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Edwin E Perkins Foundation

Accepts applications Chicago, Illinois · EIN 366090223

Edwin E Perkins Foundation is a private foundation in Chicago, Illinois. In tax year 2025 it gave $201,000 in 11 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $90,000. 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 $190,000 the year before.

46% 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$175,0009$4.5 million
2024$190,0009$5.0 million
2025$201,00011$5.6 million

How to apply

ContactJP Morgan Chase Bank N A
10 S Dearborn IL1-0111, Chicago, IL 60603
Phone or email(800) 496-2583
What to submitwww.jpmorgan.com/onlinegrants
RestrictionsIrc section 501 c 3 orgnizations

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Idaho.

StateGrantsAmount
Idaho9$171,000
Maine1$25,000
California1$5,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 11 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
YMCA of Boise City Idaho
Boise, ID
General$90,000
Maji Development Coalition
Portland, ME
General$25,000
Boise Sunrise Foundation Inc
Boise, ID
General$20,000
One Stone Inc
Boise, ID
General$20,000
City of Good
Boise, ID
General$10,000
Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue Unit
Boise, ID
General$10,000
The Jesse Tree of Idaho
Boise, ID
General$10,000
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center Inc
Boise, ID
General$5,000
Project Amigo
Novato, CA
General$5,000
Jannus Inc
Boise, ID
General$5,000
Idaho Shakespeare Festival Inc
Boise, ID
General$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Edwin E Perkins Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Edwin E Perkins Foundation give?

$201,000 in tax year 2025, across 11 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs Edwin E Perkins Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists JP Morgan Chase Bank NA (Co-Trustee), Thomas J O'Neil (Co-Trustee) and Catherine S Williford (Co-Trustee).

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