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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 46-4358193

Pfister Family Foundation

A private foundation in La Jolla, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $96,961 paid in grants.

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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.

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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 2024

    $96,961

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $381,235

  • Tax year 2023

    $53,061

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $410,413

  • Tax year 2022

    $21,681

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $85,612

  • Tax year 2021

    $23,650

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $99,274

  • Tax year 2020

    $10,852

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $104,159

  • Tax year 2019

    $25,863

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $105,420

  • Tax year 2018

    $12,833

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $106,044

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Bishop's SchoolLa Jolla, CA

    General fund

    $35,400
  2. Voices for ChildrenSan Diego, CA

    General fund

    $27,500
  3. Wake Forest UniversityWinstonsalem, NC

    General fund

    $25,000
  4. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic ChurchLa Jolla, CA

    General fund

    $8,561
  5. Las PatronasSan Diego, CA

    General fund

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Civil rights1 grant $27,50052% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $25,00048% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California4 grants $71,961
  2. North Carolina1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Richard PfisterCEO, SECRETARY, TREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kristi PfisterPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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