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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 85-3138236

Robert L McCarthy Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Lake St Louis, MO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $5 million 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

5 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $4,950,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $4,349,254

  • Tax year 2024

    $3,350,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $8,996,701

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,000,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $11,884,664

  • Tax year 2022

    $2,000,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $12,582,520

  • Tax year 2021

    $3,100,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $14,386,132

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Rosati-Kain AcademySaint Louis, MO

    Academic scholorship programs

    $1,200,000
  2. St Louis UniversitySaint Louis, MO

    Academic scholorship programs

    $1,000,000
  3. St Louis University High SchoolSaint Louis, MO

    Academic scholorship programs

    $1,000,000
  4. Marian Middle SchoolSaint Louis, MO

    Academic scholarship programs

    $1,000,000
  5. Loyola AcademySt Louis, MO

    Academic scholorship programs

    $750,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $3,200,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Missouri5 grants $4,950,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Jeanne BesselsenTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Danielle McCarthyTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Elizabeth McCarthyTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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