Walter S Mander Foundation
EIN 36-3961599 · files IRS 990-PF
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 138 grants · $1.4m
Who it funds most
25 of its 43 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Walter S Mander Foundation's own IRS 990-PF returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990PF Part VIII, tax year 2024, filing 202522699349100807
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
Its returns5 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS 990-PF | 202522699349100807 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS 990-PF | 202423099349100782 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS 990-PF | 202303529349100450 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS 990-PF | 202341159349100234 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS 990-PF | 202321429349100317 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Walter S Mander Foundation made 245 grants across 2020–2024, totalling $2.6m as filed.
- Grants
- 245
- Total, as filed
- $2.6m
- Years
- 2020–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| FOREFRONT | 5 | $477.2k |
| NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION | 5 | $250.0k |
| UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL | 5 | $250.0k |
| GARFIELD PARK COMMUNITY COUNCIL | 5 | $82.5k |
| GROWING HOME | 5 | $82.0k |
| STAR FARM CHICAGO | 5 | $78.3k |
| ADVOCATES FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE | 4 | $77.5k |
| JEWISH UNITED FUND | 5 | $75.0k |
| CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN | 4 | $70.0k |
| OAK PARK TEMPLE | 5 | $65.0k |
| OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS | 4 | $60.0k |
| THE SELFHELP HOME INC | 5 | $60.0k |
| BABSON COLLEGE | 4 | $40.0k |
| TEMPLE BETH SHALOM | 5 | $39.7k |
| ALLIES FOR COMMUNITY BUSINESS | 4 | $37.5k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 50 | $548.3k |
| 2021 | 49 | $470.3k |
| 2022 | 44 | $540.7k |
| 2023 | 45 | $540.8k |
| 2024 | 57 | $536.4k |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-363961599. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified