Paul Seiwert Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
263729786
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
7734071120
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,010
Expenses
$1,044
Assets
$22,064

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Thomas C Seiwert (President)

People named in this filing

  • Thomas C Seiwert (President)
  • Teresa L Seiwert (Treasurer)
  • Thomas J Seiwert (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Paul Seiwert Foundation's mission is to assist children who are afflicted with diseases and improve the quality of life of children patients and their families.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Paul Seiwert Foundation provided cash donations of $500 to Mayo clinic in 2025 and 2024, $500 to St. Baldrick's Foundation in 2023, a grant of $1,576 in 2021, cash donations of $1,000 to the Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital in 2020, $17,500 to the Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital in 2019,$15,500 in 2018 and $4,050 in 2017. Donations of $30,000 were made to the Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital through Advocate Charitable Foundation for 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012. In addition, donations of $20,000, $12,897 and $5,000 were made to the Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital through Advocate Charitable Foundation for 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Ipads and Teddy Bears were also donated throughout the years. The funds were used for to assist children who are afflicted with diseases and improve the quality of life of children patients and their families.In addition, the Paul Seiwert Foundation assists and donates to children in the local community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.5%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.4%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 21.13; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -54% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -13.8% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.5% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.