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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 37-6051722

Robert F Empson Trust

A private foundation in Clayton, MO. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 2 grants and $128,282 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $128,282

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,999,101

  • Tax year 2023

    $115,709

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,951,853

  • Tax year 2022

    $138,870

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,993,648

  • Tax year 2021

    $138,870

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,054,404

Grants paid in 2024

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. CDF DBA Carle Ctr for PhilanthropyUrbana, IL

    General operations

    $64,141
  2. Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington, IL

    General operations

    $64,141

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $64,141100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois2 grants $128,282

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Commerce Trust CompanyTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $24,588
  • Commerce Trust CompanyTAX PREPARATION Hours 1Pay $2,800

The return

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