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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 83-0898708

Balakumar and Natalia Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $33,715 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

    $33,715

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,087,171

  • Tax year 2024

    $22,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $837,142

  • Tax year 2023

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $613,055

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $484,765

  • Tax year 2021

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $286,972

  • Tax year 2020

    $11,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $113,552

  • Tax year 2019

    $5,500

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $51,200

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. McA Chicago (museum of Contemporary Art) - Event for HealthcareChicago, IL

    General purposes

    $18,715
  2. Greater Chicago Food DepositoryChicago, IL

    General purposes

    $15,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Food and agriculture1 grant $15,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois2 grants $33,715

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Balakumar RagothamanPRES/TREAS/DIR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Natalia V HennerVP & DIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Louis S HarrisonSEC & DIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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