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Geraldine & Roland Ford Foundation

Lake Forest, IL · EIN 477134051 990-PF tax year 2025“Preselected organizations only” box checked

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Grants paid (tax yr 2025)
$82,250
Assets (fair market value)
$1,873,560
Median grant to orgs
$2,000
all loaded years
Grants in our data
42
since tax year 2022
Giving by tax year
$94,000
2022
11 grants
$89,000
2023
9 grants
$75,250
2024
12 grants
$82,250
2025
10 grants

Year 2025 is still partial because many returns have not been filed or released yet. That is a freshness issue — coverage in our dataset is tax years 2019–2025.

Top recipient states
IL$223,500
MI$62,500
WI$38,000
NC$12,000
FL$3,500
VA$1,000
Cause areas funded
Religion2
Human Services3
Youth Development4
Public & Societal Benefit2
Philanthropy & Voluntarism2

Only 31.0% of this funder's organizational grants could be linked to an IRS cause code.

How to apply (from the 990-PF, tax year 2025)

The foundation checked the box saying it contributes only to preselected organizations and doesn't accept unsolicited requests.

Form & materials
Not stated
Deadlines
Not stated
Restrictions
Not stated
Recent grants to organizations
RecipientLocationPurpose (as filed)AmountTax yr
Epworth Church AssociationLudington, MIGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$51,0002025
First Presbyterian ChurchLake Forest, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$16,5002025
Saint Andrew SchoolChicago, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$5,0002025
Chicago Botanic GardenGlencoe, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$3,5002025
Samaritans PurseBoone, NCGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$2,0002025
Reading PowerLake Forest, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$1,0002025
Moorings Presbyerian ChurchNaples, FLGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$1,0002025
Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MIGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$1,0002025
Gorton Community CenterLake Forest, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$1,0002025
Lake County Community FoundationGrayslake, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$2502025
Children's Hospital Foundation MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WIGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$28,0002024
First Presbyterian ChurchLake Forest, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$20,5002024
Samaritans PurseBoone, NCGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$10,0002024
Friends of Lake Forest Parks and RecLake Forest, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$5,0002024
Epworth Church AssociationLudington, MIGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$4,0002024
Chicago Botanic GardenGlencoe, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$3,0002024
Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MIGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$1,0002024
Gorton Community CenterLake Forest, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$1,0002024
Moorings Presbyerian ChurchNaples, FLGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$1,0002024
Reading PowerLake Forest, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$1,0002024
Lake Forest Northwestern HospitalLake Forest, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$5002024
Lake County Community FoundationGrayslake, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$2502024
Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$67,0002023
First Presbyterian ChurchLake Forest, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$10,0002023
Children's Hospital Foundation MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WIGENERAL UNRESTRICTED USE$5,0002023

Grants to individuals are counted but not named.

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