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The Chesterman Family Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 91-2086157 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$1M
Grants reported
87
Typical grant
$5K
Future commitments
Not reported

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

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: The Chesterman 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
202556$563.5K
202431$438.1K

Where The Chesterman 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.

Sioux City Parks and Recreation Foundation

Sioux City, IA

$147.7KTax year 2024

To further programs of the organization

Siouxland Sports Academy

Sioux City, IA

$50KTax year 2025

To further programs of the organization

Art Center Association of Sioux City

Sioux City, IA

$50KTax year 2025

To further programs of the organization

Sioux City Parks and Recreation Foundation

Sioux City, IA

$40KTax year 2025

To further programs of the organization

Planned Parenthood of North Central States

St Paul, MN

$25KTax year 2025

To further programs of the organization

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from The Chesterman 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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