Mary Karen Patrick Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Naples, FL EIN: 47-4523169

Mary Karen Patrick Foundation is a private foundation, based in Naples, FL. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $10K.

Mary Karen Patrick Foundation at a glance

In short: Mary Karen Patrick Foundation gave $10K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $5K), mostly in Texas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$10,087
Grants made (2025)
2
Average grant
$5,044
Median grant
$5,044
Primary geography
Texas (50% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Mary Karen Patrick Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

3 for the Love: $5K3 for the Love$5KLet It Be US: $5KLet It Be US$5K

The largest 2025 recipient was 3 for the Love ($5K). Together the top 2 received $10K.

Grant Size Distribution

4 grants across all recorded years

4<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 4 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

3states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

Cities

ChicagoBarringtonBostonGunter

How Mary Karen Patrick Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 1021% from 2022 to 2025. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out well above its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$5K$10K$15K1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $500 (2021) to $10K (2025). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $10K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
3 for the Love Gunter, TXGeneral Operating Purposes$5,087
Let It Be US Barrington, ILGeneral Operating Purposes$5,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsDistributable Amount
2025—$41$11,287$10,0872$10,662$433
2024$11,246$64$1,300——$625$586
2023$12,482$67$1,547——$749$641
2022$13,962$48$2,387$9001$1,612$796
2021$16,301$8$535$5001$500$826
2020$16,828$79$1,423$5511—$894

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Mary Karen Patrick Foundation reported a distributable amount of $433 for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Mary Karen Patrick Foundation is led by Mary Karen Patrick Philip, Director & President on every filing since 2020; none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Mary Karen Patrick Philip

    Director & President

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Marilyn M. Patrick

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

Former officers (2)
  • Former: Colleen Yale (2020–2021) — Director & Secretary
  • Former: Thomas H. Patrick Decd (2020) — Director & Treasurer

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 Mary Karen Patrick Foundation

How much does Mary Karen Patrick Foundation give each year?

Mary Karen Patrick Foundation gave $10K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Where does Mary Karen Patrick Foundation operate?

Mary Karen Patrick Foundation has awarded grants in Illinois, Massachusetts, Texas.

How much is Mary Karen Patrick Foundation required to give away each year?

Private foundations must generally distribute about 5% of their assets annually. For 2025, Mary Karen Patrick Foundation reported a distributable amount of $433 on its IRS Form 990-PF — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

What is Mary Karen Patrick Foundation's EIN?

Mary Karen Patrick Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 47-4523169. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 27, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 9, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 25, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 25, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 2, 2025)
  6. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 17, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

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