R L Zuhlke Charitable Trust
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The filing says the foundation makes contributions only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered, and it gives no further application steps or timetable.
- Repeat giving is heavy: in the latest filing, 93% of grant dollars to organisations went to organisations also funded in the filings before it, so new recipients are rare.
- If a request is ever possible, the typical grant band is about $125,000 to $215,000 (about 8 in 10 of its 30 grants), with a median of about $185,000 and a largest of about $420,000, so a request well below that band would stand out against its usual grants.
- The filing states no funding field and no geographic focus, so subject fit cannot be judged from it, and a charity should not assume its area is excluded.
Overview
R L Zuhlke Charitable Trust is a US private foundation administered by its trustee, JP Morgan Chase Bank NA, in Chicago, IL.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 13 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings do not state a named funding field. Recorded grants went to animal-welfare charities, humanitarian-relief organisations, mental-health organisations, a hospital, social-service organisations, reproductive-health organisations, employment-support organisations, blindness-prevention organisations and a performing-arts institution. Grant purposes are recorded only as general. The same organisations recur across the filings, and the recipients span a range rather than a single beneficiary. The filing marks contributions as going only to preselected charitable organisations and indicates that unsolicited requests are not accepted; it does not provide an applicant-led route into the grant process.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York, Virginia, District of Columbia and Illinois.
How to apply
Contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations; unsolicited requests are not accepted. The filing gives no further application steps.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 93% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 30 grants to organisations were about $185,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 20% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 93% of grant dollars went to organisations R L Zuhlke Charitable Trust had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 10 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $211k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Aspca - American Society For Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals · General$421,4092024 tax year
- American National Red Cross · General$210,7042024 tax year
- National Association for Mental Health · General$210,7042024 tax year
- Planned Parenthood Federation Attnmarguerite Gilpatric · General$210,7042024 tax year
- The Humane Society Of The Usa · General$210,7042024 tax year
- Salvation Army · General$210,7042024 tax year
- New York Presbyterian Hospital · General$210,7042024 tax year
- Bridges from School to Work · General$147,4932024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
Administered by its trustee, JP Morgan Chase Bank NA.
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $2,195,938 | $1,908,131 | $41,186,599 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $2,111,606 | $1,832,830 | $48,408,854 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $2,363,287 | $2,107,042 | $52,440,487 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Chicago, IL (office of its trustee, JP Morgan Chase Bank NA)
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Contact
- Chicago, IL (office of its trustee, JP Morgan Chase Bank NA)