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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 81-3339495

Eck Family Foundation

A private foundation in Chenequa, WI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $280,000 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

    $280,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,001,775

  • Tax year 2024

    $895,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,205,108

  • Tax year 2023

    $825,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,485,286

  • Tax year 2022

    $582,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,855,784

  • Tax year 2021

    $640,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,464,676

  • Tax year 2020

    $975,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,574,107

  • Tax year 2019

    $450,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,060,487

  • Tax year 2018

    $463,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,582,520

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe UniversityHayward, WI

    Vocational trades - expansion

    $150,000
  2. American Red CrossWashington, DC

    Emergency response fund and hurricane helene relief

    $35,000
  3. Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, WI

    Endowed scholarship

    $35,000
  4. Planned ParenthoodSt Louis, MO

    General support for charitable programming

    $15,000
  5. Advocates for Trans Equality Education FundWashington, DC

    General support for charitable programming

    $15,000
  6. Chicagoland Habitat for HumanityChicago, IL

    General support for charitable programming

    $10,000
  7. Habitat for HumanityAmericus, GA

    General support for charitable programming

    $10,000
  8. Habitat for Humanity of Grand CountyGranby, CO

    General support for charitable programming

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $35,00041% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $35,00041% of the total
  3. Civil rights1 grant $15,00018% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Wisconsin2 grants $185,000
  2. District of Columbia2 grants $50,000
  3. Missouri1 grant $15,000
  4. Colorado1 grant $10,000
  5. Georgia1 grant $10,000
  6. Illinois1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Robert J EckPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kimberly W EckSECRETARY Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Christopher A EckDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Connor J EckDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0

The return

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