Giustina Forest Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Eugene, OR EIN: 37-6573149

Giustina Forest Foundation is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Eugene, OR. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.6M in total assets. In 2025, it made $4K in qualifying distributions. Net investment income was $249K.

Giustina Forest Foundation at a glance

Total assets
$2,602,035
+10.0% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$251,277
-22.6% vs 2024
Qualifying distributions (2025)
$4,376
-2.3% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$14,656
+112.4% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

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

Who Giustina Forest Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

6 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K3$100–250K$250–500K3$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 3 grants of 6 (50%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Cities

ChicoEugene

How Giustina Forest Foundation gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2020 to 2023 (+0%). Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 3% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. 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$200K$400K$600K$800K2 grants2019 2 grants2020 2 grants2021 2 grants2022 2 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $700K (2019) to $700K (2023). In 2023 it made 2 grants totaling $700K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
University of Oregon Foundation Eugene, ORScholarship Funds$500,000
CSU - Chico Foundation Chico, CAScholarship Funds$200,000
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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$2,602,035$251,277$14,656——$4,376$249,218$141,435
2024$2,365,414$324,783$6,899——$4,480$322,690$126,012
2023$2,047,530$36,055$710,879$700,0002$706,795$33,189$146,305
2022$2,722,854$834,839$769,061$700,0002$747,612$118,400$143,268
2021$2,657,076$894,329$710,513$700,0002$707,025$191,388$142,421
2020$2,473,260$721,525$707,546$700,0002—$19,321$118,023
2019$2,459,281$809,413$710,740$700,0002—$107,528$118,273

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Giustina Forest Foundation reported a distributable amount of $141K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Giustina Forest Foundation's 2025 filing lists 4 officers; none of the 4 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • E. Danell Giustina

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Giancarlo Giustina

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Thomas Anthony Giustina

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Teresa Giustina

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (1)
  • Former: David Davini (2019–2021) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "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 Giustina Forest Foundation

How large is Giustina Forest Foundation?

Giustina Forest Foundation reported $2.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $4K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $141K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.

What is Giustina Forest Foundation?

Giustina Forest Foundation is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Eugene, OR. It holds $2.6M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Giustina Forest Foundation operate?

Giustina Forest Foundation has awarded grants in California, Oregon.

What is Giustina Forest Foundation's EIN?

Giustina Forest Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 37-6573149. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 23, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 5, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 11, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 12, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 10, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 25, 2025)
  7. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 23, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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