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Dinges Memorial Fund

Accepts applications Rockford, Illinois · EIN 776240518

Dinges Memorial Fund is a private foundation in Rockford, Illinois. In tax year 2024 it gave $5,000 in 2 grants; the typical grant was $2,500 and the largest $2,500. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $5,200 the year before.

0% of its 2024 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$5,2002$82,862
2024$5,0002$82,588

How to apply

ContactDonald Dinges
PO Box 20, Sublette, IL 61367
Phone or email(815) 849-5242
What to submitWritten application
DeadlinesJuly 22
RestrictionsLoans to worthy students pursuing higher education, first consideration given to students who are members of our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Sublette, IL or Holy Cross Parish Mendota, IL.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Dinges Memorial Fund funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Illinois.

StateGrantsAmount
Illinois2$5,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 2 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Monmouth College
Monmouth, IL
Tuition$2,500
Parkland College
Champaign, IL
Tuition$2,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Dinges Memorial Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: July 22.

How much does Dinges Memorial Fund give?

$5,000 in tax year 2024, across 2 grants, with a typical grant of $2,500.

Who runs Dinges Memorial Fund?

Its 2024 filing lists Midland States Bank (Corporate Trustee).

What does Dinges Memorial Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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