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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 31-6639312

Jack G and Viola M Bess

A private foundation in Saint Louis, MO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $25,250 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $25,250

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $437,498

  • Tax year 2024

    $21,260

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $420,772

  • Tax year 2023

    $24,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $400,778

  • Tax year 2022

    $27,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $414,872

  • Tax year 2021

    $24,840

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $431,788

  • Tax year 2020

    $25,005

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $432,952

  • Tax year 2019

    $23,364

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $435,271

  • Tax year 2018

    $22,502

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $442,480

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Moose CharitiesMooseheart, IL

    General support

    $8,000
  2. Roanoke Valley SPCARoanoke, VA

    General support

    $8,000
  3. Ttees Hollins RD Baptist ChurchRoanoke, VA

    General support

    $8,000
  4. Roanoke Moose Lodge No 284Salem, VA

    General operating

    $1,250

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals1 grant $8,00050% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $8,00050% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Virginia3 grants $17,250
  2. Illinois1 grant $8,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Wells Fargo Bank N ATRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $9,607

The return

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