Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust

Private foundation · Grantmaker Chester Springs, PA EIN: 84-6488115

Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust is a private foundation, based in Chester Springs, PA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $71K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 8 grants totaling $14K. Net investment income was $11K.

Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust at a glance

In short: Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust gave $14K across 8 grants in 2025 (avg $2K), mostly in Pennsylvania. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$13,877
+0.3% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
8
+14.3% vs 2024
Average grant
$1,735
-12.3% vs 2024
Median grant
$975
Total assets
$71,033
-4.4% vs 2024
Primary geography
Pennsylvania (60% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 8 recipients in 2025

St Elizabeth Parish: $8KSt Elizabeth Parish$8KUniversity of Lynchburg: $2KUniversity of Lynchburg$2KVirginia Tech: $1KVirginia Tech$1KNorthpoint Community Church: $1KNorthpoint Community Church$1KBowling Green State University: $750Bowling Green State University$750PhiBetaPhi Fraternity for Women: $437PhiBetaPhi Fraternity forWomen$437Uwchland Ambulance Corps: $240Uwchland Ambulance Corps$240Ludwigs Corner Fire Co: $100Ludwigs Corner Fire Co$100

The largest 2025 recipient was St Elizabeth Parish ($8K). Together the top 8 received $14K.

Grant Size Distribution

42 grants across all recorded years

42<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 42 grants of 42 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

8states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 8 itemized grants.

Cities

AlpharettaChester SpringsExtonGlenmooreLynchburgBlacksburgRocklinBowling GreenColumbusCharlotteLyndellMemphisTown and CountryWinchester

How Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+0%). Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 242% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$5K$10K$15K7 grants2020 9 grants2021 9 grants2022 9 grants2023 7 grants2024 8 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $9K (2020) to $14K (2025). In 2025 it made 8 grants totaling $14K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
St Elizabeth Parish Chester Springs, PASchool andGeneralOperating$8,000
University of Lynchburg Lynchburg, VAGeneralOperating$1,950
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VAGeneralOperating$1,200
Northpoint Community Church Alpharetta, GAGeneralOperating$1,200
Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OHGeneralOperating$750
PhiBetaPhi Fraternity for Women Town and Country, MOGeneralOperating$437
Uwchland Ambulance Corps Exton, PAGeneralPurpose$240
Ludwigs Corner Fire Co Glenmoore, PAGeneralOperating$100
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$71,033$11,974$15,217$13,8778$15,217$10,634$6,278
2024$74,276$1,174$15,171$13,8407$15,171$378$6,420
2023$88,278$1,355$14,678$13,4699$14,678$859$5,910
2022$101,596$2,134$15,189$13,8159$15,189$760$6,371
2021$114,651$26,865$14,130$12,6509$14,130$385$5,626
2020$101,915$1,862$9,965$8,8257—$722$5,621

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust reported a distributable amount of $6K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust's 2025 filing lists 2 officers; none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Melissa Kalucki

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Thomas Kalucki

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust

How much does Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust give each year?

Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust gave $14K across 8 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $14K across 7 grants.

What is Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust's typical grant size?

Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust's median grant in 2025 was $975, and its average grant was $1,735, across 8 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Where does Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust give grants?

Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust gives mostly in Pennsylvania: 60% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest states were Virginia (23%) and Georgia (9%).

Does Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 8 grants with a stated purpose on Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "GeneralOperating" (6 grants).

Who are Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust's largest grantees?

Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust's largest 2025 grantees include St Elizabeth Parish ($8,000), University of Lynchburg ($1,950) and Virginia Tech ($1,200), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 80% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust?

Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust reported $71K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $15K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $6K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).

What is Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust's EIN?

Be Your Best Foundation Char Trust's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 84-6488115. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

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

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 29, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 11, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 1, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 3, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 30, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 24, 2026)

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