Townsend Family Foundation Ltd
EIN 36-4199459 · 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: 29 grants · $246.3k
Who it funds most
12 of its 14 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Townsend Family Foundation Ltd's own IRS 990-PF returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 14 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 2023, filing 202420669349100322
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
A year with no bar has no grants on file yet: its returns may not be loaded. It is not a year without giving.
Its returns7 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | IRS 990-PF | 202621189349100232 | IRS batch file |
| 2024 | IRS 990-PF | 202521299349102102 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS 990-PF | 202420669349100322 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS 990-PF | 202301259349100415 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS 990-PF | 202241229349101434 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS 990-PF | 202111159349100151 | IRS batch file |
| 2018 | IRS 990-PF | 201920639349100207 | 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
Townsend Family Foundation Ltd made 79 grants across 2018–2025, totalling $1.6m as filed.
- Grants
- 79
- Total, as filed
- $1.6m
- Years
- 2018–2025
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO | 8 | $671.8k |
| THE JOFFREY BALLET | 8 | $206.8k |
| JAZZ ASPEN SNOWMASS | 6 | $196.5k |
| CATO INSTITUTE | 7 | $195.2k |
| INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE | 7 | $175.0k |
| THE SEAQUIST HOUSE FOUNDATION | 2 | $35.0k |
| University of Chicago - Court Theatre Fund | 4 | $22.2k |
| Bella Mente Quantum Racing Association | 1 | $12.5k |
| The University of Chicago - Forefront Fund | 1 | $10.0k |
| CHICAGO YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION | 3 | $7.7k |
| JUDD GOLDMAN ADAPTIVE SAILING FOUNDATION | 3 | $4.0k |
| NYYC FOUNDATION | 4 | $4.0k |
| US SAILING FOUNDATION | 2 | $2.5k |
| UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO COMER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SERVICE | 5 | $2.5k |
| Aspen Art Museum | 1 | $2.5k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 14 | $181.8k |
| 2020 | 15 | $225.2k |
| 2021 | 15 | $304.3k |
| 2022 | 12 | $87.3k |
| 2023 | 7 | $216.1k |
| 2024 | 10 | $283.5k |
| 2025 | 6 | $264.2k |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-364199459. 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