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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-6685727

Earl D Schoeffner Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Saint Anne, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $15,289 paid in grants.

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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $15,289

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $5,405,246
  • Tax year 2024

    $114,292

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $5,615,095
  • Tax year 2023

    $28,250

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $5,902,862
  • Tax year 2022

    $24,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $6,042,515
  • Tax year 2021

    $3,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $5,884,941
  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $5,708,485
  • Tax year 2019

    $614,256

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $5,773,831

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Gospel Nuggets IncWest Monroe, LA

    To support a religious organization.

    $5,000
  2. Mount Airy CemeteryMomence, IL

    To support historic cemetary.

    $4,500
  3. Shrontz CemeteryMomence, IL

    To support historic cemetary.

    $4,500
  4. National FFA FoundationIndianapolis, IN

    To support the future farmers of america

    $689
  5. Paws and Purrs Humane SocietyMontgomery, IL

    To support a no-kill, not-fo-profit humane society.

    $600

Where the money goes

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

  1. Youth development1 grant $68953% of the total
  2. Animals1 grant $60047% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois3 grants $9,600
  2. Louisiana1 grant $5,000
  3. Indiana1 grant $689

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Janet ChristensenTRUSTEE Hours 20Pay $44,506
  • Tim WolfordTRUSTEE Hours 10Pay $31,411

The return

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