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The Cheek Family Foundation

Accepts applications Chicago, Illinois · EIN 136930808

The Cheek Family Foundation is a private foundation in Chicago, Illinois. In tax year 2025 it gave $65,200 in 8 grants; the typical grant was $7,500 and the largest $21,750. 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 $65,500 the year before.

38% of its 2025 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
2023$65,00014$1.9 million
2024$65,50011$2.0 million
2025$65,2008$2.3 million

How to apply

ContactCheek Family Co Jpmorgan Chase Ban
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 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Cheek Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts2$23,450
Virginia4$21,750
New York2$20,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 8 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Boston Athenaeum
Boston, MA
General$21,750
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
New York, NY
General$10,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundatio
New York, NY
General$10,000
Piedmont Environmental Co
Warrenton, VA
General$10,000
Southern Environmental Law Center
Charlottesville, VA
General$5,000
Citizens for Fauquier County
Warrendon, VA
General$5,000
The Clifton Institute Inc
Warrenton, VA
General$1,750
Food for Free
Somerville, MA
General$1,700

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Cheek Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Cheek Family Foundation give?

$65,200 in tax year 2025, across 8 grants, with a typical grant of $7,500.

Who runs The Cheek Family Foundation?

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

What does The Cheek Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly environment and conservation.

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