CHRISTOPHER STEELE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O THOMAS P STEELE
EIN 20-5398151 · Cancer
What they do
THE FOUNDATION is A MEMORIAL to CHRISTOPHER STEELE WHO DIED of AN INOPERABLE BRAIN TUMOR IN 2006 AT THE AGE of 23. FUNDS WILL BE DIRECTED to SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE RESEARCHING CURES for BRAIN TUMORS AS WELL AS INNOVATIVE TREATMENT APPROACHES SUCH AS THE TARGETED DELIVERY of CHEMOTHERAPY DRUGS to A TUMOR. FUNDS MAY ALSO BE USED to SUPPORT PATIENTS and THEIR FAMILIES. IN THE FUTURE, THE DIRECTORS MAY CONSIDER OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES SUCH AS SCHOLARSHIPS to YOUNG MEN and WOMEN WHOSE ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES REFLECT CHRIS INTERESTS and LIFE.
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Board and leadership roster (7)
DAVE CHARLTONTREASURER
ELLEN STEELEEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
IAN WEISSMANDIRECTOR/CO-FOUNDER
KEVIN ZAKRZEWSKIPRESIDENT
RACHEL AUERBACH-KOMORNIKFUND RAISING DIRECTOR
SCOTT EDIDINCO-FOUNDER
TOM STEELEEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
About this charity
- Location
- PO BOX 6188, BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089
- County
- Lake
- In care of
- TOM STEELE
- Primary officer
- TOM STEELE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2017
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2017
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- DEMARCO KINNAMAN LEWIS & CO
- IRS tax category
- Cancer