Open Foundations · Illinois

Dauten Family Foundation

Chicago, Illinois · EIN 465053786. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $18.3M across 11 grants in 2025, a median of $225K each.

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$18.3M
paid in 2025
11
grants paid
$225K
median grant
10%
to first-time recipients
$30.7M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
KENT P DAUTEN
Address
155 N WACKER DRIVE SUITE 4150, CHICAGO, IL, 60606
Phone
3122197970
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
NO STANDARD APPLICATION FORM; A LETTER IS SUFFICIENT
Submission deadline
NO DEADLINES
Restrictions on awards
ALL DONEE ORGANIZATIONS MUST BE QUALIFIED UNDER IRC SECT. 501(C)(3)

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202611349349104401. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

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Biggest grants in 2025

All 11 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1The Milken InstituteCA$13,591,510TO FURTHER PROGRAM SERVICES
2Fountain HouseNY$1,955,694TO FURTHER PROGRAM SERVICES
3President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeMA$1,000,000TO FURTHER PROGRAM SERVICES
4Lurie Children's Hospital of ChicagoIL$728,000TO FURTHER PROGRAM SERVICES
5Josselyn CenterIL$500,000TO FURTHER PROGRAM SERVICES
6Boston Children's HospitalMA$225,000TO FURTHER PROGRAM SERVICES
7Massachusetts General Hospital Department of PsychiatryMA$150,000TO FURTHER PROGRAM SERVICES
8Lutheran Social Services of IllinoisIL$125,000TO FURTHER PROGRAM SERVICES
9Brain & Behavior Research FoundationNY$25,000TO ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING CAUSED BY MENTAL ILLNESS BY AWARDING GRANTS THAT WILL LEAD TO ADVANCES AND BREAKTHROUGHS IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
10Maternal Mental Health Leadership AllianceVA$5,000TO FURTHER PROGRAM SERVICES
11Postpartum Support InternationalOR$5,000TO FURTHER PROGRAM SERVICES

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202010$3.2M
202113$5.0M
202211$31.4M
202310$14.5M
20248$22.4M
2025 (partial year)11$18.3M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Massachusetts27%
Illinois27%
New York18%
California9%
Virginia9%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Amanda DautenDIRECTOR · 2025
Benjamin DautenDIRECTOR · 2025
Elizabeth D DautenDIRECTOR/PRESIDENT · 2025
Jenna S ToanDIRECTOR/SECRETARY · 2025
Katherine KalpinDIRECTOR · 2025
Kent P DautenDIRECTOR/ VP/ TREASURER · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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