Cross Lutheran Foundation
Cross Lutheran Foundation at a glance
In short: Cross Lutheran Foundation gave $55K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $55K), mostly in Illinois. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $55,000
- +120.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- Average grant
- $55,000
- Median grant
- $55,000
- Total assets
- $1,072,509
- +25.1% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Illinois (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Cross Lutheran Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Cross Lutheran Church ($55K).
Grant Size Distribution
4 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 4 (75%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Cross Lutheran Foundation gives
- Giving grew 72% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $20K (2019) to $55K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $55K.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cross Lutheran Church Yorkville, IL | Furtherment of Mission | $55,000 |
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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 | $1,072,509 | $201,403 | $62,299 | $55,000 | 1 | $32,281 |
| 2024 | $857,546 | $58,377 | $30,788 | $25,000 | Total only | $35,154 |
| 2023 | $767,687 | $42,064 | $30,398 | $25,000 | 1 | $18,245 |
| 2022 | $701,385 | $51,998 | $36,299 | $32,000 | 1 | $17,583 |
| 2021 | $779,304 | $52,685 | $39,341 | $32,500 | 1 | $24,836 |
| 2020 | $702,060 | $39,881 | $29,750 | $23,540 | 1 | $21,091 |
| 2019 | $642,961 | $36,069 | $23,010 | $19,500 | 1 | $13,115 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Cross Lutheran Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Cross Lutheran Foundation is a public charity focused on religion, based in Yorkville, IL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.1M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $55K. Net investment income was $32K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Cross Lutheran Foundation is led by Russell Pape, Chairman since 2025 (on filings since 2019); none of the 10 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Russell Pape
Chairman
Director → Vice President, 2022
Vice President → Chairman, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Barb Pinnow
Director
Board Member → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Erik Gauss
Director
Vice President → Director, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan Lopez
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dave Zielke
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ed Kutay
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nancy Ottoson
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Pamela Hahn
Treasurer
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elias Omar
Vice Chairman
Director → Vice Chairman, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maren Batt
Secretary
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (8)
- Former: Kevin Shaw (2019–2024) — President
- Former: Ben Thanepohn (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Erik Pienkos (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Jim Torok (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Joel Ottosen (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Les Kimmel (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Matthew Dickson (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Michael Reid (2019–2021) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "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 Cross Lutheran Foundation
How much does Cross Lutheran Foundation give each year?
Cross Lutheran Foundation gave $55K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it reported $25K in grants paid.
How large is Cross Lutheran Foundation?
Cross Lutheran Foundation reported $1.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $201K.
What is Cross Lutheran Foundation?
Cross Lutheran Foundation is a public charity focused on religion, based in Yorkville, IL. It holds $1.1M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Cross Lutheran Foundation operate?
Cross Lutheran Foundation has awarded grants in Illinois.
What is Cross Lutheran Foundation's EIN?
Cross Lutheran Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-4334272. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
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
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 28, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS July 28, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 5, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 24, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 6, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 5, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 4, 2026)
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