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E L and R F Hallberg Foundation XXXXX5006

Chicago, IL · EIN 75-6356892. Reported 60 grants totalling $829,000 to 17 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$829,000granted, 2020-2024
17recipients, as named on its returns
91%of grantees funded again the next year
$5,035,551assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. E L and R F Hallberg Foundation XXXXX5006 did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $110,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
10 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
31 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
11 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
3 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
3 grants
$100,000 and Up
2 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Paramount Theatre for the Performing Arts IncAustin, TX$210,000222024
Austin Symphony Orchestra Society IncAustin, TX$135,000552024
Acoustical Society of AmericaMelville, NY$115,000552024
Mobile Loaves and Fishes IncAustin, TX$100,000222021
Paramount Theatre for the PerforminAustin, TX$60,000332022
Christian Church FoundationIndianapolis, IN$47,000552024
Ark House FoundationRichardson, TX$25,000552024
Greater Austin Performing Arts CenterAustin, TX$25,000552024
Ince Foundation IncCambridge, MA$25,000552024
University of Texas AustinAustin, TX$20,000442024
Van Cliburn FoundationFort Worth, TX$20,000442023
Guardianship Services IncFort Worth, TX$10,000552024
Housing ChannelFort Worth, TX$10,000222021
Northern Illinois Food BankCharles, IL$10,000112024
First Christian ChurchArlington, TX$7,000552024
Austin Creative Alliance Hideout ForeverAustin, TX$5,000112024
University of Texas Austin Longhorn FoundatioAustin, TX$5,000112020

14 of 17 (82%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 91%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 37 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Arts & Culture
12 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
10 grants
Human Services
5 grants
Science & Technology
5 grants
Housing & Shelter
2 grants
Religion
2 grants
Food & Nutrition
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202013$148,000$5,000
202113$169,000$5,000
202211$176,000$5,000
202311$158,000$5,000
202412$178,000$5,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

76% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Texas
$632K
New York
$115K
Indiana
$47K
Massachusetts
$25K
Illinois
$10K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund7 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc6 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc5 shared recipientsAustin Community Foundation Inc4 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program3 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc3 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from E L and R F Hallberg Foundation XXXXX5006's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 10 S Dearborn IL1-0111, Chicago, IL, 60603. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 75-6356892 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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