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The Ephraim Family Foundation: 9 grants to organizations, $1.4 million (tax year ended December 2025)

The Ephraim Family Foundation, a private foundation in Chicago, IL, paid 9 grants to organizations totaling $1,361,000 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on August 31, 2026. The largest was $1,208,000 to Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, IL for charitable purposes.

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EIN
810906967
Based in
Chicago, IL
Assets
$3,487,187
Grants paid
$1,361,000
Tax year ended
December 2025

Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025

From the Form 990-PF filed August 31, 2026, IRS object ID 202642439349101214. It reported $1,361,000 in grants paid; 9 grants to organizations are listed.

RecipientLocationPurposeCauseAmountSource
Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, ILCharitable purposesEducation$1,208,000apps.irs.gov
World Bicycle ReliefChicago, ILCharitable purposes$114,000apps.irs.gov
Mission El FaroCreston, IACharitable purposes$11,000apps.irs.gov
Free Wheelchair MissionIrvine, CACharitable purposesHealth care$10,000apps.irs.gov
The People's Music SchoolChicago, ILCharitable purposes$10,000apps.irs.gov
New Life CentersChicago, ILCharitable purposes$6,000apps.irs.gov
Challenged Athletes FoundationSan Diego, CACharitable purposes$1,000apps.irs.gov
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro ChicagoChicago, ILCharitable purposes$500apps.irs.gov
Boys and Girls Club of ChicagoChicago, ILCharitable purposes$500apps.irs.gov

Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024

From the Form 990-PF filed September 8, 2025, IRS object ID 202522519349101217. It reported $271,000 in grants paid; 6 grants to organizations are listed.

RecipientLocationPurposeCauseAmountSource
Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, ILCharitable purposesEducation$115,000apps.irs.gov
World Bicycle ReliefChicago, ILCharitable purposes$100,000apps.irs.gov
Collings Foundation IncHudson, MACharitable purposes$35,000apps.irs.gov
Mission El FaroCreston, IACharitable purposes$10,000apps.irs.gov
The People's Music SchoolChicago, ILCharitable purposes$10,000apps.irs.gov
Crushers ClubChicago, ILCharitable purposes$1,000apps.irs.gov

Causes funded

From grants whose recipient has a cause.

CauseGranted
Education$1,323,000
Health care$10,000

States funded

Recipient stateGranted
Illinois$1,565,000
Massachusetts$35,000
Iowa$21,000
California$11,000

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Updated August 31, 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.