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Stig P Orum Memorial Foundation Inc

Accepts applications St Charles, Illinois · EIN 363727759

Stig P Orum Memorial Foundation Inc is a private foundation in St Charles, Illinois. In tax year 2025 it gave $37,500 in 18 grants; the typical grant was $2,000 and the largest $3,000. 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 $34,000 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$32,50017$612,207
2024$34,00018$641,990
2025$37,50018$785,473

How to apply

ContactChrista Orum- Keller
PO Box 506, St Charles, IL 60174
Phone or email(847) 695-0028
What to submitThe foundation provides a preprinted scholarship/grant application form to applicants. The form requests the applicant's contact information, the purpose of the request for scholarship/grant money, and 3 references. If the applicant is requesting a scholarship, additional information must be included such as educational background, including grade point average, class rank, act/sat scores, future college plans, extracurricular school activities, work experience, volunteer work, leadership roles, and family financial information.
DeadlinesMarch 15th, annually
RestrictionsAwards are restricted to organizations or individuals in the fox river valley area surrounding st. Charles, Illinois.

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

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What Stig P Orum Memorial Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Illinois.

StateGrantsAmount
Illinois17$35,000
South Carolina1$2,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 18 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
IL
Scholarship$3,000
Individual
IL
Scholarship$3,000
Individual
IL
Scholarship$2,500
Individual
IL
Scholarship$2,500
Individual
IL
Scholarship$2,500
Individual
SC
Scholarship$2,500
Individual
IL
Scholarship$2,000
Individual
IL
Scholarship$2,000
Individual
IL
Scholarship$2,000
Individual
IL
Scholarship$2,000
Individual
IL
Scholarship$2,000
Dundee Township Rotary Club
Dundee, IL
General purpose grant$2,000
Three Fires Council
St Charles, IL
General purpose grant$2,000
Individual
IL
Scholarship$1,500
Individual
IL
Scholarship$1,500
Individual
IL
Scholarship$1,500
Individual
IL
Scholarship$1,500
Individual
IL
Scholarship$1,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Stig P Orum Memorial Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: March 15th, annually.

How much does Stig P Orum Memorial Foundation Inc give?

$37,500 in tax year 2025, across 18 grants, with a typical grant of $2,000.

Who runs Stig P Orum Memorial Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Christa Orum-Keller (President/Se) and Craig Keller (Vice Pres/Tr).

What does Stig P Orum Memorial Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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