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RICHARD SCHOENSTADT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $12K · expenses $3K · assets $55K

Also known as
INC
EIN
46-3513229
Address
CO PUTTERMAN 187 SHERIDAN RD, HIGHLAND PARK, IL 60035-0000
Website
WWW.RICHARDSFUND.COM
NTEE code
T30
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2014
Cross-check
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Mission

THE RICHARD SCHOENSTADT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, INC. WAS FORMED TO HONOR THE MEMORY AND SPIRIT OF RICHARD SCHOENSTADT, A PROMINENT CHICAGO ATTORNEY WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2012. THE FOUNDATION RAISES FUNDS FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, AND PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS. THE FOUNDATION SOLICITS CONTRIBUTIONS DIRECTLY AND ALSO CONDUCTS FUND RAISING EVENTS. THE FOUNDATION USES THOSE FUNDS TO MAKE GRANTS TO PUBLIC CHARITIES DESCRIBED IN SECTIONS 501(C)(3) AND 509(A)(1) OR (A)(2) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. ALL SUCH GRANTS SERVE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES. GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE SELECTED BASED ON SIZE AND PURPOSE OF THE GRANTS, THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES THEY SUPPORT, THE COMMUNITIES SERVED, AND PUBLIC BENEFITS DERIVED.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 4 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

4 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Ross Putterman PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR, CEO,2018-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Matthew Grossberg VICE-CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY,2015-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Caryn Putterman CFO2015-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Ross Putyerman (former) PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR, CEO,2015-2017 2 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROSS PUTTERMAN PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR, CEO,2 $0-$0 $01
MATTHEW GROSSBERG VICE-CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY,0 $0-$0 $01
CARYN PUTTERMAN CFO0 $0-$0 $01
2024 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROSS PUTTERMAN PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR, CEO,2 $0-$0 $01
MATTHEW GROSSBERG VICE-CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY,0 $0-$0 $01
CARYN PUTTERMAN CFO0 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROSS PUTTERMAN PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR, CEO,2 $0-$0 $01
MATTHEW GROSSBERG VICE-CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY,0 $0-$0 $01
CARYN PUTTERMAN CFO0 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROSS PUTTERMAN PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR, CEO,2 $0-$0 $01
MATTHEW GROSSBERG VICE-CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY,0 $0-$0 $01
CARYN PUTTERMAN CFO0 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROSS PUTTERMAN PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR, CEO,2 $0-$0 $01
MATTHEW GROSSBERG VICE-CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY,0 $0-$0 $01
CARYN PUTTERMAN CFO0 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROSS PUTTERMAN PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR, CEO,2 $0-$0 $01
MATTHEW GROSSBERG VICE-CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY,0 $0-$0 $01
CARYN PUTTERMAN CFO0 $0-$0 $01
2019 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROSS PUTTERMAN PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR, CEO,2 $0-$0 $01
MATTHEW GROSSBERG VICE-CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY,0 $0-$0 $01
CARYN PUTTERMAN CFO0 $0-$0 $01
2018 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROSS PUTTERMAN PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR, CEO,2 $0-$0 $01
MATTHEW GROSSBERG VICE-CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY,0 $0-$0 $01
CARYN PUTTERMAN CFO0 $0-$0 $01
2017 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROSS PUTYERMAN PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR, CEO,2 $0-$0 $01
MATTHEW GROSSBERG VICE-CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY,0 $0-$0 $01
CARYN PUTTERMAN CFO0 $0-$0 $01
2016 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROSS PUTYERMAN PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR, CEO,2 $0-$0 $01
MATTHEW GROSSBERG VICE-CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY,0 $0-$0 $01
CARYN PUTTERMAN CFO0 $0-$0 $01
2015 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROSS PUTYERMAN PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR, CEO, CHAIRMAN2 $0-$0 $01
MATTHEW GROSSBERG VICE-CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY, DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
CARYN PUTTERMAN CFO0 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$12,418$2,884 $54,636$54,636 $12,418- ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$48,481$42,167 $45,102$45,102 $5,121- ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$39,186$43,240 $38,788$38,788 $10,544- ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$49,417$37,951 $42,842$42,842 $14,584- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$44,163$45,410 $31,376$31,376 $9,700- ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$48,019$44,601 $32,623$32,623 $6,400- ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$32,262$22,830 $29,205$29,205 $1,446- ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$32,358$17,504 $19,773$19,773 $3,769- ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$21,737$22,675 $4,919$4,919 $4,000- ---
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$23,238$20,453 $5,857$5,857 $4,450- ---
2015 · Form 990EZ period ending 2015-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$27,317$25,084 $3,072$3,072 $5,050- ---

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $30,916 in all, tax years 2018 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO DAF sponsor Exact 2020-2021, 2023-2024 4$30,710 2024$6,250
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SOLOT AND KARP FAMILY FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “RICHARD SCHOENSTADT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC” 2018-2019 2$206 2019$100
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $2,884 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,564 54.2%
Fees to independent contractors $1,320 45.8%
Total$2,884100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $42,167 spent · pay $0 · grants $40,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $40,000 94.9%
Fees to independent contractors $1,387 3.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $780 1.8%
Total$42,167100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $43,240 spent · pay $0 · grants $40,000 · events $11,864
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $40,000 92.5%
Fees to independent contractors $1,729 4.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,511 3.5%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$11,864reported apart
Total$43,240100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $37,951 spent · pay $0 · grants $35,000 · events $4,110
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $35,000 92.2%
Fees to independent contractors $1,485 3.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,466 3.9%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$4,110reported apart
Total$37,951100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $45,410 spent · pay $0 · grants $41,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $41,500 91.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,010 4.4%
Fees to independent contractors $1,900 4.2%
Total$45,410100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $44,601 spent · pay $0 · grants $40,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $40,000 89.7%
Fees to independent contractors $3,794 8.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $807 1.8%
Total$44,601100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $22,830 spent · pay $0 · grants $20,000 · events $8,069
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $20,000 87.6%
Fees to independent contractors $2,005 8.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $825 3.6%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$8,069reported apart
Total$22,830100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $17,504 spent · pay $0 · grants $14,500 · events $10,958
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $14,500 82.8%
Fees to independent contractors $2,100 12.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $904 5.2%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$10,958reported apart
Total$17,504100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $22,675 spent · pay $0 · grants $22,535 · events $9,181
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $22,535 99.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $140 0.6%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$9,181reported apart
Total$22,675100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $20,453 spent · pay $0 · grants $20,000 · events $11,755
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $20,000 97.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $453 2.2%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$11,755reported apart
Total$20,453100%

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2015 · Form 990EZ · $25,084 spent · pay $0 · grants $24,370 · events $5,709
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $24,370 97.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $714 2.8%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$5,709reported apart
Total$25,084100%

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