TOM RUSSELL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, INC.

Financial Information

Total Assets: $15,428,542

Total Giving: $550,150

Area of Service:

Illinois
North Carolina
Oklahoma

Areas of Interest:

Not Available

Programs

None

Grants

The following grants were reported in 2007:
$70,000 to Positive Tomorrows Community Board, Oklahoma City, OK. For Transitional center providing education & social services to children, payable over 1 year.
$50,000 to Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. For Support for cancer research for comprehensive cancer center Restricted to the Pathology Core Facility at the Robert H Lune Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, payable over 1 year.
$25,000 to Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. For Restricted to the Gastronenterology Division At Northwestern University’s School of Medicine, payable over 1 year.
$25,000 to DGBe University, Durham, NC. For University offering both undergraduate & graduate degrees Restricted to Financial Aid Endowment, payable over 1 year.
$25,000 to Calvary Temple Of Naperville, Naperville, IL. For Educational opportunities for children attending Christian school Restricted to Calvary Christian School BuildIng Program, payable over 1 year.
$25,000 to Donla, Wheaton, IL. For Computer training & assistive technology to disabled individuals to communicate, read, write & continue their education, payable over 1 year.
$22,500 to Independent Living Services For Youth, Norman, OK. For Provides student advocacy program for students attending high school In Norman, OK who are forced to live Independently, payable over 1 year.
$20,000 to Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, Raleigh, NC. For Provides day collection and distribution of perishable food, payable over 1 year.
$20,000 to Alice Lloyd College, Pippa Passes, KY. For 4-year liberal arts college serving Appalachia with work study program, payable over 1 year.
$20,000 to Evolution Foundation, Oklahoma Federation Of Families, Edmond, OK. For Mental health support through vocational, education & family support restricted to Oklahoma Federation of Families for Youth & Children’s Mental Health project to provide a playground at the Oklahoma Youth Center, payable over 1 year.

Limitations

Giving primarily in the metropolitan Chicago, IL area; funding also in NC, and OK.
No support for governmental agencies, or for political or fraternal organizations.
No grants to individuals, or for advertising, benefits, conferences, workshops or luncheons.

Summary

The mission of the foundation is to “help people to help themselves.” The foundation fulfills this mission by distributing charitable funds through charitable agencies that are most effective in yielding a positive social benefit.

Additional

Type of Grantmaker: Independent foundation
Incorporated in 1960 in IL.

Quick Facts Sheet
URL:

None

Located in:

Oakbrook Terrace,

Illinois
North Carolina
Oklahoma

United States

Contact Information / Process

Phone: (630) 916-0123

Email: None

Address:
2 TransAm Plz. Dr., Ste. 200
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181-4296

Procedure:
Complete proposals accepted by invitation only. Bulky packages or videotapes not accepted. Application form not required. Applicants should submit the following:
1. Copy of IRS Determination Letter
2. Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested
3. Copy of most recent annual report/audited financial statement/990
Initial approach: 1-page letter of inquiry
Copies of proposal: 1
Deadline(s): Mar. 1
Final notification: Apr. 15

Donors & Leadership

Donors:
Thomas C. Russell
Wrap-On Co., Inc.
Huron & Orleans Building Corp.
F.D. Russell Trust f/b/o Mary J. Dickie

Officers and Directors:
Thomas A. Hearn, President
J. Kirby Aiken, Vice President
David S. Lindquist, Vice President
John L. Bishop, Treasurer
Crawford Cranshaw

EIN:

366082517

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