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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 80-0908884

Sunrise Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $200,000 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

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $531,377
  • Tax year 2024

    $100,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $687,506
  • Tax year 2023

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $753,701
  • Tax year 2022

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $744,507
  • Tax year 2021

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $786,985
  • Tax year 2020

    $42,500

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $766,272
  • Tax year 2019

    $37,800

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $785,739
  • Tax year 2018

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $821,308

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Misericordia Heart of Mercy - Misericordia HomeChicago, IL

    General purposes

    $100,000
  2. Fraxa Research FoundationNewburyport, MA

    General purposes

    $50,000
  3. National Fragile X FoundationWashington, DC

    General purposes

    $50,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Medical research2 grants $100,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois1 grant $100,000
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $50,000
  3. Massachusetts1 grant $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Stephen R SchmidtTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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