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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 41-6012270

Nelson Benjamin F Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Saint Louis, MO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $480,000 paid in grants.

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

    $480,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,232,802
  • Tax year 2024

    $400,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,166,606
  • Tax year 2023

    $349,964

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,251,898
  • Tax year 2022

    $324,991

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,228,821
  • Tax year 2021

    $325,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,482,113
  • Tax year 2020

    $325,001

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,397,739
  • Tax year 2019

    $325,001

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,227,591

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Church of Our Lady of GraceAvon Park, FL

    General operating

    $120,000
  2. Cath Foreign Miss Society of AmericaMaryknoll, NY

    General operating

    $120,000
  3. University of Minnesota FoundationMinneapolis, MN

    General operating

    $120,000
  4. Little Sisters of the PoorPalatine, IL

    General operating

    $120,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $120,00050% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $120,00050% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Florida1 grant $120,000
  2. Illinois1 grant $120,000
  3. Minnesota1 grant $120,000
  4. New York1 grant $120,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Wells Fargo Bank N ATRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $86,439

The return

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