Ernest Wentcher Educational Fund

Chicago, IL. EIN 36-4170236. Reported $6,151,374 of revenue for 2024 on its Form 990-PF.

The IRS record

Registered name: ERNEST WENTCHER EDUCATIONAL FUND; As the IRS records it, which is how it appears in their own search.
Employer Identification Number: 36-4170236; The identifier the IRS uses for this organization.
Recognized under: 501(c)(3) — charitable, religious, educational, scientific; The subsection of the code its exemption was granted under.
Recognized in: 1997; The year of the IRS ruling.
Classification: Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations; NTEE code T22, assigned at registration.
Gifts to it: Contributions are deductible; Whether the IRS treats a contribution to this organization as deductible.
Legal form: Corporation; How the organization is constituted, as recorded at registration.
Location of record: Chicago, IL; The address the IRS holds, not necessarily where it operates.
Most recent filing: Form 990-PF; For tax year 2024.

What it reported for 2024

What these figures are, and what they are not

Each figure is what the organization reported on its own return, as the IRS published it. The IRS does not audit the return before publishing it.

A private foundation reports its assets twice. Book value is what it paid for them; fair market value is what they are worth now, and it is usually the larger of the two. Rankings on this site use book value, because that is the only measure a Form 990 and a Form 990-EZ also report, which keeps a foundation comparable with the charities beside it.

Ernest Wentcher Educational Fund reported paying Chris Broughton, Executive Di, $248,075 for 2024. That is reportable compensation from the organization, from related organizations, and other compensation, as the organization reported all three. It is not a verified salary and not take-home pay.

$6.2 million
Total revenue: $6,151,374; Contributions, grants, program service revenue and investment income.; $4.1 million
Total expenses: $4,134,862; As reported on the return.; $69.3 million
Total assets, book value: $69,263,326; At the end of the year, at what the organization paid for them.; $79.5 million
Total assets, fair market value: $79,498,579; What they are worth now. Only a Form 990-PF reports this.; 9
People listed: Officers, directors, trustees, key employees and highest-paid employees.; $248.1 thousand
Largest reported compensation: $248,075; Reported for Chris Broughton.

How this compares

Total revenue: $6,151,374, 2024: By the revenue it reported, ranks 47,229th of 685,136 organizations with revenue on their return nationally, 2,020th of 27,273 in Illinois and 3,679th of 73,016 in Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations. Larger than 93% of the 685,136 organizations with revenue on their return nationally. It is < 0.1% of the $4,505,194,528,546 reported by every organization with a return on record.
Largest reported compensation: $248,075, 2024: By the largest compensation it reported paying, ranks 46,079th of 261,691 organizations reporting compensation nationally, 2,065th of 11,117 in Illinois and 2,411th of 19,258 in Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations. Larger than 82% of the 261,691 organizations reporting compensation nationally.

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Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago	$284,591,607
Builders Initiative	$245,156,232
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Sources

Exempt Organizations Business Master File — Internal Revenue Service · Public domain — U.S. Government work · retrieved September 21, 2026
Form 990 series e-file data · retrieved September 19, 2026

Data retrieved September 19, 2026