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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 36-3487208

Lenhardt Foundation

A private foundation in Charleston, SC. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $67,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $67,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $616,453

  • Tax year 2023

    $52,450

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $608,247

  • Tax year 2022

    $29,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $635,008

  • Tax year 2021

    $45,262

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $648,315

  • Tax year 2020

    $2,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $660,161

  • Tax year 2019

    $68,833

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $649,974

  • Tax year 2018

    $8,800

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $790,639

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Charleston Library SocietyCharleston, SC

    General fund

    $22,000
  2. Garden Conservancy IncGreenwich, CT

    General fund

    $20,000
  3. Gibbes Museum of ArtCharleston, SC

    General fund

    $10,000
  4. Let's WalkCharleston, SC

    General fund

    $10,000
  5. Preservation Society of CharlestonCharleston, SC

    General fund

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment1 grant $20,00050% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $10,00025% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $10,00025% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. South Carolina4 grants $47,000
  2. New York1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Benjamin Lenhardt JrDIR/PRES. - PART TIME Hours 0Pay $0
  • Lucinda K LenhardtDIR/SEC/TR - PART TIME Hours 0Pay $0
  • David K LenhardtDIRECTOR - PART TIME Hours 0Pay $0
  • Brian D LenhardtDIRECTOR - PART TIME Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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