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Robert Jensen Dau Foundation: 10 grants to organizations, $127,605 (tax year ended December 2025)
Robert Jensen Dau Foundation, a private foundation in Lake Forest, IL, paid 10 grants to organizations totaling $127,605 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on February 4, 2026. The largest was $51,500 to Great Lakes Center for the Arts in Bay Harbor, MI for general funds.
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- EIN
- 473548984
- Based in
- Lake Forest, IL
- Assets
- $3,453,074
- Grants paid
- $127,605
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed February 4, 2026, IRS object ID 202610359349100226. It reported $127,605 in grants paid; 10 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Center for the Arts | Bay Harbor, MI | General funds | Arts, culture and humanities | $51,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pen America | New York, NY | To fund the robert j dau short story prize for emerging writers. | $33,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chicago Botanic Garden | Glencoe, IL | General funds | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Church of the Holy Comforter | Kenilworth, IL | General funds | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| City Kids Wilderness Project | Washington, DC | General funds | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bay View Chamber Music | Petoskey, MI | Sponsorship of music series | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bay View Association | Petoskey, MI | Musician scholarship | $3,250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Petoskey Harbor Springs Community Foundation | Petoskey, MI | Schlorships to petoskey high school students | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Charlevoix-Emmet Isd | Charlevoix, MI | General funds | $1,855 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Margarets Church | Palm Desert, CA | Music fund | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed March 1, 2025, IRS object ID 202510609349100001. It reported $125,000 in grants paid; 9 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pen America | New York, NY | To fund the robert j dau short story prize for emerging writers. | $39,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Great Lakes Center for the Arts | Bay Harbor, MI | General funds | Arts, culture and humanities | $27,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chicago Botanic Garden | Glencoe, IL | General funds | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Little Traverse Conservancy | Harbor Springs, MI | General funds | Environment | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Petoskey Harbor Springs Community Foundation | Petoskey, MI | Dyslexia support | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Church of the Holy Comforter | Kenilworth, IL | General funds | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bay View Association | Petoskey, MI | General funds | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Charlevoix-Emmet Isd | Charlevoix, MI | General funds | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Desert Friends of Music | Palm Desert, CA | Music fund | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $79,000 |
| Environment | $15,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Michigan | $123,605 |
| New York | $72,000 |
| Illinois | $50,000 |
| District of Columbia | $5,000 |
| California | $2,000 |
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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.