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Hester Family Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 88-4350044 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$1.9M
Grants reported
6
Typical grant
$200K
Future commitments
Not reported

Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.

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Contact
Walter Hester III

Deadlines, materials and limits are not in the filing; check with the foundation.

Original filing text
Contact
WALTER HESTER III
Address
175 HAWKEN RD RENO, NV, 89519
Phone
9727016028
Deadlines
NONE
Application materials
NONE
Restrictions
NONE

Reported organization name: HESTER FAMILY 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
20253$600K
20243$1.3M

Where Hester Family 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.

The Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation

New York, NY

$1.1MTax year 2024

Healing Services and Education

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

$200KTax year 2025

Educational

Sage Ridge School

Reno, NV

$200KTax year 2025

Educational

The Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation

New York, NY

$200KTax year 2025

Healing services and education

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

$200KTax year 2024

Educational

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Hester Family 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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