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Oscar & Elsa Mayer Family Foundation: 48 grants to organizations, $531,280 (tax year ended December 2024)
Oscar & Elsa Mayer Family Foundation, a private foundation in Arlington Heights, IL, paid 48 grants to organizations totaling $531,280 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on October 28, 2025. The largest was $100,000 to Stronghearts Native Helpline in Sault Ste Marie, MI for general.
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- EIN
- 364035204
- Based in
- Arlington Heights, IL
- Assets
- $17,579,664
- Grants paid
- $531,280
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed October 28, 2025, IRS object ID 202523019349100342. It reported $531,280 in grants paid; 48 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stronghearts Native Helpline | Sault Ste Marie, MI | General | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Trevor Project | West Hollywood, CA | General | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Day One Rhode Island | Providence, RI | General | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Active Minds | Washington, DC | General | Mental health and crisis intervention | $62,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Mental Health Innovation | Portland, OR | General | $62,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ithaca College | Ithaca, NY | Oscar raymond mayer memorial fund | Education | $29,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wayland Academy | Beaver Damn, WI | Drs anita and gregory mayer scholarship | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Institute for Science Law and Policy | Washington, DC | General | $8,600 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Beloit College | Beloit, WI | Annual fund | Education | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lake Forest Academy | Lake Forest, IL | General | Education | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Overture Center for Arts | Madison, WI | General | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Star Charter School | Savannah, GA | Stars school initiative | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Juvenile Diabetes Research Assocation | New York, NY | General | $3,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dion's Dream Chicago | Chicago, IL | General | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Denver Center for the Performing Arts | Denver, CO | General | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,644 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mountain Top Explorium | Breckenridge, CO | General | $2,600 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Burrow Neuro Institute | Phoenix, AZ | General | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cathderal High School | San Diego, CA | Sean doyle scholarship | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Harm Reduction Center | Denver, CO | General | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kellogg School of Business | Chicago, IL | General | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Park Foundation | Baltimore, MD | General | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Phoenix Symphony | Phoenix, AZ | General | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Salvation Army | San Diego, CA | General | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Dunstans Church | Madison, WI | General | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Michaels Church | Chicago, IL | General | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Immigrants Rising | San Francisco, CA | General | Human services | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mountain Community Foundation | Helena, MT | General | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Narraganasett Boat Club | Providence, RI | General | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lymelight Foundation | Burlingame, CA | General | Human services | $1,400 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | General | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chrysalis | Phoenix, AZ | General | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fesser and Friends | Seattle, WA | General | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mozilla Foundation | Pasadena, CA | General | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Partners in Health | Frederick, MD | General | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Partnership With Native Americans | Addison, TX | General | Human services | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (paws) | Philadelphia, PA | General | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sacarmento Children's Home | Sacramento, CA | General | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Safehouse Progressive Alliance | Boulder, CO | General | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank | North Bend, WA | General | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Un Crisis Relief | Washington, DC | Occupied palestinian territory | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute | Woods Hole, MA | General | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| All Roads | Boulder, CO | General | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mosaic Film Experience | Grand Rapids, MI | General | Arts, culture and humanities | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| New England Literature Program Univeristy of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | General | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Range of Motion Project | Denver, CO | General | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Special Spectators | Detroit, MI | General | Youth development | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| The White Line | Boulder, CA | General | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| From K-1'S | Arlington Heights, IL | General | $36 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $101,000 |
| Mental health and crisis intervention | $62,500 |
| Education | $59,000 |
| Human services | $4,400 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $3,144 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $1,000 |
| Youth development | $500 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $110,900 |
| Michigan | $101,500 |
| Rhode Island | $76,500 |
| District of Columbia | $72,100 |
| Oregon | $62,500 |
| New York | $33,500 |
| Wisconsin | $27,500 |
| Illinois | $15,536 |
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Updated October 28, 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.