Schuler Family Charitable Endowment

Private foundation · Grantmaker Lake Bluff, IL EIN: 35-7232181

Schuler Family Charitable Endowment is a private foundation, based in Lake Bluff, IL. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $32K in total assets. Net investment income was $536.

Schuler Family Charitable Endowment at a glance

Total assets
$32,082
+1.7% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$536
-98.3% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$536
-98.3% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

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

Who Schuler Family Charitable Endowment funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

1 grant across all recorded years

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

The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 1 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

HighwoodLake Forest

How Schuler Family Charitable Endowment gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2020 to 2023 (−10%). Method
  • In 2023 it paid out 368% of 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$2K$4K$6K1 grant2020 0 grants2021 0 grants2022 1 grant2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2020 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $5K (2023) to $5K (2020). In 2023 it made 1 grant totaling $5K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Midwest Young Artists Highwood, ILGeneral Contribution$4,500
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$32,082$536————$536$1,567
2024$31,546$30,687$52———$30,635$568
2023$911$4,501$4,500$4,5001$4,500$1$1,223
2022$910—$55————$1,342
2021$910——————$1,801
2020$910$5,000$5,000$5,0001——$1,570

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Schuler Family Charitable Endowment reported a distributable amount of $2K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Schuler Family Charitable Endowment is led by Jack W. Schuler, Trustee on every filing since 2020 — the only officer listed, and uncompensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Jack W. Schuler

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

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 Schuler Family Charitable Endowment

How large is Schuler Family Charitable Endowment?

Schuler Family Charitable Endowment reported $32K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Its revenue that year was $536.

Where does Schuler Family Charitable Endowment operate?

Schuler Family Charitable Endowment has awarded grants in Illinois.

How much is Schuler Family Charitable Endowment required to give away each year?

Private foundations must generally distribute about 5% of their assets annually. For 2025, Schuler Family Charitable Endowment reported a distributable amount of $2K on its IRS Form 990-PF — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

What is Schuler Family Charitable Endowment's EIN?

Schuler Family Charitable Endowment's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 35-7232181. 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

(2)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 21, 2026)
  2. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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