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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-3351099

Stenstrom Foundation

A private foundation in Rockford, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $124,500 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
Robert Stenstrom
PO Box 5866
Rockford, IL 61125
(815) 398-2420
Form and materials
No specific form
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $124,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $3,212,347

  • Tax year 2024

    $110,800

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,566,059

  • Tax year 2023

    $122,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,962,214

  • Tax year 2022

    $71,200

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,547,246

  • Tax year 2021

    $75,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,393,720

  • Tax year 2020

    $108,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,218,778

  • Tax year 2019

    $116,800

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $969,255

  • Tax year 2018

    $182,750

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $856,718

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Mayo Clinic DevelopmentRochester, MN

    Charitable

    $51,000
  2. Boys and Girls ClubRockford, IL

    Charitable

    $20,000
  3. Rockford PromiseRockford, IL

    Charitable

    $20,000
  4. Transform RockfordRockford, IL

    Charitable

    $16,500
  5. RemediesRockford, IL

    Charitable

    $3,500
  6. Rosecrance FoundationRockford, IL

    Charitable

    $3,000
  7. CasaRockford, IL

    Charitable

    $3,000
  8. Osf Healthcare FoundationRockford, IL

    Charitable

    $2,500
  9. YMCA Community BreakfastRockford, IL

    Charitable

    $2,500
  10. Crusader ClinicRockford, IL

    Charitable

    $1,000
  11. Golden AppleRockford, IL

    Charitable

    $1,000

  12. This return lists its grants in an attachment that is not in the IRS e-file: $500 in all.

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $20,00051% of the total
  2. Community development1 grant $16,50042% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $3,0008% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois10 grants $73,000
  2. Minnesota1 grant $51,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Robert W StenstromDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Janet K StenstromDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Philip R FrankfortDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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