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Filing year 2024

JOHN AND MARGARET SAGAN FOUNDATION

Evanston, Illinois·EIN 38-2638868·NTEE T20 · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations·501(c)(3)

* Sector derived from filing type (Form 990-PF), not IRS-assigned

Total revenue
$61k
Total assets
$1.3M
Total expenses
$177k
Reported officers
3

Reported officers (all unpaid)

No paid executives reported in 2024. JOHN AND MARGARET SAGAN FOUNDATION reported 3 unpaid officers and board members on its 990-PF.

President, Sec, Treasurer
Vice President
Vice President

Grants paid

Itemized grants reported on this foundation's 2024 Form 990-PF, Part XV.

Total granted

$157k

Itemized grants

42

Median grant

$1k

RecipientLocationPurposeAmount
FRIENDS OF THE GRENADINES INITIATIVEEVANSTON, ILGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$25k
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LAW SCHOOLMADISON, WIGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$21k
STANFORD UNIVERSITYSTANFORD, CAGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$20k
WORLD PEDIATRIC PROJECTST LOUIS, MOGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$10k
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCESCAMBRIDGE, MAGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$8k
SAN FRANCISCO OPERASAN FRANCISCO, CAGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$8k
MILLSAPS COLLEGEJACKSON, MSGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$7k
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHEVANSTON, ILGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$5k
JAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVOCACYEVANSTON, ILGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$5k
PLOUGHSHARES FUNDSAN FRANCISCO, CAGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$5k
THRESHOLDSCHICAGO, ILGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$5k
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERSNEW YORK, NYGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$4k
OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITYDELAWARE, OHGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$3k
CHICAGO TECH ACADEMYCHICAGO, ILGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$3k
GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVALJACKSON, WYGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$3k
BLACK ENSEMBLE THEATERCHICAGO, ILGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$2k
EVANSTON ROUND TABLEEVANSTON, ILGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$2k
OCEANAWASHINGTON, DCGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$2k
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGOCHICAGO, ILGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$1k
CALLEN-LORDE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERNEW YORK, NYGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$1k
CORDLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAWRENCE, KSGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$1k
DARK SKY INTERNATIONALTUCSON, AZGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$1k
GRACE INSTITUTEPORTLAND, ORGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$1k
LABELLE FOUNDATIONLOS ANGELES, CAGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$1k
LAWRENCE UNIVERSITYAPPLETON, WIGENERAL PURPOSE GRANT$1k
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Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

JOHN AND MARGARET SAGAN FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$61k
$164k
2023
$61k
$177k
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.

This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($1M - $10M), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.

Sector benchmark

What Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking executives earn in Illinois

JOHN AND MARGARET SAGAN FOUNDATION reported no executive compensation in its latest filing. For context, the highest-paid executive at a comparable philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organization in Illinois earns a median of $20,738.

25th percentile
$7k
Median
$20,738
75th percentile
$60k
90th percentile
$148k

These are philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 2,342 organizations across 2,342 filings (2021 – 2024).

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What are JOHN AND MARGARET SAGAN FOUNDATION's revenue and expenses?

In 2024, JOHN AND MARGARET SAGAN FOUNDATION reported $61k in total revenue and $177k in total expenses on its IRS Form 990.

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This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($1M - $10M), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.