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← THE JOHN CRERAR FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by THE JOHN CRERAR FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$21,375
Total expenses
$35,000
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$35,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$21,375
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,136,497
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,136,497
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$35,000
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$35,000

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $15,490 · excluded $15,490

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $40,228

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $34,343

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $5,885

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $5,885 · unrelated business $5,885

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $35,000 · program services $35,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $16,066 · end of year $22,213

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $975,150 · end of year $1,114,284

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $991,216 · end of year $1,136,497

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE JOHN CRERAR LIBRARY (THE "LIBRARY") IN THE FORM OF GRANTS MADE NOT LESS OFTEN THAN ANNUALLY. THE LIBRARY IS THE SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGY COMPONENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LIBRARY SYSTEM. VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE ORGANIZATION'S INCOME IS USED IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS MISSION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE JOHN CRERAR LIBRARY (THE "LIBRARY") IN THE FORM OF GRANTS MADE NOT LESS OFTEN THAN ANNUALLY. THE LIBRARY IS THE SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGY COMPONENT OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE ORGANIZATION'S INCOME IS USED IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS MISSION.

  • THIS GRANT TO THE LIBRARY PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR THE PRESERVATION AND CATALOGING OF THE HISTORIC CRERAR COLLECTION. THE BOOKS, ARTICLES AND RELATED ITEMS THAT COMPRISE THE HISTORIC CRERAR COLLECTION ARE THE DOCUMENTS THAT FORMED THE CENTERPIECE OF THE ORIGINAL JOHN CRERAR LIBRARY. THESE ITEMS, SOME OF WHICH ARE MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD, NOW ARE IN THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF THE CRERAR LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. THIS GRANT WILL SUPPORT THE ONGOING PRESERVATION OF THE HISTORIC CRERAR COLLECTION AND WILL MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH ENHANCED CATALOGING. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE A MULTI-YEAR PROJECT.

    Expenses $20,000 · Grants $20,000

  • THIS GRANT TO THE LIBRARY PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR THE CAPTURING THE STARS MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT THAT INCLUDES FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS FROM THE LIBRARY, DIGITAL STUDIES, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS. THIS PROJECT PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS, DIGITAL HUMANITIES AND HISTORY OF SCIENCE. IN PARTICULAR, THIS GRANT PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS TO PRESENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME BIENNIAL HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY WORKSHOP.

    Expenses $11,100 · Grants $11,100

  • THIS GRANT TO THE LIBRARY PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR THE ANNUAL JOHN CRERAR FOUNDATION SCIENCE WRITING PRIZE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $3,900 · Grants $3,900

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Janice E Rodgers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patrick J Bitterman

    PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25

  • David Lowenthal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bomie Leonard

    SECRETARY & TREASURER DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
6 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601269349300720

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