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Tony and Mary Ann Pasquinelli

Willowbrook, IL · EIN 36-4157643. Reported 125 grants totalling $1,140,275 to 55 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$1,140,275granted, 2021-2025
55recipients, as named on its returns
71%of grantees funded again the next year
$5,644,003assets, 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. Tony and Mary Ann Pasquinelli 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $37,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
3 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
23 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
35 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
57 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
7 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
Roosevelt UniversityChicago, IL$85,000552025
Marian Catholic EndowmentChicago Heights, IL$80,000552025
Glenwood AcademyGlenwood, IL$75,000552025
Jesuit College PrepDallas, TX$60,000552025
St Coletta's of IlTinley Park, IL$60,000552025
Osf Healthcare FoundationEvergreen Park, IL$50,000222025
Alzheimer's Association of IllinoisChicago, IL$45,000442024
Mummzy Children's Relief FundLe Roy, IL$45,000552025
Mchs - Theatre LightingChicago Heights, IL$37,000112021
Auditorium TheaterChicago, IL$33,025332023
Als Association of Greater ChicagoChicago, IL$32,250542024
Evans Scholars FundGlenview, IL$30,000442025
Natl Alliance on Mental Health of NycNew York, NY$30,000332025
Wellness HouseHinsdale, IL$30,000222025
Ijp School Trek for TechnologyFlossmor, IL$26,500112021
Alzheimer's AssociationChicago, IL$25,000222025
Lyons Township Hockey ClubLagrange, IL$25,000332025
Radiance Ball Wellness HouseHinsdale, IL$25,000112023
Respond NowChicago Heights, IL$24,000552025
Catholic Charities Madison BeaconMadison, WI$22,500332024
Catnap From the HeartLa Grange Park, IL$21,000442025
Animal Care LeagueOak Park, IL$20,000442025
Auditorium TheatreChicago, IL$20,000222025
Common HopeSt Paul, MN$20,000442025
Elmhurst Art MuseumElmhurst, IL$15,000112023
Girls IncNew York, NY$15,000222025
Hshs St John's FoundationSpringfield, IL$15,000112022
Kappa Delta Rho (suicide Prevention)Latrobe, PA$15,000112021
Women in MedicineChicago, IL$12,500222025
Catholic Charities of ChicagoCarol Stream, IL$12,000222025
Ctf Illinois (disabled Persons Org)Orland Park, IL$10,500222023
Duneland Beach AssociationMichigan City, IN$10,000112023
Leukemia Lymphoma Society Gr Illinois ChapterChicago, IL$10,000222023
Mbire RooseveltChicago, IL$10,000112025
NAMI of Nyc Metro - Seeds of Hope GalaNew York, NY$10,000112022
Wellness House of HinsdaleHinsdale, IL$10,000112021
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT$10,000112022
MchsChicago Heights, IL$7,000112022
Culinary CareChicago, IL$5,000222025
Journey Mental Health CenterMadison, WI$5,000112024
Lymphoma & LeukemiaNew York, NY$5,000112025
MisericordiaChicago, IL$5,000112021
Nicolet High School FoundationGlendale, WI$5,000112025
Women's Board of RmcChicago, IL$5,000112021
Csf Illinois (diabled Persons Org)Orland Park, IL$4,500222025
Catholic Charities - Arch ChicagoChicago, IL$4,000222023
Center on HalstedChicago, IL$4,000222023
American Red Cross Puerto Rico Hurricane ReliefBoone, IA$2,500112022
By the Hand Club for KidsChicago, IL$2,500112025
Inhouse Small Animal RescueLa Grange, IL$2,500112024
Stepping Stones (women's Addiction)Joliet, IL$2,500112021
Boys and Girls Club Benton HarborBenton Harbor, MI$1,500332025
Mercy Home for Boys and GirlsChicago, IL$1,000112025
St Isaac Jogues ParishHinsdale, IL$1,000112025
Village of Hinsdale TreeHinsdale, IL$1,000112023

31 of 55 (56%) 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 71%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 46 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.

Education
12 grants
Animal Welfare
9 grants
Human Services
8 grants
International Affairs
4 grants
Youth Development
3 grants
Arts & Culture
3 grants
Food & Nutrition
2 grants
Health Care
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202117$252,200$10,000
202225$198,425$7,500
202327$222,875$10,000
202427$219,775$5,000
202529$247,000$10,000

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

81% of its giving went to organizations in Illinois. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Illinois
$929K
Texas
$60K
New York
$60K
Wisconsin
$32K
Minnesota
$20K
Pennsylvania
$15K
Indiana
$10K
Connecticut
$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 Fund20 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc18 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc16 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust14 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program13 shared recipientsThe Chicago Community Trust12 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. 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 Illinois.
  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 Tony and Mary Ann Pasquinelli's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 535 Plainfield Rd Ste B, Willowbrook, IL, 60527. 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 36-4157643 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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