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Stack Family Foundation

Accepts applications Chicago, Illinois · EIN 364349733

Stack Family Foundation is a private foundation in Chicago, Illinois. In tax year 2025 it gave $100,000 in 8 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $20,000. 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 $101,000 the year before.

63% 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$105,0007$1.0 million
2024$101,0006$1.1 million
2025$100,0008$1.1 million

How to apply

ContactMary Stanton Corrigan
21 W Lakefront Drive, Beverly Shore, IN 45301
Phone or email(312) 882-2614
RestrictionsPublic charities engaged in catholic religious, charitable and educational fields.

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 2 states, the most to Illinois.

StateGrantsAmount
Illinois7$90,000
Indiana1$10,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 8 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Gigi's Playhouse
Chicago, IL
General Support$20,000
BUILD Inc
Chicago, IL
General Support$20,000
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls
Chicago, IL
General Support$10,000
Special Olympics Illinois
Normal, IL
General Support$10,000
Little Sisters of the Poor
Chicago, IL
General Support$10,000
Reins of Life
Michigan City, IN
General Support$10,000
Catherine's Caring Cause
Chicago, IL
General Support$10,000
Chicago Jesuit Academy
Chicago, IL
General Support$10,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Stack Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Stack Family Foundation give?

$100,000 in tax year 2025, across 8 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs Stack Family Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Mary Stanton Corrigan (President/Treasurer/Director), Edward J McGillen (Vice President/Secretary/Director) and Kevin P Corrigan (Director).

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