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Master Educational Assistance Foundation

Name: Master Educational Assistance Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

226
grants reported: $1.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
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.

What they fund

contributior scholarship contribuitor

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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.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Liberty Forever Foundation2 grants · $69,000
University of Illinois3 grants · $48,433
St Frances of Rome School2 grants · $40,500
Frieda2 grants · $40,000
Christ the King College Prep1 grant · $37,585
Resilience Partners Nfp2 grants · $36,000
Pilsen Promise Project2 grants · $34,713
University of Chicago1 grant · $34,149
Lansing Catholic High School2 grants · $26,000
Christ the Kng College Prep1 grant · $25,935

Giving over time

$249,852

2022

$320,566

2023

$329,313

2024

$384,281

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 226 grants.

$48,000
Liberty Forever Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contributior
$37,585
Christ the King College Prep · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contributior
$34,149
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Scholarship
$28,298
University of Illinois · Urbana, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$25,935
Christ the Kng College Prep · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contributior
$25,000
Liberty Forever Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contributior
$23,852
Christ the King College · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contributior
$23,828
University of Illinois · Urbana, IL · 2024
Scholarship
$23,187
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Scholarship
$23,000
St Frances of Rome School · Cicero, IL · 2023
Contributior
$21,000
Liberty Forever Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contributior
$20,800
Pilsen Promise Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contributior
$20,000
Frieda · Wheeling, IL · 2025
Contributior
$20,000
Lansing Catholic High School · Lansing, MI · 2025
Scholarship
$20,000
Frieda Inc Foundation · Wheeling, IL · 2024
Contributior
$20,000
Frieda Inc Foundation · Wheeling, IL · 2023
Contributior
$20,000
Frieda · Wheeling, IL · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Liberty Forever · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$18,000
Resilience Partners Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contributior
$18,000
Resilience Partners · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contributior
$18,000
Resilience Partners Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contributior
$18,000
Resilience Ptnrs · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$17,713
Pilsen Promise Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contributior
$17,500
St Frances of Rome School · Cicero, IL · 2025
Contributior
$17,400
Illinois College · Jacksonville, IL · 2023
Scholarship
$17,000
Pilsen Promise Project · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contributior
$16,381
University of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Scholarship
$16,000
St Frances of Rome · Cicero, IL · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
St Frances of Rome · Cicero, IL · 2024
Contributior
$13,460
Chicago Police Marine Corps Lg · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contributior
$13,004
Pilsen Promise Proj · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$12,000
Windy City Athletes · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contributior
$11,635
University of Illinois · Urbana, IL · 2023
Scholarship
$11,100
St Agnes of Bohemia · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Center for Spiritual Integ Arts · Towson, MD · 2025
Contributior
$10,000
Marist High School · Chicago, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$10,000
Center for Integrated Arts · Towson, MD · 2024
Contributior
$10,000
Center for Spiritual Living · Towson, MD · 2023
Contributior
$10,000
Center for Spiritual Liv · Towson, MD · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Christ the King Hs · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$9,382
St Agnes of Bohemia · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contributior
$8,800
Illinois College · Jacksonville, IL · 2024
Scholarship
$8,500
Brotherhood for the Fallen · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contributior
$8,500
University of Illinois · Urbana, IL · 2022
Scholarship
$8,482
University of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Scholarship
$8,189
Chicago Police Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contributior
$8,000
Illinois College · Jacksonville, IL · 2022
Scholarship
$7,500
Chicago Police Marine Corp Lg · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contributior
$7,000
American Brain Tumor Assn · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contributior
$7,000
American Brain Tumor Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contributior
$7,000
Lansing High School · Lansing, MI · 2024
Scholarship
$7,000
American Brain Tumor Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contributior
$7,000
Amer Brain Tumor Assn · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$6,700
Chgo Police Marines Lg · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$6,500
St Pius V School · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contributior
$6,500
St Pius V School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Scholarship
$6,500
Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2023
Scholarship
$6,500
St Pius School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Scholarship
$6,000
St Catherine University · St Paul, MN · 2024
Scholarship
$6,000
St Plus V School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contributior
$6,000
Chicago Police Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contributior
$6,000
Lansing Catholic High School · Lansing, MI · 2023
Scholarship
$6,000
St Agnes of Bohemia School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contributior
$6,000
St Pius V School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contributior
$6,000
Chgo Police Memorial Fd · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$5,100
Abc Pilsen Athletics · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contributior
$5,000
El Nino Rey · Northbrook, IL · 2025
Contributior
$5,000
Opportunity Knocks · River Forest, IL · 2025
Contributior
$5,000
St Agnes of Bohemia School · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contributior
$5,000
University of Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2025
Scholarship
$5,000
Lifetough Kids Foundation · Chcicago, IL · 2024
Contributior
$5,000
St Andrew Lutheran School · Park Ridge, IL · 2024
Scholarship
$5,000
Gordon Memorial Foundation · Orland Park, IL · 2023
Contributior
$5,000
Gordon Memorial Fd · Orland Park, IL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Hope Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Lansing Cath Hs · Lansing, MI · 2022
Scholarship
$4,800
Abc Pilsen Athletics · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contributior
$4,700
Chicago Police Marines Lg · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contributior
$4,700
College of Dupage · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2023
Scholarship
$4,400
De La Salle High School · Chicago, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$4,400
Hvac Techincal Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
Scholarship
$4,320
St Catherine University · St Paul, MN · 2023
Scholarship
$4,000
Illinois State University · Normal, IL · 2024
Scholarship
$3,900
Romeoville Fire Academy · Romeoville, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$3,800
Chicago Hope Academy · Chicago, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$3,600
Hammond School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contributior
$3,500
Chicago Police Memorial Found · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contributior
$3,500
Emerald Society · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contribuitor
$3,500
Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2025
Contributior
$3,500
Brotherhood for Fallen · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contributior
$3,500
St Grand School · Lansing, MI · 2024
Scholarship
$3,500
St Pius V School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$3,400
St Gerard School · Lansing, MI · 2023
Scholarship
$3,300
St Gerard School · Lansing, MI · 2022
Scholarship
$3,100
Associated Builders Illinois Chapter · Springfield, IL · 2024
Scholarship
$3,000
Hope Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contributior
$3,000
Ignite the Spirit · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contributior
$3,000
Opportunity Knocks · River Forest, IL · 2024
Contributior
$3,000
Resurrection Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contributior
$3,000
Brotherhood for Fallen · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contributior

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.