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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 11-6624349

Chester Foundation

A private foundation in Brooklyn, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 3 grants and $455,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $455,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $10,226,457

  • Tax year 2023

    $375,465

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $9,224,216

  • Tax year 2022

    $350,264

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $7,566,238

  • Tax year 2021

    $310,702

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $7,115,456

  • Tax year 2020

    $204,188

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $6,242,446

  • Tax year 2019

    $114,083

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $5,320,560

Grants paid in 2024

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Fidelity CharitableBoston, MA

    General

    $415,000
  2. The Ojc FundBrooklyn, NY

    General

    $35,000
  3. Mosdos Beth Joseph TzviBrooklyn, NY

    General

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Community development1 grant $415,00092% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $35,0008% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Kentucky1 grant $415,000
  2. New York2 grants $40,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Harry GoldTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Esther GoldTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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