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Grants paid by Ernest Wentcher Educational Fund, tax year 2021
EIN 36-4170236 · Chicago, IL · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T22
In tax year 2021, Ernest Wentcher Educational Fund (EIN 36-4170236) reported 112 grants paid totaling $2,652,283. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2021
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | College Scholarships Wilmette, IL | U | $2,603,983 | approved, future | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | University of Illinois Champaign, IL | C | $576,678 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | University of Illinois Chicago, IL | U | $258,394 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | U | $87,884 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL | U | $83,810 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | B | $74,937 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | University of Wisconsin Madison, WI | U | $74,330 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Loyola University Chicago, IL | D | $70,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Oakton Community College Des Plaines, IL | D | $67,961 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | U | $65,330 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Depaul University Chicago, IL | B | $61,750 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | U | $43,462 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | U | $35,251 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Emory University Atlanta, GA | U | $33,452 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | University of Notre Dame South Bend, IN | B | $31,850 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | U | $30,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Illinois State University Normal, IL | U | $30,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL | U | $30,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | St Olaf College Northfield, MN | U | $30,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | New York University New York, NY | B | $29,931 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | C | $25,023 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Georgetown University Washington DC, DC | B | $20,189 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Bradley University Peoria, IL | U | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | North Park University Chicago, IL | U | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Marquette University Milwaukee, WI | U | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Occidental College Los Angeles, CA | U | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | George Washington University Auburn, VA | B | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Washington University St Louis, MO | B | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | University of Missouri Columbia, MO | B | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Dominican University River Forest, IL | U | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Xavier University of la New Orleans, LA | C | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Depauw University Greencastle, IN | U | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Knox College Galesburg, IL | U | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Howard University Washington, DC | U | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Middlebury College Middlebury, VT | B | $17,780 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Spelman College Atlanta, GA | U | $16,500 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Columbia University New York, NY | B | $16,240 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Tufts University Medford, MA | C | $15,500 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | C | $13,452 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL | B | $12,926 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | B | $10,800 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Hampton University Hampton, VA | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Columbia College Chicago, IL | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | University of Texas Arlington Arlington, TX | D | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Villanova University Villanova, PA | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Trinity College Hartford, CT | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Agnes Scott College Decatur, GA | C | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Baylor University Waco, TX | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Ball State University Muncie, IN | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Morehouse College Atlanta, GA | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, MI | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Carleton College Northfield, MN | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Augustana College Rock Island, IL | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | St Edwards University Austin, TX | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Wake Forest University Winstonsalem, NC | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Fordham University Bronx, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Denison College Granville, OH | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Lake Forest College Lake Forest, IL | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Bard College Hudson, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | University of Dayton Dayton, OH | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Murray State University Murray, KY | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Florida A&m University Tallahassee, FL | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Kenyon College Gambier, OH | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Luther College Decorah, IA | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Colorado State University Ft Collins, CO | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | University of Wisconsin- Steven's Point Stevens Point, WI | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Lawrence University Appleton, WI | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Fisk University Nashville, TN | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Emerson College Boston, MA | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Morgan State University Baltimore, MD | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Connecticut College New London, CT | U | $9,600 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Smith College Northampton, MA | B | $9,460 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI | U | $9,231 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | North Carolina A&t State University Greensboro, NC | B | $9,215 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster, PA | B | $8,969 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Macalester College St Paul, MN | U | $8,850 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME | B | $8,600 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL | C | $8,595 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Albion College Albion, MI | U | $8,425 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Boston College Chesnet Hill, MA | U | $8,367 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Bob Jones University Greenville, SC | U | $7,650 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Oberlin College Oberlin, OH | B | $7,400 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Duke University Durham, NC | B | $7,200 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Bates College Lewiston, ME | B | $6,900 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | C | $6,800 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | U | $5,082 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Maryland Institute College Baltimore, MD | C | $5,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Boston University Boston, MA | U | $4,919 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Brown University Providence, RI | U | $4,425 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA | B | $4,366 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Yale University New Haven, CT | U | $3,950 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Pomona College Claremont, CA | B | $2,877 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA | B | $2,100 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Harold Washington College Chicago, IL | U | $1,022 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | The Terry Foundation Houston, TX | B | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Teach for America San Francisco, CA | U | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | U | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Brent House Chicago, IL | U | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Northfield Food Pantry Glenview, IL | U | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Jane Addams Resource Corporation Chicago, IL | B | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | University of Nebraska Foundation Lincoln, NE | B | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | The Sarah Siddons Society Chicago, IL | B | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Connecticut College New London, CT | U | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
| 2021 | Colgate University Hamilton, NY | B | $850 | paid | EDUCATION | 202240479349100014 |
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Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. All years for this funder.
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