James W and Ella B Forster Trust

ROCK RAPIDS, IA EIN: 42-1305882

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990-PF

Total Assets

Annual Giving

$358K

+12.8% YoY

Grant Count

7

+40.0% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$51K

-19.5% YoY

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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$0.275$0.55$0.8250000000000001$1.120212022202320242025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets
Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
Distributable Amount

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$90K$179K$269K$358K3 grants20214 grants20226 grants20235 grants20247 grants2025

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 7 recipients in 2025

MERRILL PIONEER COMMUNIT…$184KROCK RAPIDS AREA DEVELOP…$70KATLAS OF LYON COUNTY$36KRANSOM CHURCH$30KALVORD BETTERMENT COMMIT…$23KROCK RAPIDS MURAL SOCIETY$8KLESTER DEVELOPMENT CORPO…$8K

Grant Size Distribution

25 grants across all recorded years

14<$50K6$50–100K5$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for .

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Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

From 2025 filing

NameTitleHoursCompensation
GEORGE SCHNEIDERMANNTrustee1
KANDI KOLLTrustee1
BRUCE JENNINGSTrustee1

Geographic Focus

Where this funder has awarded grants

Grant Distribution by State

1states

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Cities

ALVORDINWOODLESTERROCK RAPIDS

Data last updated March 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

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