FL

    General support

    $5,000
  16. American Red Cross of Indian RiverBoone, IA

    General support

    $5,000
  17. Florida OrchestraSt Petersburg, FL

    General support

    $5,000
  18. Friends of Indian River City LibraryIndian River, MI

    General support

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $30,00043% of the total
  2. Arts and culture3 grants $25,00036% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $15,00021% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Florida11 grants $125,400
  2. Virginia2 grants $25,000
  3. Indiana1 grant $20,000
  4. New Jersey1 grant $10,000
  5. New York1 grant $10,000
  6. Iowa1 grant $5,000
  7. Michigan1 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.

  • Northern Trust CompanyTRUSTEE Hours 40Pay $39,706

The return

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