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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 42-1701468

Jane Burson &JOHN Burson Foundation

A private foundation in Perrysburg, OH. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $39,000 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.

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Phone
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Form and materials
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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $39,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $829,810

  • Tax year 2024

    $40,900

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $598,575

  • Tax year 2023

    $33,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $497,553

  • Tax year 2022

    $45,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $404,453

  • Tax year 2021

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $414,488

  • Tax year 2020

    $36,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $408,737

  • Tax year 2019

    $34,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $466,986

  • Tax year 2018

    $24,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $467,330

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Zoar Lutheran ChurchPerrysburg, OH

    General

    $11,000
  2. Cherry Street Mission MinistriesToledo, OH

    General

    $5,000
  3. The Salvation ArmyToledo, OH

    General

    $5,000
  4. Public Broadcasting Foundatio NW OhToledo, OH

    General

    $4,000
  5. Toledo Zoo FoundationToledo, OH

    General

    $4,000
  6. United Way of Greater ToledoToledo, OH

    General

    $3,000
  7. Justice for AllToledo, OH

    General

    $2,500
  8. University of Michigan Law SchoolAnn Arbor, MI

    General

    $2,500
  9. Wiliams College Alumni FundWilliamstown, MA

    General

    $1,000
  10. Georgetown LawWashington, DC

    General

    $500
  11. Old Newsboys Good Fellows AssocToledo, OH

    General

    $200
  12. US Navy MemorialWashington, DC

    General

    $200
  13. University of FindlayIndianapolis, IN

    General

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Housing and shelter1 grant $5,00062% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $3,00037% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $1001% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio9 grants $34,800
  2. Michigan1 grant $2,500
  3. Massachusetts1 grant $1,000
  4. District of Columbia2 grants $700

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • John H BursonPRES-TREAS Hours 0.2Pay $0
  • Larry C PetersonSECRETARY Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Barbara J BursonTRUSTEE Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Grant M KeuneTRUSTEE Hours 0.1Pay $0

The return

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