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Factual Images Trust

Accepts applications St Louis, Missouri · EIN 812043591

Factual Images Trust is a private foundation in St Louis, Missouri. In tax year 2025 it gave $39,187 in 28 grants; the typical grant was $750 and the largest $10,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $38,422 the year before.

11% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$61,35027$538,729
2024$38,42227$716,125
2025$39,18728$895,773

How to apply

ContactBruce V Michelson Jr
PO Box 50088, St Louis, MO 63105
Phone or email(303) 900-8462
What to submitMail request
DeadlinesRolling

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Factual Images Trust funds

Where it gives

Its US grants went to recipients in 8 states, the most to Missouri. It also paid $9,457 in 1 grant to recipients outside the US.

StateGrantsAmount
Missouri16$11,010
Minnesota1$10,000
New York5$8,200
Maryland1$250
Pennsylvania1$150
Indiana1$100
Illinois1$10
Virginia1$10

Grants paid in 2025

All 28 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Students Supporting Israel
Plymouth, MN
General$10,000
Lower Galilee AssociationGeneral$9,457
Friends of Israel Scouts
New York, NY
General$3,000
Birthright Israel Foundation
New York City, NY
General$2,000
Jewish National Fund
Rockville Center, NY
General$2,000
JCC Ecc
St Louis, MO
General$1,500
Chabad of Washu
St Louis, MO
General$1,000
Hasbara Fellowships
New York, NY
General$1,000
Jewish Federation STL
St Louis, MO
General$1,000
Bnai Amoona Rotskoff Ecc
St Louis, MO
General$750
CRC Nest Ecc
St Louis, MO
General$750
Jewish Student Union St Louis
Clayton, MO
General$750
Kol Rinah
St Louis, MO
General$750
Shaare Emeth Preschool
St Louis, MO
General$750
Temple Emanuel
St Louis, MO
General$750
Ti Deutsch Ecc
St Louis, MO
General$750
United Hebrew Spieldberg Ecc
St Louis, MO
General$750
Gateway to Hope
Maplewood, MO
General$500
Hillel STL
St Louis, MO
General$500
Epilepsy Foundation
Landover, MD
General$250
Shaving Israel
Chesterfield, MO
General$250
St Louis Friends of Israel
St Louis, MO
General$250
Shiloh Israel Children's Fund
Suffern, NY
General$200
American Jewish Committee
Philadelphia, PA
General$150
Alpha Kappa Psi
Noblesville, IN
General$100
Kellog Graduate School
Evanston, IL
General$10
Kwmu 907
St Louis, MO
General$10
University of Richmond
Richmond, VA
General$10

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Factual Images Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Rolling.

How much does Factual Images Trust give?

$39,187 in tax year 2025, across 28 grants, with a typical grant of $750.

Who runs Factual Images Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Bruce V Michelson Jr (Trustee).

What does Factual Images Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, faith communities and youth programs.

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