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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 93-6916129

Walter C Dissen Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Lake Forest, IL. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 15 grants and $1.3 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,288,055

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $25,344,521

  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $0

Grants paid in 2024

15 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Luther Classical CollegeCasper, WY

    Capital projects, faculty endowed chairs, faculty grant

    $484,000
  2. Concordia Theological SeminaryFort Wayne, IN

    Capital projects, faculty endowed chairs

    $400,000
  3. Concordia University ChicagoRiver Forest, IL

    Capital projects, operating grant

    $125,000
  4. Concordia University WisconsinMequon, WI

    Capital projects

    $100,000
  5. Lutheran Concerns AssociationWoodville, OH

    Unrestricted grant

    $62,710
  6. Association of Confessing Evangelical Lutheran CongregationsIdaho Falls, ID

    Unrestricted grant

    $31,250
  7. Concordia Historical InstituteSaint Louis, MO

    Operating grant

    $31,250
  8. Our Savior Lutheran ChurchCheyenne, WY

    Operating grant

    $12,301
  9. Trinity Lutheran ChurchNew Haven, MO

    Operating grant

    $11,000
  10. Immanuel Lutheran ChurchSheridan, WY

    Operating grant

    $8,948
  11. St Andrews Lutheran Church and Campus CenterLaramie, WY

    Operating grant

    $7,198
  12. South Asia Lutheran MissionOakmont, PA

    Unrestricted grant

    $7,000
  13. Trinity Lutheran ChurchGillette, WY

    Operating grantoperating grant

    $5,598
  14. University Lutheran ChurchChampaign, IL

    Unrestricted grant

    $1,750
  15. Concordia SeminarySaint Louis, MO

    Operating grant

    $50

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $609,00075% of the total
  2. Religion3 grants $100,96012% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $100,00012% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Wyoming5 grants $518,045
  2. Indiana1 grant $400,000
  3. Illinois2 grants $126,750
  4. Wisconsin1 grant $100,000
  5. Pennsylvania2 grants $69,710
  6. Missouri3 grants $42,300
  7. Idaho1 grant $31,250

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Mark O SternCO-TRUSTEE Hours 10Pay $0
  • Rev David RamirezCO-TRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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