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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-1020259

Eleanor's Fund

A private foundation in Newell, SD. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $200,000 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.

How to apply

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

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $4,981,628

  • Tax year 2024

    $170,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $5,078,085

  • Tax year 2023

    $232,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $4,387,571

  • Tax year 2022

    $222,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $4,163,423

  • Tax year 2021

    $277,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $4,095,275

  • Tax year 2020

    $242,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $4,146,122

  • Tax year 2019

    $247,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $4,410,791

  • Tax year 2018

    $174,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $4,455,898

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

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

  1. Wild Sheep FoundationBozeman, MT

    General funding

    $110,000
  2. Individual

    General funding

    $70,000
  3. Safari Club Internat FoundationTucson, AZ

    Grizzley bears conservation strategy

    $20,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals1 grant $110,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Montana1 grant $110,000
  2. Arizona1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Neal WanlessDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Arlen WanlessDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jody GilsonDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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