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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 83-0796134

The Caleel Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Oak Brook, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $191,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $191,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,483,344

  • Tax year 2024

    $185,250

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $1,828,359

  • Tax year 2023

    $120,250

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,149,729

  • Tax year 2022

    $142,800

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $2,218,876

  • Tax year 2021

    $209,715

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $2,614,648

  • Tax year 2020

    $29,800

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,551,936

  • Tax year 2019

    $47,045

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,270,732

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of IllinoisChampaign, IL

    Fund operations of the organization

    $80,000
  2. Evans Scholars FoundationGlenview, IL

    Fund operations of the organization

    $60,000
  3. Marist High SchoolChicago, IL

    Fund operations of the organization

    $17,500
  4. Saint Michael Missionary Baptist ChurchChicago, IL

    Fund operations of the organization

    $11,000
  5. Assistance League Chicagoland WestHinsdale, IL

    Fund operations of the organization

    $10,000
  6. Boys & Girls Clubs of the Mississippi ValleyMoline, IL

    Fund operations of the organization

    $4,000
  7. Ogden Dunes Home AssociationOgden Dunes, IN

    Fund operations of the organization

    $2,500
  8. Baps Swaminarayan SansthaBartlett, IL

    Fund operations of the organization

    $2,000
  9. Northwest HealthValparaiso, IN

    Fund operations of the organization

    $2,000
  10. Hinsdale United Methodist ChurchHinsdale, IL

    Fund operations of the organization

    $1,000
  11. Madison SchoolHinsdale, IL

    Fund operations of the organization

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Sports and recreation1 grant $2,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois9 grants $186,500
  2. Indiana2 grants $4,500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • George Sarkis CaleelPRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $65,500
  • Rebecca CaleelSECRETARY/TREASURER Hours 2Pay $30,000
  • Tamer CaleelDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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