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Backstrom Family Foundation: 7 grants to organizations, $162,500 (tax year ended December 2025)

Backstrom Family Foundation, a private foundation in Kansas City, MO, paid 7 grants to organizations totaling $162,500 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 14, 2026. The largest was $75,000 to Brown University in Providence, RI for for ipc baf scholarship.

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EIN
472518255
Based in
Kansas City, MO
Assets
$3,241,081
Grants paid
$162,500
Tax year ended
December 2025

Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025

From the Form 990-PF filed May 14, 2026, IRS object ID 202641349349103569. It reported $162,500 in grants paid; 7 grants to organizations are listed.

RecipientLocationPurposeCauseAmountSource
Brown UniversityProvidence, RIFor ipc baf scholarship$75,000apps.irs.gov
The Barstow SchoolKansas City, MOFor diversity scholarship$40,000apps.irs.gov
A Better ChanceNew York City, NYTo be used at the$15,000apps.irs.gov
Down Syndrome InnovationsMission, KSTo be used at the$10,000apps.irs.gov
Early StartKansas City, MOTo be used at the$10,000apps.irs.gov
Wayside WaifsKansas City, MOTo be used at theAnimal-related$10,000apps.irs.gov
Great Jobs KCKansas City, MOTo be used at the$2,500apps.irs.gov

Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024

From the Form 990-PF filed November 14, 2025, IRS object ID 202513189349103096. It reported $107,500 in grants paid; 4 grants to organizations are listed.

RecipientLocationPurposeCauseAmountSource
Brown UniversityProvidence, RIFor ipc baf scholarship$50,000apps.irs.gov
The Barstow SchoolKansas City, MOFor diversity scholarship$45,000apps.irs.gov
Early StartKansas City, MOTo be used at the$10,000apps.irs.gov
Great Jobs KCKansas City, MOTo be used at the$2,500apps.irs.gov

Causes funded

From grants whose recipient has a cause.

CauseGranted
Animal-related$10,000

States funded

Recipient stateGranted
Rhode Island$125,000
Missouri$120,000
New York$15,000
Kansas$10,000

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Updated May 14, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.