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Charlton Family Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Kankakee, Illinois · EIN 208679550

Charlton Family Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Kankakee, Illinois. In tax year 2025 it gave $41,667 in 2 grants; the typical grant was $20,834 and the largest $25,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was down from $71,167 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$56,0004$2.0 million
2024$71,1675$2.7 million
2025$41,6672$3.0 million

How to apply

ContactJeffrey Smith
1949 West Court Street, 1949 West Court Street, Kankakee, IL 60901
Phone or email(815) 933-7781, jeffsmith6402@gmail.com
What to submitWritten request in any form
RestrictionsTo qualifying 501(c)(3) organizations (not to specific persons or non-qualifying organizations)

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Charlton Family Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Illinois.

StateGrantsAmount
Illinois2$41,667

Grants paid in 2025

All 2 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Riverside Health Care Foundation
Kankakee, IL
Medical care payments grant$25,000
Kankakee Riverfront Society
Kankakee, IL
River front beautification$16,667

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Charlton Family Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Charlton Family Charitable Foundation give?

$41,667 in tax year 2025, across 2 grants, with a typical grant of $20,834.

Who runs Charlton Family Charitable Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Bruce W Payne (Trustee/Dcm), J Dennis Marek (DCM), R Jeffrey Smith (DCM) and Andy Maas (DCM) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does Charlton Family Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health and environment and conservation.

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