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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 83-2938861

Chaffee Family Foundation

A private foundation in Willoughby, OH. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $40,000 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.

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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

    $40,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,007,085

  • Tax year 2024

    $57,600

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $994,371

  • Tax year 2023

    $54,825

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,002,444

  • Tax year 2022

    $54,655

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,059,056

  • Tax year 2021

    $39,697

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,113,196

  • Tax year 2020

    $41,481

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,082,261

  • Tax year 2019

    $3,250

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,098,647

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Cleveland Jazz OrchestraBroadview HTS, OH

    Operating funds

    $13,500
  2. Cleveland Zoological SocietyCleveland, OH

    Operating funds

    $10,000
  3. Great Lakes Science CenterCleveland, OH

    Operating funds

    $10,000
  4. Contemporary Youth OrchestraCleveland, OH

    Operating Funds

    $3,500
  5. Individual

    Operating Funds

    $3,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $17,00063% of the total
  2. Animals1 grant $10,00037% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio4 grants $37,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Paul R ChaffeeVice President Hours 1Pay $0
  • Cynthia A ChaffeePresident Hours 4Pay $0
  • Benjamin ChaffeeSecretary Hours 1Pay $0
  • Samuel ChaffeeTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0
  • Nathan ChaffeeDirector Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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