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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 72-6019440

Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation

A private foundation in New Orleans, LA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 1 grant and $202,254 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 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

    $202,254

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $6,126,678

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,799,610

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $6,242,650

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,281,744

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $6,310,692

  • Tax year 2021

    $995,414

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $7,469,851

  • Tax year 2020

    $718,386

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $6,817,810

  • Tax year 2019

    $771,636

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $7,500,382

  • Tax year 2018

    $5,297,359

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $5,172,196

Grants paid in 2024

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. New Orleans Museum of ArtNew Orleans, LA

    General support

    $202,254

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $202,254100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Louisiana1 grant $202,254

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Walda BesthoffPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Virginia BesthoffVICE-PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Valerie MarcusVICE-PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jane SteinerSECRETARY-TREASURER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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