MAKO FOUNDATION

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2024 · Form 990PF · revenue $1.4M · expenses $460K · assets $4.8M

EIN
30-0286945
Address
225 W WACKER DR STE 2150, CHICAGO, IL 60606-1254
NTEE code
T20
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
November 2005 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (private foundation) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Private non-operating foundation
Cross-check
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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 5 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

5 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Michael C Mcquinn VICE PRESIDENT2020-2024 1 $0 reported 4
Lauren K Macdonald TREASURER2020-2024 1 $0 reported 8
Nancy Meyer DIRECTOR2020-2024 1 $0 reported 4
Thomas W Meyer PRESIDENT / DIRECTOR2020-2024 1 $0 reported 2
Julie Stevenson SECRETARY / DIRECTOR2020-2024 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THOMAS W MEYER PRESIDENT / DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
JULIE STEVENSON SECRETARY / DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
NANCY MEYER DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $04
MICHAEL C MCQUINN VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $04
LAUREN K MACDONALD TREASURER1 $0-$0 $08
2023 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THOMAS W MEYER PRESIDENT / DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
JULIE STEVENSON SECRETARY / DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
NANCY MEYER DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $04
MICHAEL C MCQUINN VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $04
LAUREN K MACDONALD TREASURER1 $0-$0 $08
2022 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THOMAS W MEYER PRESIDENT / DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
JULIE STEVENSON SECRETARY / DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
NANCY MEYER DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $04
MICHAEL C MCQUINN VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $04
LAUREN K MACDONALD TREASURER1 $0-$0 $08
2021 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THOMAS W MEYER PRESIDENT / DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
JULIE STEVENSON SECRETARY / DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
NANCY MEYER DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $04
MICHAEL C MCQUINN VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $04
LAUREN K MACDONALD TREASURER1 $0-$0 $08
2020 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THOMAS W MEYER PRESIDENT / DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
JULIE STEVENSON SECRETARY / DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
NANCY MEYER DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $04
MICHAEL C MCQUINN VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $04
LAUREN K MACDONALD TREASURER1 $0-$0 $08

Highest-paid independent contractors

2024 · 1 contractor · $55K
NameLocationServicePaid
WILLIAM HARRIS INVESTORS INCCHICAGO, ILACCOUNTING/TAX/ANCILLARY SERVICES$54,932

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2024 · 58 grants to organizations · $384K · 1 returned · -$500
2023 · 44 grants to organizations · $318K
2022 · 50 grants to organizations · $435K
2021 · 54 grants to organizations · $439K
2020 · 47 grants to organizations · $400K

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributors listed on Schedule B of the Form 990-PF: name, city and state as filed (street addresses are not shown), with total and noncash contributions for the year. A link to an organization's page is tagged Fuzzy with its name-similarity score (0 to 1) when it rests on name and state; Schedule B lists no EIN, so no link here is an exact identifier match.

2024 · 1 contributor · $1.0M
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 THE IRVING HARRIS FOUNDATION Fuzzy 1.00 Organization or other CHICAGO, IL $1,000,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2024 · filing

Contributors listed here are as reported on the filing. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990PF period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,368,813$460,060 $4,794,233$4,780,343 $1,000,000- $0--
2023 · Form 990PF period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$257,871$408,524 $3,880,596$3,867,753 -- $0--
2022 · Form 990PF period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$340,565$531,645 $4,030,719$4,018,349 -- $0--
2021 · Form 990PF period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$607,401$542,900 $4,219,294$4,205,701 -- $0--
2020 · Form 990PF period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$146,403$505,490 $4,163,225$4,141,257 -- $0--

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $1,000,000 in all, tax years 2024 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
THE IRVING HARRIS FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “MAKO FOUNDATION” 2024 1$1,000,000 2024$1,000,000
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FORGOOD INC DAF sponsor$99,1615 12012–2016 FARAJA FUND FOUNDATION
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990PF · $460,060 spent · pay $0 · grants $383,600 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $383,600 83.4%
Fees: other professional $55,979 12.2%
Other expenses $12,558 2.7%
Taxes $7,923 1.7%
Total$460,060100%

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2023 · Form 990PF · $408,524 spent · pay $0 · grants $317,726 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $317,726 77.8%
Fees: other professional $51,032 12.5%
Other expenses $15,601 3.8%
Taxes $12,658 3.1%
Fees: accounting $11,507 2.8%
Total$408,524100%

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2022 · Form 990PF · $531,645 spent · pay $0 · grants $434,600 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $434,600 81.7%
Fees: other professional $49,103 9.2%
Other expenses $27,432 5.2%
Fees: accounting $10,959 2.1%
Taxes $9,551 1.8%
Total$531,645100%

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2021 · Form 990PF · $542,900 spent · pay $0 · grants $438,600 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $438,600 80.8%
Fees: other professional $51,480 9.5%
Other expenses $41,310 7.6%
Fees: accounting $10,437 1.9%
Taxes $1,073 0.2%
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2020 · Form 990PF · $505,490 spent · pay $0 · grants $400,500 · events $0
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Contributions, gifts, grants paid $400,500 79.2%
Fees: other professional $54,270 10.7%
Other expenses $39,347 7.8%
Fees: accounting $10,084 2.0%
Taxes $1,289 0.3%
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