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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 88-4350044

Hester Family Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $600,000 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. It still lists the details below.

Contact
Walter Hester III
175 Hawken Rd
Reno, NV 89519
(972) 701-6028
Form and materials
None
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $600,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $5,743,090

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,305,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $6,159,576

  • Tax year 2023

    $319,756

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $7,221,483

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,100,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $7,191,210

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Sage Ridge SchoolReno, NV

    Educational

    $200,000
  2. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    Educational

    $200,000
  3. The Joe Torre Safe at Home FoundationNew York, NY

    Healing services and education

    $200,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $400,00067% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $200,00033% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $200,000
  2. Nevada1 grant $200,000
  3. New York1 grant $200,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Walter F Hester IIIDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Rachel Anne HesterDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Frank Burkhead Wyatt IIDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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