Funding search · EIN 856178229 · Chicago, IL

Elizabeth M Claus Charitable Trust

Name: Elizabeth M Claus Charitable Trust grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

28
grants reported: $171,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $6,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

7 grants matching “seminarians” · $41,500

$6,000
Claretian Missionaries · Chicago, IL · 2025
Support schools, hunger relief, elderly housing and education of seminarians
$7,000
Society of the Little Flower · Darien, IL · 2024
Promote gospel ministries & education of seminarians
$6,000
Claretian Missionaries · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support schools, hunger relief, elderly housing and education of seminarians
$5,500
Claretian Missionaries · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support schools, hunger relief, elderly housing and education of seminarians
$5,000
Society of the Little Flower · Darien, IL · 2023
Promote gospel ministries & education of seminarians
$6,000
Society of the Little Flower · Darien, IL · 2022
Promote gospel ministries & education of seminarians
$6,000
Claretian Missionaries · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support schools, hunger relief, elderly housing and education of seminarians

Grant history

All 28 reported grants, largest first.

$10,000
Seedlings Braille Books for Childre · Livonia, MI · 2025
Fostering a love of reading by making braille materials more affordable and accessible.
$10,000
Working Bikes · Chicago, IL · 2025
To strengthen local and global communities by giving donated bicycles new life and redistributing them as tools for self-determination and empowerment.
$10,000
826chi · Chicago, IL · 2024
Creative writing & tutoring for chicago youth
$10,000
Marist High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Provide support for visually impaired
$10,000
Marist High School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Provide support for visually impaired
$10,000
Working Bikes · Chicago, IL · 2023
Provide mobility and independence to individuals
$10,000
Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind · Chicago, IL · 2022
Provide support for visually impaired
$10,000
Working Bikes · Chicago, IL · 2022
Provide mobility and independence to individuals
$7,000
Society of the Little Flower · Darien, IL · 2025
Portion be set aside for the sisters of TheCarmel of St. Therese
$7,000
Society of the Little Flower · Darien, IL · 2024
Promote gospel ministries & education of seminarians
$6,000
Claretian Missionaries · Chicago, IL · 2025
Support schools, hunger relief, elderly housing and education of seminarians
$6,000
Claretian Missionaries · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support schools, hunger relief, elderly housing and education of seminarians
$6,000
Claretian Missionaries · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support schools, hunger relief, elderly housing and education of seminarians
$6,000
National Religious Retirement Offic · Washington, DC · 2022
Support retired religious
$6,000
Society of the Little Flower · Darien, IL · 2022
Promote gospel ministries & education of seminarians
$6,000
St Jude'S Childrens' Research Hospi · Memphis, TN · 2022
Support research to cure childhood cancer
$5,500
Claretian Missionaries · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support schools, hunger relief, elderly housing and education of seminarians
$5,000
National Religious Retirement Offic · Washington, DC · 2025
To be used for the exclusive purpose ofassisting Roman Catholic religious orders inthe United States to provide for theretirement needs of their elderly members
$5,000
National Religious Retirement Offic · Washington, DC · 2024
Support retired religious
$5,000
National Religious Retirement Offic · Washington, DC · 2023
Support retired religious
$5,000
Society of the Little Flower · Darien, IL · 2023
Promote gospel ministries & education of seminarians
$5,000
St Jude'S Childrens' Research Hospi · Memphis, TN · 2023
Support research to cure childhood cancer
$4,000
Comboni Missionaries · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Support missionary activities
$4,000
Comboni Missionaries · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Support missionary activities
$1,000
St Jude'S Childrens' Research Hospi · Memphis, TN · 2025
Support research to cure childhood cancer
$1,000
St Jude'S Childrens' Research Hospi · Memphis, TN · 2024
Support research to cure childhood cancer
$500
Comboni Missionaries · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Support missionary activities
$500
Comboni Missionaries · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Support missionary activities

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