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The Theodore J Forstmann Charitable Tr C/O Bessemer Trust Company NA Grants

Private foundation · EIN 47-1716810 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$27.3M
Grants reported
66
Typical grant
$250K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: THE THEODORE J FORSTMANN CHARITABLE TR C/O BESSEMER TRUST COMPANY NA

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
202529$10.2M
202437$17.1M

Where The Theodore J Forstmann Charitable Tr C/O Bessemer Trust Company NA 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.

Marys Meals USA Inc

BLOOMFIELD, NJ

$3.4MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General exempt purpose

Children'S Scholarship Fund

NEW YORK, NY

$2.8MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General exempt purpose

The Pasadena Waldorf School

ALTADENA, CA

$1.6MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

General exempt purpose

Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children

NEW YORK, NY

$1.3MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

General exempt purpose

New Alternatives for Children

NEW YORK, NY

$1MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

General exempt purpose

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (66 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from The Theodore J Forstmann Charitable Tr C/O Bessemer Trust Company NA'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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