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Ernest Wentcher Educational Fund: 96 grants to organizations, $3 million (tax year ended June 2025)
Ernest Wentcher Educational Fund, a private foundation in Chicago, IL, paid 96 grants to organizations totaling $2,967,198 in its tax year ended June 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on February 4, 2026. The largest was $473,652 to Univ of Illinois Urbana in Champaign, IL for education.
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- EIN
- 364170236
- Based in
- Chicago, IL
- Assets
- $79,498,579
- Grants paid
- $2,967,198
- Tax year ended
- June 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended June 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed February 4, 2026, IRS object ID 202620359349100612. It reported $2,967,198 in grants paid; 96 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Univ of Illinois Urbana | Champaign, IL | Education | $473,652 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | Education | $319,566 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Depaul Univ | Chicago, IL | Education | Education | $170,273 | apps.irs.gov |
| Univ of Illinois Chicago | Chicago, IL | Education | $153,465 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Howard University | Washington, DC | Education | Education | $121,356 | apps.irs.gov |
| Univ of Wisconsin | Madison, WI | Education | $101,325 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Loyola University | Chicago, IL | Education | $97,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Univ of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | Education | Education | $97,483 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | Education | Recreation and sports | $87,927 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cornell Univ | Ithaca, NY | Education | Education | $84,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Iit | Chicago, IL | Education | $65,407 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dominican Univ | River Forest, IL | Education | Education | $49,772 | apps.irs.gov |
| Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | Education | $46,356 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Spelman College | Atlanta, GA | Education | Education | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Univ of Chicago | Chicago, IL | Education | Education | $32,247 | apps.irs.gov |
| Illinois State University | Normal, IL | Education | $31,341 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Morehouse College | Atlanta, GA | Education | Education | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | Education | Education | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pomona College | Claremont, CA | Education | Education | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lewis University | Romeoville, IL | Education | Education | $28,588 | apps.irs.gov |
| Oakton Comm College | Des Plaines, IL | Education | $26,250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| George Washington University | Ashburn, VA | Education | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Washington University | St Louis, MO | Education | Education | $23,462 | apps.irs.gov |
| Emory Univ | Atlanta, GA | Education | $20,812 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American University | Washington, DC | Education | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bradley University | Peoria, IL | Education | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Columbia Univ | New York, NY | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Depauw University | Greencastle, IN | Education | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | Blommington, IL | Education | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles, CA | Education | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Marquette University | Milwaukee, WI | Education | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York University | New York, NY | Education | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| School of the Art Institute of Chic | Chicago, IL | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Univ of Missouri | Columbia, MO | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Miami | Arlington, TX | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boston University | Boston, MA | Education | $17,764 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Columbia College | Chicago, IL | Education | $17,688 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | Education | Education | $16,283 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | Education | $15,888 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Connecticut College | New London, CT | Education | Education | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Univ of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | Education | $11,400 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | Education | $11,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Augustana College | Rock Island, IL | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Azusa Pacific University | Azusa, CA | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bowdoin College | Brunswick, ME | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cal Polytechnic State University | San Luis Obispo, CA | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Case Western University | Cleveland, OH | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Elmhurst University | Elmhurst, IL | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Universit | Daytona Beach, FL | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Emerson College | Boston, MA | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Florida Memorial Univ | Miami Gardens, FL | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Florida State Univ | Tallahassee, FL | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hampton University | Hampton, VA | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kenyon College | Gambier, OH | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Knox College | Galesburg, IL | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| North Carolina A&T State University | Greensboro, NC | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Oberlin College | Oberlin, OH | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ohio Northern Univ | Ada, OH | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ohio University | Athens, OH | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pennsylvania State University | University Park, PA | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Quincy University | Quincy, IL | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Saint Louis University | St Louis, MO | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St Olaf College | Northfield, MN | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tuskegee University | Tuskegee, AL | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Univ of Minnesota - Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of California Berkley | Berkeley, CA | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Massachusetts Amhurst | Amhurst, MA | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Wisconsin Whitewater | Whitewater, WI | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Valparaiso University | Valparaiso, IN | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wheaton College | Wheaton, IL | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Xavier Univ of La | New Orleans, LA | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Soka University | Aliso Viejo, CA | Education | $9,952 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Unversity of Tampa | Tampa, FL | Education | $9,577 | apps.irs.gov | |
| So Illinois Univ | Edwardsville, IL | Education | $8,743 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | Education | $8,169 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Purdue University | W Lafayette, IN | Education | $7,971 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mit | Cambridge, MA | Education | $7,730 | apps.irs.gov | |
| North Park University | Chicago, IL | Education | Education | $7,530 | apps.irs.gov |
| Truman State University | Kirksville, MO | Education | $6,680 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Saint Xavier University | Chicago, IL | Education | Education | $6,161 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | Education | $6,135 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brown Univ | Providence, RI | Education | $5,850 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Colorado College | Colorado Springs, CO | Education | $5,125 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lake Forest College | Lake Forest, IL | Education | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Trinity College | Hartford, CT | Education | Education | $4,699 | apps.irs.gov |
| Governers State University | University Park, IL | Education | $4,579 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | Education | Education | $4,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| So Illinois Univ | Carbondale, IL | Education | $4,462 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | Education | Education | $3,950 | apps.irs.gov |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | Education | $3,700 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Eastern Illinois University | Charleston, IL | Education | $380 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended June 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed February 25, 2025, IRS object ID 202510569349101016. It reported $3,154,193 in grants paid; 108 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Univ of Illinois Urbana | Champaign, IL | Education | $536,932 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | Education | $279,912 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Univ of Illinois Chicago | Chicago, IL | Education | $234,572 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Depaul Univ | Chicago, IL | Education | Education | $175,146 | apps.irs.gov |
| Howard University | Washington, DC | Education | Education | $107,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Loyola University | Chicago, IL | Education | $105,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Univ of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | Education | Education | $98,149 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cornell Univ | Ithaca, NY | Education | Education | $96,824 | apps.irs.gov |
| Univ of Chicago | Chicago, IL | Education | Education | $74,932 | apps.irs.gov |
| Iit | Chicago, IL | Education | $51,924 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | Education | Recreation and sports | $51,853 | apps.irs.gov |
| Univ of Wisconsin | Madison, WI | Education | $50,146 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Illinois State University | Normal, IL | Education | $41,475 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Oakton Comm College | Des Plaines, IL | Education | $41,398 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | Education | $39,800 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lewis University | Romeoville, IL | Education | Education | $39,782 | apps.irs.gov |
| George Washington University | Ashburn, VA | Education | Education | $39,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Emory Univ | Atlanta, GA | Education | $38,750 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bradley University | Peoria, IL | Education | Education | $32,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Morehouse College | Atlanta, GA | Education | Education | $31,750 | apps.irs.gov |
| Spelman College | Atlanta, GA | Education | Education | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Univ of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | Education | $25,570 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Columbia College | Chicago, IL | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Connecticut College | New London, CT | Education | Education | $22,951 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | Education | $22,567 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boston University | Boston, MA | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Columbia Univ | New York, NY | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Knox College | Galesburg, IL | Education | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lake Forest College | Lake Forest, IL | Education | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Loyala Marymount University | Los Angeles, CA | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Marquette University | Milwaukee, WI | Education | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| North Carolina A&T State University | Greensboro, NC | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Olaf College | Northfield, MN | Education | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Univ of Minnesota - Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Miami | Arlington, TX | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Washington University | St Louis, MO | Education | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American University | Washington, DC | Education | Education | $17,889 | apps.irs.gov |
| School of the Art Institute of Chic | Chicago, IL | Education | $17,600 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | Education | $17,225 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York University | New York, NY | Education | Education | $16,930 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dominican Univ | River Forest, IL | Education | Education | $16,721 | apps.irs.gov |
| Univ of Missouri | Columbia, MO | Education | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pomona College | Claremont, CA | Education | Education | $14,423 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tufts University | Medford, MA | Education | $14,200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| So Illinois Univ | Edwardsville, IL | Education | $13,701 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of St Francis | Joliet, IL | Education | $11,063 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mit | Cambridge, MA | Education | $10,800 | apps.irs.gov | |
| North Park University | Chicago, IL | Education | Education | $10,400 | apps.irs.gov |
| Agnes Scott College | Decatur, GA | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ball State University | Muncie, IN | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cal Polytechnic State University | San Luis Obispo, CA | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Colorado College | Colorado Springs, CO | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Colorado State University | Ft Collins, CO | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Depauw University | Greencastle, IN | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Elmhurst University | Elmhurst, IL | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Universit | Daytona Beach, FL | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Emerson College | Boston, MA | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Florida Memorial Univ | Miami Gardens, FL | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Florida State Univ | Tallahassee, FL | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kenyon College | Gambier, OH | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Michigan Tech University | Houghton, MI | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Murray State University | Murray, KY | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Oberlin College | Oberlin, OH | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ohio Northern Univ | Ada, OH | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ohio University | Athens, OH | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Olivet Nazerene University | Bourbonnais, IL | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pennsylvania State University | University Park, PA | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Renssalalaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, NY | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Saint Louis University | St Louis, MO | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tuskegee University | Tuskegee, AL | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Univ of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of California Berkley | Berkeley, CA | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Texas-Arlington | Arlington, TX | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Wisconsin Whitewater | Whitewater, WI | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Wyoming | Laramie, WY | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wake Forest University | Winstonsalem, NC | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wheaton College | Wheaton, IL | Education | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Xavier Univ of La | New Orleans, LA | Education | $9,197 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lycoming College | Williamsport, PA | Education | Education | $8,835 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bob Jones University | Greenville, SC | Education | $8,395 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bowdoin College | Brunswick, ME | Education | Education | $8,100 | apps.irs.gov |
| Purdue University | W Lafayette, IN | Education | $8,092 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | Education | Education | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Macalester College | St Paul, MN | Education | Education | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | Education | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | Education | $6,848 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Truman State University | Kirksville, MO | Education | $6,203 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brown Univ | Providence, RI | Education | $5,650 | apps.irs.gov | |
| So Illinois Univ | Carbondale, IL | Education | $5,629 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Soka University | Aliso Viejo, CA | Education | $5,182 | apps.irs.gov | |
| MD Institute College of Art | Baltimore, MD | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Dayton | Dayton, OH | Education | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | Education | Education | $3,950 | apps.irs.gov |
| Villanova University | Villanova, PA | Education | Education | $3,250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trinity College | Hartford, CT | Education | Education | $2,550 | apps.irs.gov |
| Truman College | Chicago, IL | Education | $1,426 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Virginia Peninsula Community Colleg | Hampton, VA | Education | $1,210 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Louis University | Chicago, IL | Education | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Parkland College | Champaign, IL | Education | $730 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wilbur Wright College | Chicago, IL | Education | $730 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northeastern Illinois University | Chicago, IL | Education | $675 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Blackhawk College | Moline, IL | Education | $656 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $2,216,886 |
| Recreation and sports | $139,780 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Illinois | $2,941,310 |
| Michigan | $609,478 |
| California | $385,925 |
| New York | $298,254 |
| District of Columbia | $266,245 |
| Wisconsin | $211,471 |
| Georgia | $201,312 |
| Massachusetts | $148,494 |
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Updated February 4, 2026. 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.