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Boeing Company Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Chicago, Illinois · EIN 916056738

Boeing Company Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Chicago, Illinois. In tax year 2025 it gave $5.1 million in 12 grants; the typical grant was $100,000 and the largest $3.1 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $4.4 million the year before.

100% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$3.2 million8$98.2 million
2024$4.4 million15$104 million
2025$5.1 million12$116 million

How to apply

ContactBridget Sweeney - the Boeing Compan
100 N Riverside Plaza MC-5002-8450, Chicago, IL 60606
Phone or email(312) 544-2071
What to submitGO TO www.boeing.com/companyoffices/aboutus/community/guidelines.htm FOR CURRENT GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
DeadlinesGo to referenced web site above
RestrictionsLimited to education, human services, arts and culture, civic and environmental initiatives in areas where boeing employees live or work

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Boeing Company Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 7 states, the most to California.

StateGrantsAmount
California4$3.7 million
Kentucky1$700,000
Washington1$250,000
Missouri2$200,000
Texas2$200,000
District of Columbia1$30,000
Kansas1$15,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 12 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
California Science Center Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
Endeavour lacampaign$3.1 million
American Red Cross Kentucky Region
Louisville, KY
Disaster relief for$700,000
California Community Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
Ca wildfire relief efforts$300,000
Community Foundation of Snohomish County
Everett, WA
Flood reliefe in puget$250,000
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
Vernon, CA
Ca wildfire relief efforts$200,000
Los Angeles Fire Departament Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
Ca wildfire relief efforts$100,000
The Salvation Army - Midland Division
St Louis, MO
Missouri tornado relief$100,000
Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis Inc
St Louis, MO
Tornado disaster relief$100,000
The Salvation Army Metropolitan Area
Kerrville, TX
Kerr county flood relief$100,000
Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country
Kerrville, TX
Kerr county flood relief$100,000
Greater Washington Community Fdn
Washington, DC
Aa5342 and army black$30,000
Wichita Foundation
Wichita, KS
Aa5342 and army black$15,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Boeing Company Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Go to referenced web site above.

How much does Boeing Company Charitable Trust give?

$5.1 million in tax year 2025, across 12 grants, with a typical grant of $100,000.

Who runs Boeing Company Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Northern Trust Company (Trustee).

What does Boeing Company Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly human services and community development.

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