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Foster Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 82-3650679 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$2.2M
Grants reported
1,216
Typical grant
$500
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

How to apply

This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.

Contact
Watt R Foster Jr
Deadlines
Not stated here. Consult the original filing and current funder guidelines.
Application materials
No formal form. Application can be made by sending a request by letter.
Restrictions
Not stated here. Consult the original filing and current funder guidelines.
Original filing text
Contact
WATT R FOSTER JR
Address
PO BOX 190 BROOKNEAL, VA, 24528
Phone
4343762322
Email
WATT.FOSTER@FOSTERFUELS.COM
Deadlines
N/A
Application materials
NO FORMAL FORM. APPLICATION CAN BE MADE BY SENDING A REQUEST BY LETTER.
Restrictions
N/A

Reported organization name: FOSTER FOUNDATION

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
2025686$1.3M
2024530$900.3K

Where Foster Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

University of Lynchburg

LYNCHBURG, VA

$50KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Equestrian program

The Academy Center of the Arts

LYNCHBURG, VA

$35KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Investment fund, endowment, education

Centra Foundation

LYNCHBURG, VA

$28KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

(gala), scholarship, maam

Free Clinic of Central Virginia

LYNCHBURG, VA

$25KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Clinic rebuild

Miriam'S House

LYNCHBURG, VA

$25KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Unrestricted

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (1,216 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Foster Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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