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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-2584997

Stender Family Foundation

A private foundation in Huntsville, AL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $113,500 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

    $113,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $232,271
  • Tax year 2024

    $122,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $314,663
  • Tax year 2023

    $91,260

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $440,744
  • Tax year 2022

    $249,060

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $411,235
  • Tax year 2021

    $269,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $810,271
  • Tax year 2020

    $98,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $925,469
  • Tax year 2019

    $62,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $891,184
  • Tax year 2018

    $192,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $683,164

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. HatchHuntsville, AL

    General support

    $50,000
  2. St Mark's Lutheran ChurchHuntsville, AL

    General support

    $26,000
  3. Boys and Girls Club of N AlabamaHuntsville, AL

    General support

    $22,500
  4. Huntsville Botanical GardensHuntsville, AL

    General support

    $2,500
  5. Huntsville Library FoundationHuntsville, AL

    General support

    $2,500
  6. Second Mile DevelopmentHuntsville, AL

    General support

    $2,500
  7. Veterans Memorial FoundationHuntsville, AL

    General support

    $2,500
  8. Downtown Rescue MissionHuntsville, AL

    General support

    $2,000
  9. Volna Prison MinistryHuntsville, AL

    General support

    $1,500
  10. The Salvation ArmyHuntsville, AL

    General support

    $1,000
  11. Museum of Power & IndustryBelvidere, TN

    General support

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $2,50050% of the total
  2. Housing and shelter1 grant $2,00040% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $50010% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Alabama10 grants $113,000
  2. Tennessee1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • William H Stender JrBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • William H Stender IIIBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Elizabeth Stender BoyerBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Suzanne Stender KrzyminskiBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • John Frederick StenderBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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