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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 52-6200123

Emerson Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2024 reports $20.6 million paid in grants, listed in an attachment that is not in the e-file.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 30, 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

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The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
See Statement
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See Statement, MO 63136
(314) 553-2000
n/a
Form and materials
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Deadlines
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Restrictions
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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $20,606,661

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $44,792,763

  • Tax year 2023

    $15,905,858

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $24,207,341

  • Tax year 2022

    $19,201,282

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $15,998,961

  • Tax year 2021

    $20,334,552

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $14,765,277

  • Tax year 2020

    $21,938,150

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $9,797,489

  • Tax year 2019

    $22,402,365

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $11,173,936

  • Tax year 2018

    $25,807,358

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $10,729,592

Grants paid in 2024

Grants listed in an attachment (not in the e-file)

As listed on the return.

  1. This return lists its grants in an attachment that is not in the IRS e-file: $20.6 million in all.

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Northern Trust CompanyTRUSTEE Hours 40Pay $8,201
  • Emerson ElectricDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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