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Private foundation (trust)EIN 366125570Est. 1961-05

Esper A Petersen Foundation

Grayslake, IL 60030

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$16.2M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$741K

FY 2024

Grants Made

42

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$18K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$300–$178K

Typical

Deadlines

No specific deadlines

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$1.1M

Total Expenses

$1.2M

Qualifying Distributions

$741K

Distributable Amount

$780K

Min. Investment Return

$789K

Undistributed Income

$580K

Payout rate 95%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.95%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

42 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $300 through median $5K to maximum $178K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

6 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $751K in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

195 grants

Schwab Charitable
$664K
3 grants
VC Colab Foundation
$436K
6 grants
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
$370K
5 grants
Madison Project at Santa Monica Col
$235K
6 grants
Los Angeles Opera
$210K
6 grants
Ventura County Taxpayers Foundation
$200K
2 grants
Salvation Army
$182K
5 grants
Planned Parenthood
$167K
6 grants

Grant Size Distribution

195 grants

<$10K
128
grants
$10–50K
54
grants
$50–250K
12
grants
$250K–1M
1
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

7 states

California
$3.0M
78% of total
Florida
$674K
18% of total
Illinois
$106K
3% of total
Wisconsin
$30K
1% of total
District of Columbia
$13K
0% of total
Iowa
$6K
0% of total
New York
$1K
0% of total

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