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Myrtle E & Wm G Hess Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Chicago, Illinois · EIN 382617770

Myrtle E & Wm G Hess Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Chicago, Illinois. In tax year 2024 it gave $393,473 in 9 grants; the typical grant was $43,473 and the largest $100,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2024 was up from $97,100 the year before.

22% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$324,50011$7.9 million
2023$97,1007$9.9 million
2024$393,4739$10.8 million

How to apply

ContactJpmorgan Chase Bank NA
10 S Dearborn IL1-0111, Chicago, IL 60603
Phone or email(800) 496-2583
What to submitwww.jpmorgan.com/onlinegrants

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Myrtle E & Wm G Hess Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Michigan7$232,973
Indiana1$100,000
South Carolina1$60,500

Grants paid in 2024

All 9 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
St Patrick Parish
Walkerton, IN
General$100,000
Christ Medicus Foundation
Northville, MI
General$75,000
University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy
Detroit, MI
General$65,000
Opendoor Outreach Center
Rock Hill, SC
General$60,500
Mother and Unborn Baby Care Inc
Southfield, MI
General$43,473
Guest House Inc
Lake Orion, MI
General$20,000
Marian High School
Bloomfield Hills, MI
General$12,000
Mercy High School
Farmington Hills, MI
General$10,000
Society of St Vincent de Paul (SPC)
White Lake, MI
General$7,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Myrtle E & Wm G Hess Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Myrtle E & Wm G Hess Charitable Trust give?

$393,473 in tax year 2024, across 9 grants, with a typical grant of $43,473.

Who runs Myrtle E & Wm G Hess Charitable Trust?

Its 2024 filing lists JP Morgan Chase Bank NA (Trustee) and Thomas W Payne (Co-Trustee).

What does Myrtle E & Wm G Hess Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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