St Michael Educational Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Schererville, IN EIN: 35-1864247

To promote and financially support the educational missions associated with st. Michael parish and st. Michael catholic school.

St Michael Educational Foundation at a glance

Total assets
$845,004
+5.5% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$42,035
-74.5% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$30,923
-20.1% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$1,874
-57.2% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.

Who St Michael Educational Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

3 grants across all recorded years

3<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 3 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Schererville

How St Michael Educational Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 54% from 2020 to 2023. Method

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

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$10K$20K$30K1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 Total only2024 0 grants2025

From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $3K (2024) to $21K (2022). In 2024 it reported $3K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.

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

RecipientPurposeAmount
St Michael Catholic School Schererville, INSupplies$14,596
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$845,004$42,035$1,874——$30,923
2024$800,757$164,867$4,381$2,707Total only$38,680
2023$640,271$37,328$16,834$14,5961$18,239
2022$578,790$50,380$23,924$20,9411$21,207
2021$603,775$64,034$9,989$9,0061$49,443
2020$522,895$22,805$9,825$9,5001$12,526

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About St Michael Educational Foundation

Based on IRS filings

St Michael Educational Foundation is a public charity, based in Schererville, IN. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $845K in total assets. Net investment income was $31K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

St Michael Educational Foundation is led by Father Martin J. Dobrzynski, President on every filing since 2020; none of the 13 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Father Martin J. Dobrzynski

    President

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Don Doffin

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Donna Velez

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Hal Slager

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ken Bohling

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Patrick Cusick

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Julie Hudec

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lou Bufano

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Thomas Dorris

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joseph Townsend

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michelle Biscan

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Edwin Udani

    Secretary

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jesica Cherry

    Treasurer

    Treausurer → Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (3)
  • Former: Joe Townsend (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Michelle Wacnik (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Colleen Kennedy (2020–2021) — 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 St Michael Educational Foundation

How large is St Michael Educational Foundation?

St Michael Educational Foundation reported $845K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $42K.

Where does St Michael Educational Foundation operate?

St Michael Educational Foundation has awarded grants in Indiana.

What is St Michael Educational Foundation's EIN?

St Michael Educational Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 35-1864247. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 15, 2022)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 15, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 6, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 13, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 1, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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