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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-8600185

Melissa Lea Reicks Foundation

A private foundation in Lawler, IA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 16 grants and $80,260 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $80,260

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2024

    $114,021

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2023

    $70,921

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $21,400

  • Tax year 2022

    $127,359

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $3,256

  • Tax year 2021

    $187,095

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $40,557

  • Tax year 2020

    $76,645

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $7,622

  • Tax year 2019

    $176,720

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $29,127

  • Tax year 2018

    $83,135

    Grants listed
    63
    Assets, end of year
    $13,926

Grants paid in 2025

16 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    Donation

    $40,060
  2. Holy Family ParishNew Hampton, IA

    Donation

    $21,200
  3. City of WaucomaWaucoma, IA

    Donation

    $5,000
  4. Individual

    Donation

    $2,000
  5. St Joseph Community SchoolNew Hampton, IA

    Donation

    $2,000
  6. Individual

    Donation

    $1,000
  7. Lawler Irish FestLawler, IA

    Donation

    $1,000
  8. Chickasaw Event CenterNew Hampton, IA

    Donation

    $1,000
  9. Harpers Ferry Area Heritage SocietyHarpers Ferry, IA

    Donation

    $1,000
  10. Individual

    Donation

    $1,000
  11. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  12. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  13. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  14. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  15. Individual

    Scholarship

    $500
  16. Individual

    Scholarship

    $500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $1,00050% of the total
  2. Youth development1 grant $1,00050% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Iowa6 grants $31,200

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Dale ReicksDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Laura ReicksDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Brady J ReicksDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Kaylie ReicksDIRECTOR Hours 3Pay $0

The return

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