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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 88-0460795

The Marguerite Petersen Foundation

A private foundation in Reno, NV. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $200,000 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

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $3,038,134

  • Tax year 2023

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,884,438

  • Tax year 2022

    $290,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,888,564

  • Tax year 2021

    $230,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $3,091,971

  • Tax year 2020

    $214,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $3,155,058

  • Tax year 2019

    $190,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $3,124,994

  • Tax year 2018

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,279,506

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Boys & Girls Club of Truckee MeadowsReno, NV

    Operating costs of marge's camp

    $50,000
  2. Carson Valley Community Food ClosetGardnerville, NV

    Program funding for 2024-25

    $50,000
  3. Food Bank of Northern NevadaSparks, NV

    Senior feeding programs

    $40,000
  4. Northern Nevada Children's Cancer FoundationReno, NV

    Family assistance fund and inspire scholarship program

    $35,000
  5. Nevada Diabetes AssociationLas Vegas, NV

    Medical assistance program

    $15,000
  6. Northern Nevada Children's Cancer FoundationReno, NV

    Hope for the holidays

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Food and agriculture2 grants $90,00049% of the total
  2. Youth development1 grant $50,00027% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $45,00024% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Nevada6 grants $200,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Douglas A PetersenTRUSTEE/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $12,000
  • Steven K PetersenTRUSTEE/TREASURER Hours 2Pay $12,000
  • Kathleen P DeesTRUSTEE/PRESIDENT/SECRETAR Hours 2Pay $12,000
  • Robert E ArmstrongTRUSTEE/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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