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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 31-1735308

Stephen Watson Foundation for Life

A private foundation in Dallas, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $14,566 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

    $14,566

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $304,792

  • Tax year 2024

    $12,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $246,740

  • Tax year 2023

    $12,618

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $243,086

  • Tax year 2022

    $9,499

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $145,944

  • Tax year 2021

    $5,142

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $164,031

  • Tax year 2020

    $5,555

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $170,196

  • Tax year 2019

    $10,888

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $179,640

  • Tax year 2018

    $19,352

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $202,331

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Hope for Silent VoicesDeerfield, IL

    A home for Orphans and to help them with basic needs skills and provide assistance

    $8,681
  2. Small Go FundsRedwood City, CA

    Misc. Charity GoFUNDS Events Small Donations

    $4,885
  3. VinCapital FoundationHo Chi Minh city, Vietnam

    Mission is to create healthcare and education solutions to assist underserved and marginalized children and women

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. International aid1 grant $8,681100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois1 grant $8,681
  2. California1 grant $4,885

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Stephen Trager WatsonCEO Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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