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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 38-6066391

Forest H Akers Trust

A private foundation in Grand Rapids, MI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 1 grant and $716,600 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $716,600

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $8,687,024

  • Tax year 2024

    $609,742

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $7,884,644

  • Tax year 2023

    $622,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $7,906,231

  • Tax year 2022

    $649,784

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $7,985,925

  • Tax year 2021

    $600,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $7,701,037

  • Tax year 2020

    $516,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $6,665,929

Grants paid in 2025

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI

    Endow fund - entrepreneurial develop

    $716,600

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $716,600100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Michigan1 grant $716,600

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Brian BreslinDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Nancy E CraigDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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