Funds preselected organizations onlyPhilanthropy and grantmaking79 grants on file · $480K · FY2016–2024IRS 990-PF · FY2024
Can I apply?
Funds preselected organizations only
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it gives only to organizations it has already chosen and does not accept unsolicited requests. An introduction is usually the only route.
How to apply
Deadlines
Restrictions
Send applications to
ANTIOCH, IL, 60002
Application policy: Funds preselected organizations only, as stated on the FY2024 return.
What its returns show
Stated the same way on all 9 Form 990-PF returns on record (FY2016 to FY2024).
On its FY2024 Form 990-PF return this foundation listed grants to 8 named recipients.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Financials
Giving
$2,025
FY2024 · qualifying distributions
Total assets
$130K
FY2024 · end of year
Revenue
$15.4K
FY2024
Expenses
$65.5K
FY2024
Giving by year
Total assets by year
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Giving
Assets
Net assets
FY2024
990-PF
$15,411
$65,479
$2,025
$129,957
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
Community improvement$25K · 1
Education$5,000 · 3
Animal welfare$3,500 · 1
Where recipients are
IA$275K · 29
SD$46K · 9
FL$45K · 2
UT$41K · 8
AZ$25K · 4
IL$23K · 19
CO$12K · 1
MN$6,500 · 3
Based on the 15% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
Grants paid
79 on file
Recipient
Purpose
Amount
Year
Source
ST BEDE CATHOLIC CHURCHINGLESIDE, IL
UNRESTRICTED
$2,000
2016
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
Officers and directors
Name
Title
Hours / week
Compensation
Roger L Polark
DIRECTOR
1.00
$0
Roberta Polark
DIRECTOR
0.20
$0
Chris R Polark
DIRECTOR
0.20
$0
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
$129,957
FY2023
990-PF
$16,783
$58,680
$58,025
$162,289
$162,289
FY2022
990-PF
$17,898
$46,723
$46,125
$173,187
$173,187
FY2021
990-PF
$17,683
$53,371
$52,825
$176,289
$176,289
FY2020
990-PF
$17,666
$42,657
$2,325
$189,850
$189,850
FY2019
990-PF
$18,587
$64,810
$64,625
$208,276
$208,276
FY2018
990-PF
$20,552
$89,820
$89,025
$254,383
$254,383
FY2017
990-PF
$22,336
$32,050
$30,925
$320,621
$320,621
FY2016
990-PF
$20,344
$54,712
$53,525
$266,346
$266,346
NORTH STAR SHITU RESCUE
EXCELSIOR, MN
UNRESTRICTED
$2,000
2018
CRAZY HORSE MEMORIALCRAZY HORSE, SD
UNRESTRICTED
$1,500
2017
CRAZY HORSE MEMORIALCRAZY HORSE, SD
UNRESTRICTED
$1,500
2016
BEST FRIENDSKANAB, UT
UNRESTRICTED
$1,000
2017
ST BEDE CATHOLIC CHURCHINGLESIDE, IL
UNRESTRICTED
$1,000
2019
BIG HOLLOW SCHOOL PTOINGLESIDE, IL
UNRESTRICTED
$1,000
2017
NORTH STAR SHITU RESCUEEXCELSIOR, MN
UNRESTRICTED
$1,000
2017
OPEN ARMS MISSIONANTIOCH, IL
UNRESTRICTED
$1,000
2018
BIG HOLLOW SCHOOL FINE ARTSINGLESIDE, IL
UNRESTRICTED
$1,000
2017
BIG HOLLOW SCHOOLINGLESIDE, IL
UNRESTRICTED
$1,000
2017
SKOKIE NORHSHORE SCULPTURE PARKSKOKIE, IL
UNRESTRICTED
$1,000
2017
SACRED HEART SCHOOLOELWEIN, IA
UNRESTRICTED
$1,000
2016
ST JOHN APOSTLENORWALK, IA
UNRESTRICTED
$1,000
2023
OELWEIN COMMUNITY KITCHEN CUPBOARDOELWEIN, IA
UNRESTRICTED
$1,000
2019
SAVE A PETGRAYSLAKE, IL
UNRESTRICED
$1,000
2018
ST BEDE CATHOLIC CHURCHINGLESIDE, IL
UNRESTRICTED
$1,000
2017
TOYS FOR TOTSTRIANGLE, VA
UNRESTRICTED
$1,000
2016
MEALS ON WHEELSN RIVERSIDE, IL
UNRESTRICTED
$500
2021
BIG HOLLOW SCHOOLINGLESIDE, IL
UNRESTRICTED
$500
2018
TUNNELS TO TOWERSMatched to this organization because 9 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.STATEN ISLAND, NY
UNRESTRICTED
$0
2022
TUNNELS TO TOWERSMatched to this organization because 9 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.STATEN ISLAND, NY