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Walter C Dissen Charitable Trust: 15 grants to organizations, $1.3 million (tax year ended December 2024)

Walter C Dissen Charitable Trust, a private foundation in Lake Forest, IL, paid 15 grants to organizations totaling $1,288,055 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on August 1, 2025. The largest was $484,000 to Luther Classical College in Casper, WY for capital projects, faculty endowed chairs, faculty grant.

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EIN
936916129
Based in
Lake Forest, IL
Assets
$26,532,433
Grants paid
$1,288,055
Tax year ended
December 2024

Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024

From the Form 990-PF filed August 1, 2025, IRS object ID 202532139349100608. It reported $1,288,055 in grants paid; 15 grants to organizations are listed.

RecipientLocationPurposeCauseAmountSource
Luther Classical CollegeCasper, WYCapital projects, faculty endowed chairs, faculty grantEducation$484,000apps.irs.gov
Concordia Theological SeminaryFort Wayne, INCapital projects, faculty endowed chairs$400,000apps.irs.gov
Concordia University ChicagoRiver Forest, ILCapital projects, operating grantEducation$125,000apps.irs.gov
Concordia University WisconsinMequon, WICapital projects$100,000apps.irs.gov
Lutheran Concerns AssociationNew Kensington, PAUnrestricted grant$62,710apps.irs.gov
Association of Confessing Evangelical Lutheran CongregationsIdaho Falls, IDUnrestricted grantReligion-related$31,250apps.irs.gov
Concordia Historical InstituteSt Louis, MOOperating grant$31,250apps.irs.gov
Our Savior Lutheran ChurchCheyenne, WYOperating grant$12,301apps.irs.gov
Trinity Lutheran ChurchNew Haven, MOOperating grant$11,000apps.irs.gov
Immanuel Lutheran ChurchSheridan, WYOperating grant$8,948apps.irs.gov
St Andrews Lutheran Church and Campus CenterLaramie, WYOperating grant$7,198apps.irs.gov
South Asia Lutheran MissionOakmont, PAUnrestricted grantReligion-related$7,000apps.irs.gov
Trinity Lutheran ChurchGilette, WYOperating grantoperating grant$5,598apps.irs.gov
University Lutheran ChurchChampaign, ILUnrestricted grant$1,750apps.irs.gov
Concordia SeminarySt Louis, MOOperating grant$50apps.irs.gov

Causes funded

From grants whose recipient has a cause.

CauseGranted
Education$609,000
Religion-related$38,250

States funded

Recipient stateGranted
Wyoming$518,045
Indiana$400,000
Illinois$126,750
Wisconsin$100,000
Pennsylvania$69,710
Missouri$42,300
Idaho$31,250

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Updated August 1, 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.