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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 43-6803922

Zafft Charitable Trust

A private foundation in St Louis, MO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 14 grants and $4,226 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

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $4,226

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $16,556
  • Tax year 2024

    $7,395

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $14,666
  • Tax year 2023

    $3,505

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $11,545
  • Tax year 2022

    $4,311

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $11,836
  • Tax year 2021

    $5,316

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $15,446
  • Tax year 2020

    $4,449

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $17,647
  • Tax year 2019

    $4,406

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $16,948
  • Tax year 2018

    $5,708

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $17,334

Grants paid in 2025

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Temple EmanuelSt Louis, MO

    General funding

    $2,200
  2. Pathway to IndependenceSt Louis, MO

    General funding

    $520
  3. MiriamSt Louis, MO

    General funding

    $273
  4. Jewish Federation of St LouisSaint Louis, MO

    General funding

    $262
  5. The St Louis ZooSt Louis, MO

    General funding

    $245
  6. Simon Weistenthal CenterLos Angeles, CA

    General funding

    $154
  7. World Jewish CongressNew York City, NY

    General funding

    $104
  8. US Holocaust Memorial MuseumWashington, DC

    General funding

    $103
  9. WoodhavenColumbia, MO

    General funding

    $103
  10. Jewish National FundRockville Ctr, NY

    General funding

    $100
  11. Ketc Nine Network PBSSt Louis, MO

    General funding

    $75
  12. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York City, NY

    General funding

    $36
  13. Parkinson's FoundationNew York, NY

    General funding

    $26
  14. Boys TownSpringfield, MO

    General funding

    $25

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 $26268% of the total
  2. International aid1 grant $10026% of the total
  3. Medical research1 grant $267% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Missouri9 grants $3,729
  2. New York3 grants $240
  3. California1 grant $154
  4. District of Columbia1 grant $103

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Marlene ZafftTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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