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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 38-7199795

Stanley & Florence Patten Char FDN

A private foundation in Detroit, MI. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $195,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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 2024

    $195,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $3,345,621
  • Tax year 2023

    $88,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $3,466,676
  • Tax year 2022

    $243,004

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $3,520,560
  • Tax year 2021

    $225,834

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $3,675,606
  • Tax year 2020

    $232,542

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $3,589,467
  • Tax year 2019

    $299,948

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $3,681,630

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Seattle Children's Hospital FounSeattle, WA

    Support for daily

    $65,000
  2. Woodland Park Zoological SocietySeattle, WA

    Support for daily

    $65,000
  3. Seattle's Union Gospel MissionSeattle, WA

    Support for daily

    $32,500
  4. Zoological Society of WashingtonIssaquah, WA

    Support for daily

    $32,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals2 grants $97,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Washington4 grants $195,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Comerica BankTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $17,375

The return

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