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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 74-2983190

Sylvia Ratner Foundation

A private foundation in Comfort, TX. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 1 grant and $4,500 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 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

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $4,500

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $202,261
  • Tax year 2023

    $7,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $203,924
  • Tax year 2022

    $3,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $194,237
  • Tax year 2021

    $7,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $195,561
  • Tax year 2020

    $4,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $192,171
  • Tax year 2019

    $5,200

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $191,299
  • Tax year 2018

    $3,700

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $192,261
  • Tax year 2017

    $1,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $192,026

Grants paid in 2024

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Community Foundation of the Texas Hill CountryKerrville, TX

    Support programs and operations

    $4,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $4,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas1 grant $4,500

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Marc B RatnerVP, TREASURER AND DIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Tamra L RatnerPRES AND DIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Sybil Ratner WebbVP, SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Rela RatnerDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Ethan RatnerDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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