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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 81-4683592

Kohn Charitable Trust

A private foundation in McLean, VA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $2.3 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

    $2,327,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $50,535,848

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,962,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $41,880,894

  • Tax year 2022

    $2,005,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $41,579,073

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,474,972

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $37,220,719

  • Tax year 2020

    $930,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $29,312,014

  • Tax year 2019

    $599,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $21,094,849

  • Tax year 2018

    $351,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $13,453,054

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI

    To fund the carol kakalec kohn faculty endowment for the carol kakalec kohn professorship

    $1,246,000
  2. University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI

    To support the kohn scholar graduate student fellowship.

    $400,000
  3. University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI

    To support the kohn collaborative fund - workshops, seminars and seed grants

    $311,000
  4. The Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PA

    To support the louis and hedwig sternberg chair in plant biology.

    $250,000
  5. UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy FoundationChapel Hill, NC

    To support the harold kohn faculty endowment for the harold kohn professorship.

    $100,000
  6. Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI

    To support the RX kids program.

    $20,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $120,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Michigan4 grants $1,977,000
  2. Pennsylvania1 grant $250,000
  3. North Carolina1 grant $100,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Harold L KohnPRESIDENT/SECRETARY Hours 18Pay $0
  • Carol Kakalec KohnVICE-PRESIDENT/TREASURER Hours 12Pay $0

The return

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