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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 95-4718400

The Ronald and Jane Olson Foundation

A private foundation in Los Angeles, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $716,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 30, 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $716,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $5,157,101

  • Tax year 2023

    $142,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,564,579

  • Tax year 2022

    $258,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,047,821

  • Tax year 2021

    $388,431

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $1,921,505

  • Tax year 2020

    $34,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,579,676

  • Tax year 2019

    $253,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,472,050

  • Tax year 2018

    $310,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,707,149

  • Tax year 2017

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,647,095

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Drake UniversityDes Moines, IA

    Charitable

    $350,000
  2. University of Nebraska FoundationLincoln, NE

    Charitable

    $350,000
  3. National Resources Defense CouncilSanta Monica, CA

    Charitable

    $10,000
  4. Fainting Robin FoundationWilmington, NC

    Charitable

    $4,000
  5. Las Familias Del PuebloLos Angeles, CA

    Charitable

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $700,00099% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $4,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Iowa1 grant $350,000
  2. Nebraska1 grant $350,000
  3. California2 grants $12,000
  4. North Carolina1 grant $4,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Jane T OlsonPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jane T OlsonDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Ronald L OlsonSECRETARY, TREASURER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Ronald L OlsonDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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