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Mutual Service Foundation

Accepts applications Chicago, Illinois · EIN 356047127

Mutual Service Foundation is a private foundation in Chicago, Illinois. In tax year 2025 it gave $17,980 in 7 grants; the typical grant was $2,000 and the largest $6,000. 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 $16,388 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$16,9295$363,020
2024$16,3886$390,386
2025$17,9807$424,564

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 submitA written letter requesting funds and the reason /circumstances for the request. Also include a letter of recommendation for the applicant.
RestrictionsMust be a woman from marion county, Indiana

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Mutual Service Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Indiana.

StateGrantsAmount
Indiana7$17,980

Grants paid in 2025

All 7 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Lucy Richardson Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Scholarship$6,000
Kennedy Voorhies Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, IN
Scholarship$5,000
Individual
IN
Scholarship$2,000
Individual
IN
Scholarship$2,000
Individual
IN
Scholarship$2,000
Individual
IN
Scholarship$500
Omodolaniwaye Ayininuola Indiana Wesleyan University
Marion, IN
Scholarship$480

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Mutual Service Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Mutual Service Foundation give?

$17,980 in tax year 2025, across 7 grants, with a typical grant of $2,000.

Who runs Mutual Service Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists JP Morgan Chase Bank NA (Trustee).

What does Mutual Service Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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