Private foundation
JAMES W AND ELLA B FORSTER CHARITABLE TRUST
ROCK RAPIDS, IAEIN
Can I apply?
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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Private foundation
ROCK RAPIDS, IAEIN
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2025 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
No parsed e-filed return is on record for this organization yet, so year-by-year financials are not available.
Asset, income and revenue figures come from the IRS master file (the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File), a coarse annual extract. Year-by-year figures appear once the organization's e-filed returns are in the database.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 32% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RANSOM CHURCHROCK RAPIDS, IA | CHURCH FLOOD REPAIR | $30,000 | 2025 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Schneidermann | Trustee | 1.00 | $0 |
| Kandi Koll | Trustee | 1.00 | $0 |
| Bruce Jennings | Trustee | 1.00 | $0 |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| BUILDING TUCKPOINTING |
| $27,788 |
| 2021 |
| ALVORD BETTERMENT COMMITTMEEALVORD, IA | REC CENTER CONSTRUCTION | $22,500 | 2025 |
| ALVORD BETTERMENT COMMITTMEEALVORD, IA | REC CENTER CONSTRUCTION | $22,500 | 2024 |
| ATLAS OF LYON COUNTYROCK RAPIDS, IA | OPERATIONS | $20,000 | 2019 |
| CENTRAL LYON COMM SCHOOLROCK RAPIDS, IA | EXERCISE EQUIPMENT IN THE NEW TRAINING ROOM | $20,000 | 2016 |
| JUSTICE FOR ALLROCK VALLEY, IA | FLOOD RELIEF | $15,000 | 2016 |
| LYON COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATIONROCK RAPIDS, IA | FAIRGROUND IMPROVEMENTS | $13,000 | 2016 |
| CITY OF ROCK RAPIDSROCK RAPIDS, IA | PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS AND REC ASSETS | $10,000 | 2016 |
| ROCK RAPIDS MURAL SOCIETYROCK RAPIDS, IA | MURALS | $10,000 | 2023 |
| CITY OF ROCK RAPIDSROCK RAPIDS, IA | PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT | $10,000 | 2022 |
| LYON COUNTY AMBULANCEROCK RAPIDS, IA | LAPTOPS COMPUTERS AND SOFTWARE FOR AMBULANCES | $8,700 | 2016 |
| ROCK RAPIDS MURAL SOCIETYROCK RAPIDS, IA | MURALS | $8,000 | 2025 |
| LESTER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONLESTER, IA | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | $7,500 | 2025 |
| CITY OF ROCK RAPIDSROCK RAPIDS, IA | VETERANS CEREMONY PLATFORM AT CITY-OWNED CEMETARY | $7,500 | 2016 |
| ATLAS OF LYON COUNTYROCK RAPIDS, IA | GENERAL SERVICES TO LYON COUNTY RESIDENTS | $7,169 | 2016 |
| RAPIDS THEATRE PRESERVATION SOCIETYROCK RAPIDS, IA | BUILDING TUCKPOINTING | $6,500 | 2020 |
| INSPIRATION HILLS CAMPINWOOD, IA | EXPAND HIGH ROPES CHALLANGE COURSE | $6,000 | 2023 |
| LYON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETYROCK RAPIDS, IA | IMPROVEMENTS | $5,000 | 2019 |
| ROCK RAPIDS MURAL SOCIETYROCK RAPIDS, IA | MURALS | $5,000 | 2018 |
| ROCK RAPIDS MURAL SOCIETYROCK RAPIDS, IA | MURALS | $5,000 | 2024 |
| CITY OF ROCK RAPIDSROCK RAPIDS, IA | VETERANS CEREMONY PLATFORM AT CITY-OWNED CEMETARY | $5,000 | 2017 |
| ROCK RAPIDS MURAL SOCIETYROCK RAPIDS, IA | MURALS | $5,000 | 2020 |
| JUSTICE FOR ALLROCK VALLEY, IA | FLOOD RELIEF | $5,000 | 2017 |
| ROCK RAPIDS MURAL SOCIETYROCK RAPIDS, IA | MURALS | $5,000 | 2017 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2024 · period ending Jun 30, 2024IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202413519349100811
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Jun 30, 2023
Filing id 202333199349108368
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Jun 30, 2022
Filing id 202203219349100320
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Jun 30, 2021
Filing id 202103019349101115
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Jun 30, 2020
Filing id 202043099349100344
Form 990-PF · FY2019 · period ending Jun 30, 2019
Filing id 201913319349100001
Form 990-PF · FY2018 · period ending Jun 30, 2018
Filing id 201803199349105455
Form 990-PF · FY2017 · period ending Jun 30, 2017
Filing id 201821359349101072
Form 990-PF · FY2016 · period ending Jun 30, 2016
Filing id 201710469349100641
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.