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PAT TILLMAN FOUNDATION

EIN 20-1072336 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2025
$5,752,880
Expenses 2025
$4,899,570

Program services were 78.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T30
Classification
1000
Street
180 N LA SALLE ST STE 2910

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE PAT TILLMAN FOUNDATION INVESTS IN MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND SPOUSES THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND THROUGH EVENTS AND ENGAGEMENT, ALL OF WHICH PROVIDE A LIFELONG COMMUNITY COMMITTED TO SERVICE BEYOND SELF. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT WWW.PATTILLMANFOUNDATION.ORG.

  • THE PROGRAMMATIC PILLAR OF THE PAT TILLMAN FOUNDATION IS THE TILLMAN SCHOLARS PROGRAM. FOUNDED IN 2009, THE PROGRAM INVESTS IN ACTIVE-DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND MILITARY SPOUSES THROUGH ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT. SCHOLARSHIPS COVER DIRECT STUDY-RELATED EXPENSES, INCLUDING TUITION AND FEES, BOOKS, AND LIVING EXPENSES FOR SCHOLARS PURSUING UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE, OR PROFESSIONAL DEGREES AS FULL-TIME STUDENTS AT ACCREDITED, U.S.-BASED PUBLIC OR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS. EACH YEAR, THE FOUNDATION SELECTS UP TO 60 TILLMAN SCHOLARS WHO DISPLAY THE SAME FOUR CHARACTERISTICS PAT TILLMAN DISPLAYED: SERVICE, SCHOLARSHIP, HUMBLE LEADERSHIP, AND IMPACT. SCHOLARS ARE SELECTED BASED ON EXTRAORDINARY ACADEMIC AND LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL, A TRACK RECORD OF PERSEVERANCE, AND A COMMITMENT TO CREATING MEANINGFUL, LASTING CHANGE ACROSS THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE FOUNDATION HAS INVESTED OVER 40 MILLION IN TILLMAN SCHOLAR SCHOLARSHIPS AND PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES AND HAS NAMED 968 TILLMAN SCHOLARS AT MORE THAN 160 ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS NATIONWIDE. TILLMAN SCHOLARS REPRESENT ALL SIX BRANCHES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES, AS WELL AS MILITARY SPOUSES. DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2025, THE FOUNDATION RECEIVED OVER 4,000 COMPLETE APPLICATIONS DURING THE MONTH-LONG SUBMISSION WINDOW. AFTER REVIEW BY REGIONAL AND FINAL SELECTION COMMITTEES, 42 SCHOLARS WERE SELECTED TO JOIN THE 16TH CLASS OF TILLMAN SCHOLARS. DURING THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2025, AND 2024, THE FOUNDATION AWARDED 1,341,188 AND 1,466,750 IN SCHOLARSHIPS, RESPECTIVELY. AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2025 AND 2024, THE BOARD HAS DESIGNATED 1,946,250 AND 1,939,500, RESPECTIVELY, FOR ANTICIPATED SCHOLARSHIP RENEWALS FOR CURRENT TILLMAN SCHOLARS.

    Expenses $3,852,398 · Grants $1,341,188

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

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • KATHERINE STEELE

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $218,664
    From this org
    $200,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,664
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,664
    Filer's total
    $218,664

  • MATTHEW NYGAARD

    DIRECTOR OF

    Total calculated
    $151,629
    From this org
    $129,168
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,461
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,168
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,461
    Filer's total
    $151,629

  • BRANDON UNDERWOOD

    CHIEF OF STA

    Total calculated
    $145,034
    From this org
    $129,396
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,638
    Hours/week
    40

  • MICHELLE MARTIN

    DIRECTOR OF

    Total calculated
    $129,168
    From this org
    $129,168
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • MEG CORTEZI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRETT FUNCK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALEX GARWOOD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRIS HART

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BENJAMIN HILL

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AMBER MANKE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • IAN SACKS

    LEAD DIRECTO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOE SHENTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARIE TILLMAN SHENTON

    CHAIR & CO-F

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHN SVOBODA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRISTINE WILKINSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $5,752,880
    Expenses
    $4,899,570
    Contributions
    $5,532,051
    Grants paid
    $1,341,188
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,720,794
    Expenses
    $5,049,008
    Contributions
    $5,436,349
    Grants paid
    $1,466,750
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,945,986
    Expenses
    $5,569,363
    Contributions
    $4,748,984
    Grants paid
    $1,409,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,161,720
    Expenses
    $5,115,473
    Contributions
    $5,058,008
    Grants paid
    $1,311,803

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,314,322
    Expenses
    $4,020,132
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,928,677

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,681,025
    Expenses
    $3,240,972
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,713,801

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,942,827
    Expenses
    $3,551,146
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,938,938

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,782,090
    Expenses
    $3,326,957
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,516,738

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,333,491
    Expenses
    $3,042,887
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,143,487

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,367,050
    Expenses
    $3,184,692
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,696,526

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,851,556
    Expenses
    $2,936,032
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,485,842

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,953,042
    Expenses
    $2,677,304
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,678,670

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,953,042
    Expenses
    $2,677,304
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,678,670

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,454,489
    Expenses
    $2,142,623
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,442,199

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.