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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 06-6499658

The Bergstrom Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $330,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Jul 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $330,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $4,576,804
  • Tax year 2023

    $377,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $4,894,657
  • Tax year 2022

    $395,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $5,409,961
  • Tax year 2021

    $372,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $5,954,002
  • Tax year 2020

    $340,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $5,757,522
  • Tax year 2019

    $395,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $5,967,369
  • Tax year 2018

    $365,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $6,391,250

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Technology Exchange LabsCambridge, MA

    General

    $100,000
  2. Technology Exchange LabsCambridge, MA

    General

    $100,000
  3. President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeCambridge, MA

    General

    $80,000
  4. Trustees of Tufts CollegeMedford, MA

    General

    $50,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education2 grants $130,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts4 grants $330,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Craig G BergstromTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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