The University of Chicago
CHICAGO, IL
$4.3MTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Quantum center
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Dorothea Berggren Charitable Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 20-0266874 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
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This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: DOROTHEA BERGGREN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | $4.4M |
| 2024 | 5 | $332.2K |
Where Dorothea Berggren Charitable Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Mayo Clinic
ROCHESTER, MN
$254.6KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Medical scholarship
Mayo Clinic
ROCHESTER, MN
$97KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Medical scholarship
Mayo Clinic
ROCHESTER, MN
$50KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Ent community outreach
Arizona State University
TEMPE, AZ
$15KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Medical scholarship
Showing 5 of the 9 largest grants (9 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Dorothea Berggren Charitable Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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