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Private foundation (trust)EIN 851394134Est. 2022-07

MEB Charitable Foundation

Chicago, IL 60611

Total Assets

$6.2M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$261K

FY 2024

Grants Made

37

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$7K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$50K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Corporate Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$208K

Total Expenses

$282K

Qualifying Distributions

$265K

Distributable Amount

$300K

Min. Investment Return

$303K

Undistributed Income

$291K

Payout rate 88%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.88%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

37 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $5K to maximum $50K, 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

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $274K in 2022. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

151 grants

GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY
$210K
4 grants
JEWISH UNITED FUND
$71K
4 grants
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
$40K
3 grants
LOU AND JEAN MALNATI BRAIN TUMOR INSTITUTE
$40K
4 grants
THE THEATRE LAB
$40K
4 grants
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ILLINOIS
$31K
4 grants
CAMP FOR ALL KIDS
$30K
4 grants
PAWS CHICAGO
$26K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

151 grants

<$10K
137
grants
$10–50K
13
grants
$50–250K
1
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

18 states

Illinois
$614K
67% of total
District of Columbia
$104K
11% of total
Missouri
$30K
3% of total
Hawaii
$25K
3% of total
Ohio
$20K
2% of total
Maryland
$18K
2% of total
California
$17K
2% of total
Minnesota
$15K
2% of total
Oregon
$15K
2% of total
New York
$15K
2% of total

+8 more states

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