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Grants paid by Ernest Wentcher Educational Fund, tax year 2025
EIN 36-4170236 · Chicago, IL · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T22
In tax year 2025, Ernest Wentcher Educational Fund (EIN 36-4170236) reported 96 grants paid totaling $2,967,198. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2025
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Univ of Illinois Urbana Champaign, IL | U | $473,652 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | U | $319,566 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Depaul Univ Chicago, IL | B | $170,273 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Univ of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL | D | $153,465 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Howard University Washington, DC | U | $121,356 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Univ of Wisconsin Madison, WI | U | $101,325 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Loyola University Chicago, IL | D | $97,500 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Univ of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | U | $97,483 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | B | $87,927 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Cornell Univ Ithaca, NY | U | $84,500 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Iit Chicago, IL | B | $65,407 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Dominican Univ River Forest, IL | U | $49,772 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Middlebury College Middlebury, VT | B | $46,356 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Spelman College Atlanta, GA | U | $40,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Univ of Chicago Chicago, IL | U | $32,247 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Illinois State University Normal, IL | U | $31,341 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Northeastern University Boston, MA | U | $30,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Pomona College Claremont, CA | B | $30,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Morehouse College Atlanta, GA | U | $30,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Lewis University Romeoville, IL | U | $28,588 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Oakton Comm College Des Plaines, IL | U | $26,250 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | George Washington University Ashburn, VA | B | $25,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Washington University St Louis, MO | B | $23,462 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Emory Univ Atlanta, GA | U | $20,812 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | New York University New York, NY | B | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | University of Miami Arlington, TX | U | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | American University Washington, DC | U | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Bradley University Peoria, IL | U | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Illinois Wesleyan University Blommington, IL | U | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Depauw University Greencastle, IN | U | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA | U | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Columbia Univ New York, NY | B | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Marquette University Milwaukee, WI | B | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | School of the Art Institute of Chic Chicago, IL | U | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Univ of Missouri Columbia, MO | B | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Boston University Boston, MA | U | $17,764 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Columbia College Chicago, IL | U | $17,688 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Duke University Durham, NC | B | $16,283 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | U | $15,888 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Connecticut College New London, CT | U | $15,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Univ of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | B | $11,400 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | C | $11,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Knox College Galesburg, IL | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | North Carolina A&t State University Greensboro, NC | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Emerson College Boston, MA | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Hampton University Hampton, VA | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | University of Wisconsin Whitewater Whitewater, WI | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Elmhurst University Elmhurst, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Florida Memorial Univ Miami Gardens, FL | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Kenyon College Gambier, OH | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Florida State Univ Tallahassee, FL | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Univ of Minnesota - Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Xavier Univ of la New Orleans, LA | C | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Saint Louis University St Louis, MO | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Oberlin College Oberlin, OH | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | University of Massachusetts Amhurst Amhurst, MA | C | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Ohio Northern Univ Ada, OH | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Barnard College New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Ohio University Athens, OH | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Augustana College Rock Island, IL | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | University of California Berkley Berkeley, CA | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Universit Daytona Beach, FL | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Cal Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | University of Iowa Iowa City, IA | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | St Olaf College Northfield, MN | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Tuskegee University Tuskegee, AL | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Quincy University Quincy, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Wheaton College Wheaton, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Case Western University Cleveland, OH | D | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Soka University Aliso Viejo, CA | U | $9,952 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Unversity of Tampa Tampa, FL | U | $9,577 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | So Illinois Univ Edwardsville, IL | U | $8,743 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | C | $8,169 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Purdue University W Lafayette, IN | B | $7,971 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | MIT Cambridge, MA | U | $7,730 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | North Park University Chicago, IL | U | $7,530 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Truman State University Kirksville, MO | U | $6,680 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Saint Xavier University Chicago, IL | U | $6,161 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | U | $6,135 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Brown Univ Providence, RI | U | $5,850 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO | B | $5,125 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Lake Forest College Lake Forest, IL | U | $5,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Oregon State University Corvallis, OR | B | $5,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Trinity College Hartford, CT | U | $4,699 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Governers State University University Park, IL | D | $4,579 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | C | $4,500 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | So Illinois Univ Carbondale, IL | U | $4,462 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Wesleyan University Middletown, CT | B | $3,950 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Yale University New Haven, CT | U | $3,700 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
| 2025 | Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL | C | $380 | paid | EDUCATION | 202620359349100612 |
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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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