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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 65-0416459

Bernecker Charitable Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Waxahachie, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $355,664 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.

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

    $355,664

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $320,615

  • Tax year 2024

    $384,950

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $624,619

  • Tax year 2023

    $56,270

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $95,983

  • Tax year 2022

    $131,700

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $149,305

  • Tax year 2021

    $129,220

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $261,858

  • Tax year 2020

    $58,670

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $332,990

  • Tax year 2019

    $235,026

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $84,643

  • Tax year 2018

    $274,984

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $288,191

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Mt Hebron Baptist ChurchDallas, TX

    General operations

    $216,885
  2. Travis Avenue Baptist ChurchFt Worth, TX

    General operations

    $58,000
  3. Community Life ChurchForney, TX

    General operations

    $40,000
  4. Griggs Chapel Baptist ChurchDallas, TX

    General operations

    $15,800
  5. Mt Tabor Missionary Baptist ChurchDallas, TX

    General operations

    $10,500
  6. McLean MinistriesHickory, NC

    General operations

    $7,000
  7. Trinity Christian Worship ChurchMesquite, TX

    General operations

    $6,479
  8. Crossbridge Community ChurchSan Antonio, TX

    General operations

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Religion1 grant $6,479100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas7 grants $348,664
  2. North Carolina1 grant $7,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Robert BerneckerPRES/DIR Hours 10Pay $0
  • Wesley J BerneckerDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Benjamin KisseeDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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