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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 31-1051347

Foster Orben Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Columbus, IN. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 9 grants and $136,484 paid in grants.

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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

    $136,484

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $864,066

  • Tax year 2023

    $62,848

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $120,165

  • Tax year 2022

    $90,800

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $20,313

  • Tax year 2021

    $95,297

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $13,870

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $19,134

Grants paid in 2024

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    Social Welfare

    $75,000
  2. First resbyterian ChurchColumbus, IN

    Religion

    $16,000
  3. Individual

    Domestic Violence

    $15,000
  4. Individual

    [individual]

    $8,484
  5. Individual

    Music

    $6,000
  6. Columbus Landmark FoundationColumbus, IN

    Landmark

    $6,000
  7. Individual

    Meals for Poor

    $5,000
  8. Individual

    Social Welfare

    $4,000
  9. Morristown-Beard SchoolMorristown, NJ

    Education

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $1,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Indiana2 grants $22,000
  2. New Jersey1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • robert A OrbenPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Mary F OrbenDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Virginia StockerDirector Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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