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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 34-6505181

Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund

A private foundation in Louisville, KY. Its return for tax year 2025 reports $3.3 million paid in grants, listed in an attachment that is not in the e-file.

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
MS Bernice Csaszar
Bridgestone 535 Marriott Dr 11 Fl
Nashville, TN 372145090
(615) 937-1415
Form and materials
Letter form
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $3,344,176

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $27,008,063
  • Tax year 2024

    $2,985,137

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $26,472,128
  • Tax year 2023

    $2,275,948

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $28,700,003
  • Tax year 2022

    $1,908,338

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $30,111,008
  • Tax year 2021

    $2,158,359

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $32,282,042
  • Tax year 2020

    $2,187,238

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $23,113,276

Grants paid in 2025

Grants listed in an attachment (not in the e-file)

As listed on the return.

  1. This return lists its grants in an attachment that is not in the IRS e-file: $3.3 million in all.

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • KeyBankPREVIOUS TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $7,001
  • BairdTRUSTEE IN 2026 TAX YEAR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Christine KarbowiakBOARD CHAIR Hours 1Pay $0

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