Univ of Illinois Urbana
CHAMPAIGN, IL
$536.9KTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Education
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Ernest Wentcher Educational Fund Grants
Private foundation · EIN 36-4170236 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Chris Broughton
- Phone
- (312) 722-6949
- Deadlines
- Spring of each year
- Application materials
- Occ post graduate program - fafsa eligible, an application, occ transcript, teacher recommendations and an essay are required. Chicago public schools - fafsa eligible, an application, high school transcript, teacher and counselor recommendations, an essay and a student aid report are required.
- Restrictions
- Successful oakton community college wentcher scholar graduates, fafsa-eligible students. Chicago public schools seniors, fasfa-eligible
Original filing text
- Contact
- CHRIS BROUGHTON
- Address
- 233 S WACKER DRIVE SUITE 4400 CHICAGO, IL, 60606
- Phone
- 3127226949
- CHRIS@WENTCHERFOUNDATION.ORG
- Deadlines
- SPRING OF EACH YEAR
- Application materials
- OCC POST GRADUATE PROGRAM - FAFSA ELIGIBLE, AN APPLICATION, OCC TRANSCRIPT, TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS AND AN ESSAY ARE REQUIRED. CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS - FAFSA ELIGIBLE, AN APPLICATION, HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT, TEACHER AND COUNSELOR RECOMMENDATIONS, AN ESSAY AND A STUDENT AID REPORT ARE REQUIRED.
- Restrictions
- SUCCESSFUL OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE WENTCHER SCHOLAR GRADUATES, FAFSA-ELIGIBLE STUDENTS. CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS SENIORS, FASFA-ELIGIBLE
Reported organization name: ERNEST WENTCHER EDUCATIONAL FUND
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 96 | $3M |
| 2023 | 108 | $3.2M |
Where Ernest Wentcher Educational Fund 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.
Univ of Illinois Urbana
CHAMPAIGN, IL
$473.7KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Education
University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR, MI
$319.6KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Education
University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR, MI
$279.9KTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Education
Univ of Illinois Chicago
CHICAGO, IL
$234.6KTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Education
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Figures are aggregated from Ernest Wentcher Educational Fund's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). 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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