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Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust XXXXX1008: 50 grants to organizations, $2.2 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust XXXXX1008, a private foundation in Chicago, IL, paid 50 grants to organizations totaling $2,247,816 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 5, 2025. The largest was $250,000 to Chicago Opera Theater in Chicago, IL for support endowment campaign.
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- EIN
- 366999365
- Based in
- Chicago, IL
- Assets
- $64,115,384
- Grants paid
- $2,247,816
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 5, 2025, IRS object ID 202523099349100422. It reported $2,247,816 in grants paid; 50 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Opera Theater | Chicago, IL | Support endowment campaign | Arts, culture and humanities | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| P33 | Chicago, IL | Support talent pathways | Community improvement and capacity building | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chicago Theatre Group Inc | Chicago, IL | Support to implement a | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chinese American Service League | Chicago, IL | Support change insight tech | Community improvement and capacity building | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Illinois Justice Project | Chicago, IL | Support morse genius | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Puerto Rican Arts Alliance | Chicago, IL | Support general operations | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Readers Institute for Community Journali | Chicago, IL | Support revenue growth | $98,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Coalition To Save Our Mental Health Centers | Chicago, IL | To support mental health | $83,333 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Navy Pier | Chicago, IL | Support audience | Arts, culture and humanities | $83,333 | apps.irs.gov |
| Joffrey Ballet of Chicago | Chicago, IL | Support technological | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chicago Lighthouse for Blind Or Visually Impaired | Chicago, IL | Support the salary of vp of | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chicago Voyagers | Schaumburg, IL | Support general operations | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Children's Research Triangle | Chicago, IL | Support trauma treatment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Grant Park Music Festival | Chicago, IL | Support sponsorship of 2024 | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Historic Pullman Foundation | Chicago, IL | Support executive director | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Old Town School of Folk Music | Chicago, IL | Support general operation | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | To support chicago makers | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Honeycomb Project | Chicago, IL | Support to build | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of Historic Second Church | Chicago, IL | Support hiring of two | Religion-related | $43,750 | apps.irs.gov |
| Illinois Railway Museum | Union, IL | Support building | Arts, culture and humanities | $41,400 | apps.irs.gov |
| Southland Development Authority | Tinley Park, IL | Support to craft a | $37,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Allies for Community Business | Chicago, IL | Support neighborhood | Community improvement and capacity building | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Legal Aid Chicago | Chicago, IL | To support general | Crime and legal-related | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Luminarts Cultural Foundation | Chicago, IL | Support renewed capacity | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Park Foundation | Washington, DC | Support youth education | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Better Government Association | Chicago, IL | Support expanding outreach | Public and societal benefit | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chicago Community Trust | Chicago, IL | Support operations of arts | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chicago History Museum | Chicago, IL | Help recruiting a major | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Children's Oncologyservices Inc | Chicago, IL | Help children with cancer | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Loyola University Chicago | Chicago, IL | Support operation of the | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mercy Housing Lakefront | Chicago, IL | Support housing for the | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Oil Lamp Theater | Glenview, IL | Support general operations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peer Health Exchange | Oakland, CA | Support health education | Youth development | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Recovery On Water | Chicago, IL | Support operation of novice | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $24,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brightpoint | Chicago, IL | Support behavioral | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Canine Therapy Corps | Chicago, IL | To support dog training | Health care | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chicago Run | Chicago, IL | Support general operations | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Envision Unlimited | Chicago, IL | Support buddy biking | Human services | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Youth Crossroads | Berwyn, IL | Support the violence | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| PCC Community Wellness Center | Oak Park, IL | Support diabetes education | Health care | $19,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Breakthrough Urban Ministries | Chicago, IL | Support early childhood | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Children's Advocates for Change | Chicago, IL | Support youth public policy | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Re Work Training | Chicago, IL | Support general operations | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mhub | Chicago, IL | Support the catalyze | $12,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Art Encounter | Evanston, IL | Support a special place | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Old Irving Park Community Clinic | Chicago, IL | Support general operation | Health care | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Taskforce Prevention and Community Services | Chicago, IL | Support drop-in program | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Center for Speech and Language Disorders | Lombard, IL | Support general operating | Health care | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Chicago Poetry Center | Chicago, IL | Support poetry residencies | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Newberry Library | Chicago, IL | Support a multiformat | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $699,733 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $285,000 |
| Health care | $59,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $45,000 |
| Religion-related | $43,750 |
| Education | $35,000 |
| Crime and legal-related | $30,000 |
| Public and societal benefit | $25,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Illinois | $2,192,816 |
| District of Columbia | $30,000 |
| California | $25,000 |
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Updated November 5, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.