Caxton Club
Provide for the promotion and study of the arts and technologies pertaining to the printed book and related textual objects such as artists' books, broadsides, ephemera, manuscripts, maps and pamphlets.
Caxton Club at a glance
In short: Caxton Club gave $6K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $6K), mostly in New York. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $6,000
- -29.4% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- Average grant
- $6,000
- Median grant
- $6,000
- Total assets
- $702,906
- +4.0% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- New York (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Caxton Club
Open Grants
8 open opportunities from Caxton Club
Bibliographical Society of America Caxton Club Fellowship for Midwestern Bibliographers
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Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
Caxton Club Grant for SAIC Undergraduate with a Project in Book Arts
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Amount
Amount not stated on captured page
Deadline
Deadline not published
Caxton Club Grants for Graduate Students with a Project in Book Arts
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Amount
Amount not stated on captured page
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who Caxton Club funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was The Bibliographical Society of America ($6K).
Grant Size Distribution
4 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 4 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $5K (2022) to $9K (2024). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $6K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Bibliographical Society of America Brooklyn, NY | Scholarship | $6,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $702,906 | $138,156 | $171,133 | $6,000 | 1 | $18,308 |
| 2024 | $675,568 | $117,699 | $141,279 | $8,500 | Total only | $25,862 |
| 2023 | $639,585 | $247,859 | $146,039 | $5,500 | Total only | $15,954 |
| 2022 | $491,498 | $145,397 | $139,383 | $5,000 | Total only | $6,949 |
| 2021 | $547,021 | $234,784 | $117,667 | $6,500 | 3 | $6,377 |
| 2020 | $333,190 | $114,797 | $130,605 | — | — | — |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Caxton Club
Based on IRS filings
Caxton Club is a public charity, based in Chicago, IL. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $703K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $6K. Net investment income was $18K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Caxton Club is led by Sarah M. Pritchard, President on every filing since 2024; none of the 21 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Sarah M. Pritchard
President
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cheryl Ziegler
Director
Director → Secretary, 2022
Secretary → Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Frengel
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Craig Jobson
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Martin Starr
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Gorman
Director
On filings since 2023
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nora Gabor
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mary Burns
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rudy Altergott
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tad Boehmer
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tom Dannenberg
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Erika Dowell
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Montes
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Pevtzow
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Thompson
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michele Valeria Cloonan
Director
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
William McKay
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lou Pitschman
Vice President
Director → Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2020
6 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jacquelinne Vossler
Immediate Past President
President → Director, 2024
Director → Immediate Past President, 2025
On filings since 2022
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeffrey Jahns
Treasurer
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Leslie Winter
Secretary
On filings since 2024
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (27)
- Former: Adam Doskey (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Cecilia Salvatore (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Diane Stilwell Weinberg (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Douglas Fitzgerald (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Suzanne Karr Schmidt (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Arthur Frank (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Ethel Kaplan (2020–2023) — Vice President
- Former: Susan Rossen (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Donald Kobetsky (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Gabe Fajuri (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Greg Nosan (2023) — Director
- Former: Stephen Durchslag (2023) — Director
- Former: Barbara Herzog (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Douglas Litts (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Hannah Batsel (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Helen Harrison (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Jeff Jahns (2020–2022) — Treasurer
- Former: Steven Durchslag (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Anthony Mourek (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Bradley Jonas (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Jackie Vossler (2020–2021) — President
- Former: Leora Siegel (2020–2021) — Secretary
- Former: Robert McCamant (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Susan Hanes (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: William Hansen (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Caroline Szylowicz (2020) — Director
- Former: John Chalmers (2020) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Caxton Club
How much does Caxton Club give each year?
Caxton Club gave $6K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it reported $9K in grants paid.
How large is Caxton Club?
Caxton Club reported $703K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $138K.
Where does Caxton Club operate?
Caxton Club has awarded grants in New York.
What is Caxton Club's EIN?
Caxton Club's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-6108161. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS September 3, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 1, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS January 5, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 3, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS December 3, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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