WISEWAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
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2024 · Form 990PF · revenue $200K · expenses $100K · assets $59
- EIN
- 36-3924460
- Address
- 104 S MICHIGAN AVE STE 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60603-5907
- NTEE code
- T22Z
- Exempt type
- 501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (trust)
- Ruling date
- January 1995 (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
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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 1 person listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.
Officers and directors, no compensation reported
1 person 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.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Hrs/wk (latest) | Compensation | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald J Weiss | Director as Required | 2019-2024 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
People by year
2024 · 1 person listed · none paid
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald J Weiss | Director as Required | 1 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2023 · 1 person listed · none paid
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald J Weiss | Director as Required | 1 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2022 · 1 person listed · none paid
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald J Weiss | Director as Required | 1 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2021 · 1 person listed · none paid
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DONALD J WEISS | DIRECTOR AS REQUIRED | 1 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2020 · 1 person listed · none paid
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DONALD J WEISS | DIRECTOR AS REQUIRED | 1 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2019 · 1 person listed · none paid
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DONALD J WEISS | DIRECTOR AS REQUIRED | 1 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
Highest-paid independent contractors
No independent contractors reported.
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 · 2 grants to organizations · $100K
2023 · 5 grants to organizations · $215K
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 · $200K
| # | Contributor | Type | City, state | Total | Noncash | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donald J Weiss | Person | Chicago, IL | $200,115 | - | Form 990PF Sch. B, 2024 · filing |
2023 · 1 contributor · $115K
| # | Contributor | Type | City, state | Total | Noncash | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donald J Weiss | Person | Chicago, IL | $115,000 | - | Form 990PF Sch. B, 2023 · 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.
| Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net assets | Contributions | Program revenue | Officer pay | Employees | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · Form 990PF | ||||||||
| $200,118 | $100,166 | $59 | $59 | $200,115 | - | $0 | - | - |
| 2023 · Form 990PF | ||||||||
| $115,002 | $215,000 | $0 | -$99,893 | $115,000 | - | $0 | - | - |
| 2022 · Form 990PF | ||||||||
| $0 | $589 | $105 | $105 | - | - | $0 | - | - |
| 2021 · Form 990PF | ||||||||
| $1 | $23 | $694 | $694 | - | - | $0 | - | - |
| 2020 · Form 990PF | ||||||||
| $1 | $38 | $716 | $716 | - | - | $0 | - | - |
| 2019 · Form 990PF | ||||||||
| $0 | $25 | $753 | $753 | - | - | $0 | - | - |
Funders of this organization
1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $11,432 in all, tax years 2015 to 2015. 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
| Grantor | Type | Match | Years given | Grants | Total | Latest year | Latest year's amount | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARVIN AND MILDRED WEISS FAMILY FOUNDATION | Private foundation | Fuzzy filed as “WISEWAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION” | 2015 | 1 | $11,432 | 2015 | $11,432 | show |
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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 · $100,166 spent · pay $0 · grants $100,000 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contributions, gifts, grants paid | $100,000 | 99.8% | |
| Other expenses | $151 | 0.2% | |
| Taxes | $15 | 0.0% | |
| Total | $100,166 | 100% |
2023 · Form 990PF · $215,000 spent · pay $0 · grants $215,000 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contributions, gifts, grants paid | $215,000 | 100.0% | |
| Total | $215,000 | 100% |
2022 · Form 990PF · $589 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other expenses | $589 | 100.0% | |
| Total | $589 | 100% |
2021 · Form 990PF · $23 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taxes | $23 | 100.0% | |
| Total | $23 | 100% |
2020 · Form 990PF · $38 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taxes | $38 | 100.0% | |
| Total | $38 | 100% |
2019 · Form 990PF · $25 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taxes | $25 | 100.0% | |
| Total | $25 | 100% |
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