Walter C Dissen Charitable Trust

LAKE FOREST, IL EIN: 93-6916129

Financial Overview

From 2024 IRS Form 990-PF

Total Assets

$25.3M

Annual Giving

$1.3M

Grant Count

15

Avg Grant Size

$86K

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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$7M$15M$22M$29M20232024
Metric20242023
Total Assets$25,344,521
Revenue$26,402,442
Expenses$1,388,010
Qualifying Distributions$1,291,822
Net Investment Income$1,322,268
Distributable Amount$833,249

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$322K$644K$966K$1M0 grants202315 grants2024

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2024

LUTHER CLASSICAL COLLEGE$484KCONCORDIA THEOLOGICAL SE…$400KCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHI…$125KCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY WIS…$100KLUTHERAN CONCERNS ASSOCI…$63KASSOCIATION OF CONFESSIN…$31KCONCORDIA HISTORICAL INS…$31KOUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH$12KTRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH$11KIMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH$9K

Grant Size Distribution

15 grants across all recorded years

10<$50K1$50–100K2$100–250K2$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for .

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Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

From 2024 filing

NameTitleHoursCompensation
MARK O STERNCO-TRUSTEE10
REV DAVID RAMIREZCO-TRUSTEE2

Geographic Focus

Where this funder has awarded grants

Grant Distribution by State

7states

Cities

CasperChampaignCheyenneFort WayneGiletteIdaho FallsLaramieMequonNew HavenNew KensingtonOakmontRiver ForestSheridanSt Louis

Data last updated March 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

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