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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 23-7149750

Catesby Foundation

A private foundation in The Plains, VA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $4.2 million paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

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

    $4,159,125

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $33,499,224
  • Tax year 2023

    $2,105,140

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $33,897,900
  • Tax year 2022

    $1,200,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $33,585,827
  • Tax year 2021

    $300,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $33,442,591
  • Tax year 2020

    $265,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,226,256

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Vanguard Charitable EndowmentSoutheastern, PA

    Hopewell fund - general obligations

    $2,445,000
  2. Vanguard Charitable EndowmentSoutheastern, PA

    Catesby fund - general obligations

    $770,000
  3. Vanguard Charitable EndowmentSoutheastern, PA

    Cupule fund - general obligations

    $440,000
  4. Vanguard Charitable EndowmentSoutheastern, PA

    Next gen fund - general obligations

    $264,125
  5. Cottage Two FoundationBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $240,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $240,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania4 grants $3,919,125
  2. New York1 grant $240,000

Officers, directors and trustees

11 people as filed

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

  • George L Ohrstrom IICHAIR & SECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Mark J OhrstromDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kenneth M OhrstromDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Barnaby A Ohrstrom JrTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lysandra A OhrstromSECRETARY THRU 12/16/24 Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ricard R Ohrstrom JrDIRECTOR THRU 12/16/24 Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kenneth M Ohrstrom JrDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Christopher F OhrstromDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Elias B OhrstromDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • AhyicodaeDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Gustav O OhrstromDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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