The Christopher Family Foundation
EIN 36-7092282 · 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: 88 grants · $2.9m
Who it funds most
85 of its 133 grantees were funded in more than one year.
The Christopher Family 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 202502409349101005
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 | 202502409349101005 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS 990-PF | 202423029349101007 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS 990-PF | 202321329349103652 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS 990-PF | 202221339349100822 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS 990-PF | 202141329349101504 | 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
The Christopher Family Foundation made 489 grants across 2020–2024, totalling $18.9m as filed.
- Grants
- 489
- Total, as filed
- $18.9m
- Years
- 2020–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| WALTHER LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC | 10 | $1.1m |
| FOREFRONT | 5 | $986.9k |
| CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | 10 | $935.0k |
| NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK | 6 | $625.1k |
| TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS | 2 | $545.0k |
| MEALS ON WHEELS OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INC | 6 | $432.5k |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CHICAGO INC | 9 | $430.0k |
| GARFIELD PARK COMMUNITY COUNCIL | 4 | $400.0k |
| CHICAGOLAND LUTHERAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION | 6 | $385.0k |
| CARA PROGRAM | 5 | $370.0k |
| LUTHERAN MUSIC PROGRAM | 6 | $355.0k |
| MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY | 5 | $350.0k |
| MRELIEF | 6 | $345.1k |
| GRACE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF RIVER FOREST | 14 | $331.0k |
| FEEDING AMERICA | 4 | $325.0k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 90 | $3.1m |
| 2021 | 111 | $3.1m |
| 2022 | 109 | $4.3m |
| 2023 | 98 | $3.9m |
| 2024 | 81 | $4.5m |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-367092282. 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