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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 41-1974767

Robert S Starr Foundation

A private foundation in Bloomington, MN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 16 grants and $41,500 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $41,500

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $658,618

  • Tax year 2024

    $38,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $679,751

  • Tax year 2023

    $40,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $694,746

  • Tax year 2022

    $40,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $712,755

  • Tax year 2021

    $40,000

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $749,932

  • Tax year 2020

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $578,230

  • Tax year 2019

    $32,500

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $603,239

Grants paid in 2025

16 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Kindering - Sibling Support ProjectBellevue, WA

    General

    $4,000
  2. Trinity First Lutheran SchoolMinneapolis, MN

    General

    $4,000
  3. Books for AfricaSaint Paul, MN

    General

    $3,000
  4. Camp OdayinOakdale, MN

    General

    $3,000
  5. Chair-Ity IncCleveland, OH

    General

    $3,000
  6. Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY

    General

    $3,000
  7. Feed My Starving ChildrenBrooklyn Park, MN

    General

    $3,000
  8. Start Senior SolutionsEden Prairie, MN

    General

    $3,000
  9. Union Gospel MissionSt Paul, MN

    General

    $3,000
  10. Can Do CaninesNew Hope, MN

    General

    $2,500
  11. Cross View Lutheran ChurchEdina, MN

    General

    $2,000
  12. Global Health MinistriesMinneapolis, MN

    General

    $2,000
  13. Minnesota Teen ChallengeMinneapolis, MN

    General

    $2,000
  14. Salvation ArmyRoseville, MN

    General/basic needs

    $2,000
  15. Animal Humane SocietyMinneapolis, MN

    General

    $1,000
  16. CaringbridgeBloomington, MN

    General

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. International aid3 grants $8,00053% of the total
  2. Sports and recreation1 grant $3,00020% of the total
  3. Mental health1 grant $2,00013% of the total
  4. Animals1 grant $1,0007% of the total
  5. Health1 grant $1,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Minnesota13 grants $31,500
  2. Washington1 grant $4,000
  3. New York1 grant $3,000
  4. Ohio1 grant $3,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Bradley R StarrPRESIDENT, TREASURER Hours 5Pay $1,600
  • Erica EricksonDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $1,000
  • Theresa SawyerDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $1,000
  • Jennifer ManningDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $1,000

The return

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