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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 38-6668100

Gardner Harold & Lester

A private foundation in Hillsdale, MI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $44,604 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $44,604

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $683,857

  • Tax year 2024

    $45,440

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $700,365

  • Tax year 2023

    $45,100

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $719,246

  • Tax year 2022

    $49,200

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $750,606

  • Tax year 2021

    $45,532

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $780,827

  • Tax year 2020

    $39,040

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $735,796

  • Tax year 2019

    $37,960

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $753,984

  • Tax year 2018

    $40,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $773,006

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Hillsdale County Community FoundationHillsdale, MI

    General operating

    $37,604
  2. Salvation Army of HillsdaleHoffman Estates, IL

    General opearating

    $1,273
  3. American Cancer SocietyOklahoma City, OK

    General operating

    $1,273
  4. American Heart AssociationDallas, TX

    General operating

    $1,273
  5. Hillsdale Community LibraryHillsdale, MI

    General operating

    $1,273
  6. Muscular Dystrophy AssociationChicago, IL

    General operating

    $636
  7. Cambria Baptist ChurchHillsdale, MI

    General operating

    $636
  8. Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy ScoutsFlint, MI

    General operating

    $636

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $37,60495% of the total
  2. Health2 grants $1,9095% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Michigan4 grants $40,149
  2. Illinois2 grants $1,909
  3. Florida1 grant $1,273
  4. Oklahoma1 grant $1,273

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • County National BankTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $10,390

The return

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