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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 91-1732102

Kistler Ritso Foundation

A private foundation in Stuart, FL. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $481,256 paid in grants.

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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $481,256

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $4,286,082
  • Tax year 2023

    $428,619

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $4,299,726
  • Tax year 2022

    $509,150

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $4,119,296
  • Tax year 2021

    $28,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $5,355,770
  • Tax year 2020

    $28,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $5,024,214
  • Tax year 2019

    $26,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $4,836,294

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of TartuTartu, Estonia

    Creative destruction

    $290,657
  2. Kistler-Risto Estonian FoundationTallinn, Estonia

    Nova project, vabamu

    $87,089
  3. Kistler-Risto Estonian FoundationTallinn, Estonia

    Global conversations program

    $54,391
  4. Kistler-Risto Estonian FoundationTallinn, Estonia

    Stanford travel program

    $29,119
  5. Institute for JusticeArlington, VA

    Seminars

    $10,000
  6. Young America's FoundationReston, VA

    Seminars

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Civil rights1 grant $10,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Virginia2 grants $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Sylvia ThompsonTRUSTEE Hours 8Pay $0
  • Andrew ThompsonTRUSTEE Hours 8Pay $0
  • Michael KellerTRUSTEE Hours 8Pay $0

The return

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