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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 23-3066380

The Arlene R Olson Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in West Conshohocken, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $65,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
Submissions will be considered when received.
Restrictions
There are no restrictions or limitations on award other than they be used for qualified purposes.

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $65,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $537,807

  • Tax year 2024

    $62,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $546,290

  • Tax year 2023

    $74,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $549,778

  • Tax year 2022

    $57,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $579,861

  • Tax year 2021

    $63,250

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $637,053

  • Tax year 2020

    $58,500

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $621,526

  • Tax year 2019

    $46,500

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $673,048

  • Tax year 2018

    $45,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $686,524

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Council for RelationshipsPhiladelphia, PA

    General fund

    $20,000
  2. Jewish Family & Children's ServicesPhiladelphia, PA

    General fund

    $10,000
  3. Main Line School Night AssociationRadnor, PA

    General fund

    $5,000
  4. Council for RelationshipsPhiladelphia, PA

    General fund

    $5,000
  5. Temple Beth ElNewark, DE

    General fund

    $5,000
  6. Main Line School Night AssociationRadnor, PA

    General fund

    $5,000
  7. Temple Beth ElNewark, DE

    General fund

    $3,000
  8. Philadelphia Museum of ArtPhiladelphia, PA

    General fund

    $3,000
  9. Penn MuseumPhiladelphia, PA

    General fund

    $2,500
  10. Glimmerglass OperaCooperstown, NY

    General fund

    $2,000
  11. PhilabundancePhiladelphia, PA

    General fund

    $2,000
  12. Philadelphia Museum of ArtPhiladelphia, PA

    General fund

    $1,500
  13. Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PA

    General fund

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $11,00085% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture1 grant $2,00015% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania10 grants $55,000
  2. Delaware2 grants $8,000
  3. New York1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Arlene R OlsonTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $4,188

The return

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