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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 86-3266374

Edith Johnston Memorial Fund

A private foundation in Eaton Rapids, MI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $14,750 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

    $14,750

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $74,364

  • Tax year 2024

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $85,064

  • Tax year 2023

    $13,750

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $94,654

  • Tax year 2022

    $11,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $105,175

  • Tax year 2021

    $5,812

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $112,540

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Circus City Festival IncPeru, IN

    Promotion of circus as a continued form of educati

    $2,250
  2. Wenatchee Youth CircusWenatchee, WA

    Promotion of circus as a continued form of educati

    $2,000
  3. Bindlestiff Family Variety Arts IncNew York, NY

    Promotion of circus as a continued form of educati

    $2,000
  4. Individual

    Grant

    $2,000
  5. Individual

    TEACHES ART OF LIFE THRU [individual] EDUCATION

    $1,750
  6. Circus Fans Assoc of AmericaBaraboo, WI

    Scholarship

    $1,750
  7. Cats Circ Trav Show Ret ProjectSarasota, FL

    Promotion of circus as a continued form of educati

    $1,500
  8. Individual

    PROMOTION OF [individual] AS A CONTINUED FORM OF EDUCATI

    $1,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture3 grants $6,250100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Indiana1 grant $2,250
  2. New York1 grant $2,000
  3. Washington1 grant $2,000
  4. Wisconsin1 grant $1,750
  5. Florida1 grant $1,500

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

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

  • James B FryPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Tim BessignanoDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jan BiggerstaffDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Priscilla JohnsonDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Dan KleintopDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Patricia StevensonDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Timothy N TeggeDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • John WilerDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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