The Dan & Patjorndt Amundsen High School Learning Foundation concentrates its giving on supporting students and educators connected to Amundsen High School in Northbrook/Chicago, primarily through direct college scholarships and occasional teacher post‑graduate support. Grants are largely awarded to individual students to defray college costs, with some institutional support for Amundsen High School administration and programming. The foundation’s portfolio is locally focused and education‑centered, emphasizing students’ transition to higher education and faculty development.
Relatively concentrated, locally focused giving delivered as many small-to-medium awards (mostly $10k–$40k) to individual students and a few institutional grants. Frequent repeat awards to the same beneficiaries (multiple students and some two-time recipients) indicate multi-year support; overall the pool is distributed across many individual scholars rather than large multi-year institutional endowments.
A defining feature of the Dan & Pat Jorndt Amundsen High School Learning Foundation Inc is its direct support for Amundsen High School students moving into college, alongside grants for teachers pursuing post-graduate study. In the recent grants list, $20,000 awards appear repeatedly for students such as Margaret Chow, Rubi Gonzalez, Paige Reynolds, Reina Grunfield, Andrew Anglada, Cristina Salvador, Victoria Phan, Janine Widman, and Yesenia Ramirez, all in Chicago. The same pattern extends to educators: Jorie Pesce and Sophia Darugar each received $20,000 for teacher post-grad studies. The foundation also provided operating support to Amundsen High School itself, including $20,000 grants marked to defray administration costs. This mix shows a funder centered on the school community, with giving that reaches individual students, faculty, and the institution that connects them. The latest 990 year on file is 2025, and the annual grants total is $695,000, indicating an active and consistent grantmaking program rather than an occasional scholarship fund. Individual awards are a central part of the portfolio, which is unusual compared with many education funders that only grant to institutions.
College scholarship support is the core of the foundation’s education giving. In 2025, it awarded $20,000 to Kayla Lee Hutton for student college studies, and it also made $20,000 student grants to Oluwasemilore Osunkeye, Angelie Bajillo, David Rodriguez-perilla, Mia Serena Tumbaga Howard, Ronan Schneff, and Andrew Breen for the same purpose. Teacher development is another clear line of support: Jorie Pesce received $20,000 for post-grad studies, and Sophia Darugar received the same amount for teacher post-grad studies. The foundation also funds school operations, shown by $20,000 grants to Amundsen High School for defraying administration costs. A further pattern is repeat support to named people across more than one grant year, including Victoria Phan, Yesenia Ramirez, Andrew Anglada, and Reina Grunfield.
Typical grant size is tightly clustered at the low end for this portfolio: p25 is $5,000, median is $5,000, and p75 is $20,000. The recent grants list also shows repeat awards to the same recipients across 2023 and 2025, including several students and teachers, which suggests ongoing support rather than one-time awards. The foundation funds individuals directly and also makes grants to Amundsen High School for administration costs. Its grantmaking is local and entirely within Illinois recipients in the data.
$695K
$2.4M
$2.5M
$463K
Most grants fall between $5K and $20K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$20K
About 100% of grants go to recipients in IL.
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Notable grantees: Amundsen High School, Rubi Gonzalez (scholarship recipient), Jorie Pesce (teacher post‑grad support), David D Danso (repeat scholarship recipient)
Grantmaking is geographically concentrated in Chicago, with every grant in the recipient country distribution landing in the US and 100% of grants going to recipients in Illinois. The recent grants list is dominated by Chicago recipients, including students and teachers at Amundsen High School. Amundsen High School itself appears as a Chicago grantee for administration costs, reinforcing the school-centered geography of the portfolio. The foundation’s giving footprint is local rather than multi-state or international.
It makes direct scholarships to Amundsen High School students, grants for teachers pursuing post-graduate study, and operating support for Amundsen High School. The recent grants list includes student college studies, teacher post-grad studies, and administration-cost awards to the school.
The typical grant size is small relative to the largest awards in the data: p25 is $5,000, the median is $5,000, and p75 is $20,000. Recent grants show both $5,000- and $20,000-level awards in the portfolio.
Recipients are centered on the Amundsen High School community in Chicago. The recent grants list includes multiple individual students such as Kayla Lee Hutton, Oluwasemilore Osunkeye, and Angelie Bajillo, plus teachers like Jorie Pesce and Sophia Darugar, and Amundsen High School itself.
No. The grant recipient country distribution shows 62 grants in the US, and 100% of grants went to recipients in Illinois. The listed recipients are all in Chicago, IL.
Yes. Several names appear more than once across the recent grants list, including Victoria Phan, Yesenia Ramirez, Andrew Anglada, and Reina Grunfield. The repeated awards appear in different years and at different amounts, which points to ongoing support.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLUWASEMILORE OSUNKEYE | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| JORIE PESCE | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2025 | TEACHER - POST GRAD STUDIES |
| SOPHIA DARUGAR | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2025 | TEACHER - POST GRAD STUDIES |
| ANGELIE BAJILLO | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| DAVID RODRIGUEZ-PERILLA | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| MIA SERENA TUMBAGA HOWARD | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| RONAN SCHNEFF | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| ANDREW BREEN | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| KAYLA LEE HUTTON | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| AMUNDSEN HIGH SCHOOL | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2025 | DEFRAY ADMINISTRATION COSTS |
| PAIGE REYNOLDS | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| ANDREW ANGLADA | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| SOFIA AGUILAR | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| VICTORIA PHAN | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| MILLA KERCH | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| MOHAMMED DANIAL | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| OSWALDO RAMIREZ | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| REINA GRUNFIELD | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| YESENIA RAMIREZ | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| JACKSON MENENDEZ | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| RUBI GONZALEZ | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| BRANDON SCHNEIDER | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| ISABELLA WHITE | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| MISCELLANEOUS | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| ELENA O'BRIEN | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| JOSEPH MORCO | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| DAVID D DANSO | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| VALERIA RIVERA SANTIAGO | CHICAGO, IL | $5,000 | 2025 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| MAYA ROBERSON | CHICAGO, IL | $5,000 | 2025 | TEACHER - POST GRADE STUDIES |
| MEGHAN TAYLOR | CHICAGO, IL | $5,000 | 2025 | TEACHER - POST GRAD STUDIES |
| NICK OLSON | CHICAGO, IL | $5,000 | 2025 | TEACHER - POST GRAD STUDIES |
| AMUNDSEN HIGH SCHOOL | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2023 | DEFRAY ADMINISTRATION COSTS |
| CRISTINA SALVADOR | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2023 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| REINA GRUNFIELD | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2023 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| JANINE WIDMAN | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2023 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| YESENIA RAMIREZ | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2023 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| PAIGE REYNOLDS | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2023 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| MARGARET CHOW | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2023 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| RUBI GONZALEZ | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2023 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| ANDREW ANGLADA | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2023 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| VICTORIA PHAN | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2023 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| ALYSSA KALB | EVANSTON, IL | $5,000 | 2023 | TEACHER - POST GRAD STUDIES |
| MILLA KERCH | CHICAGO, IL | $5,000 | 2023 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| OSWALDO RAMIERZ | CHICAGO, IL | $5,000 | 2023 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| SYED ALI | CHICAGO, IL | $5,000 | 2023 | ALUMNI- COLLEGE STUDIES |
| ELISE NDOE-GOUAG | CHICAGO, IL | $5,000 | 2023 | ALUMNI- COLLEGE STUDIES |
| ANGIE M LUU | CHICAGO, IL | $5,000 | 2023 | ALUMNI- COLLEGE STUDIES |
| MARIA MAGDALENA POPOCA HERNANDEZ | CHICAGO, IL | $5,000 | 2023 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
| MATTHEW F GORSKI | CHICAGO, IL | $5,000 | 2023 | ALUMNI- COLLEGE STUDIES |
| ULRIKA BRAMEUS | CHICAGO, IL | $5,000 | 2023 | STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES |
OLUWASEMILORE OSUNKEYE
$20,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
JORIE PESCE
$20,000TEACHER - POST GRAD STUDIES
SOPHIA DARUGAR
$20,000TEACHER - POST GRAD STUDIES
ANGELIE BAJILLO
$20,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
DAVID RODRIGUEZ-PERILLA
$20,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
MIA SERENA TUMBAGA HOWARD
$20,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
RONAN SCHNEFF
$20,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
ANDREW BREEN
$20,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
KAYLA LEE HUTTON
$20,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
AMUNDSEN HIGH SCHOOL
$20,000DEFRAY ADMINISTRATION COSTS
PAIGE REYNOLDS
$10,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
ANDREW ANGLADA
$10,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
SOFIA AGUILAR
$10,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
VICTORIA PHAN
$10,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
MILLA KERCH
$10,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
MOHAMMED DANIAL
$10,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
OSWALDO RAMIREZ
$10,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
REINA GRUNFIELD
$10,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
YESENIA RAMIREZ
$10,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
JACKSON MENENDEZ
$10,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
RUBI GONZALEZ
$10,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
BRANDON SCHNEIDER
$10,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
ISABELLA WHITE
$10,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
MISCELLANEOUS
$10,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
ELENA O'BRIEN
$10,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
JOSEPH MORCO
$10,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
DAVID D DANSO
$10,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
VALERIA RIVERA SANTIAGO
$5,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
MAYA ROBERSON
$5,000TEACHER - POST GRADE STUDIES
MEGHAN TAYLOR
$5,000TEACHER - POST GRAD STUDIES
NICK OLSON
$5,000TEACHER - POST GRAD STUDIES
AMUNDSEN HIGH SCHOOL
$20,000DEFRAY ADMINISTRATION COSTS
CRISTINA SALVADOR
$20,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
REINA GRUNFIELD
$20,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
JANINE WIDMAN
$20,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
YESENIA RAMIREZ
$20,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
PAIGE REYNOLDS
$20,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
MARGARET CHOW
$20,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
RUBI GONZALEZ
$20,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
ANDREW ANGLADA
$20,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
VICTORIA PHAN
$20,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
ALYSSA KALB
$5,000TEACHER - POST GRAD STUDIES
MILLA KERCH
$5,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
OSWALDO RAMIERZ
$5,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
SYED ALI
$5,000ALUMNI- COLLEGE STUDIES
ELISE NDOE-GOUAG
$5,000ALUMNI- COLLEGE STUDIES
ANGIE M LUU
$5,000ALUMNI- COLLEGE STUDIES
MARIA MAGDALENA POPOCA HERNANDEZ
$5,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES
MATTHEW F GORSKI
$5,000ALUMNI- COLLEGE STUDIES
ULRIKA BRAMEUS
$5,000STUDENT - COLLEGE STUDIES