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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 54-6372531

The Bob Wiser Charitable Foundation Trust

A private foundation in Catlett, VA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 11 grants and $280,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 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 2024

    $280,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $6,663,432

  • Tax year 2023

    $340,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $6,575,434

  • Tax year 2022

    $420,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $6,682,704

  • Tax year 2021

    $350,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $6,951,328

  • Tax year 2020

    $338,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $6,884,459

  • Tax year 2019

    $240,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $6,979,647

  • Tax year 2018

    $300,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $7,140,208

Grants paid in 2024

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Youth for TomorrowCatlett, VA

    Furtherance of charitable purposes

    $200,000
  2. The Chance FoundationCatlett, VA

    Furtherance of charitable purposes

    $60,000
  3. Officer Down Memorial PageFairfax, VA

    Furtherance of charitable purposes

    $5,000
  4. Love LeoHaymarket, VA

    Furtherance of charitable purposes

    $3,000
  5. Special Olympics VirginiaFairfax, VA

    Furtherance of charitable purposes

    $3,000
  6. Blue and Gray Search and Rescue DogsWoodstock, VA

    Furtherance of charitable purposesfurtherance of charitable purposes

    $1,500
  7. Catlett Volunteer Fire and RescueCatlett, VA

    Furtherance of charitable purposes

    $1,500
  8. Fauquier SPCAWarrenton, VA

    Furtherance of charitable purposes

    $1,500
  9. Hope for HorsesGalt, CA

    Furtherance of charitable purposes

    $1,500
  10. Rainbow Therapeutic Riding CenterHaymarket, VA

    Furtherance of charitable purposes

    $1,500
  11. Virginia Hunters Who CareBig Island, VA

    Furtherance of charitable purposes

    $1,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals4 grants $64,50089% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $8,00011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Virginia10 grants $278,500
  2. California1 grant $1,500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Tammy Jo SuterCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $1,000
  • Russell Bryan WiserCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $1,000
  • Heather FetzerCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $1,000

The return

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