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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 31-6055767

The Thomas J Evans Foundation

A private foundation in Newark, OH. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 7 grants and $496,263 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Oct 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
The Trustees Co Sarah R Wallace
25 E Walnut St
Newark, OH 43055
(740) 349-8276
Form and materials
The form of application is not prescribed
Deadlines
There are no submission deadlines
Restrictions
Qualified 501(c)(3) charitable institutions, public institutions and government entities in the licking county ohio area

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $496,263

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $32,681,896
  • Tax year 2023

    $236,538

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $29,393,967
  • Tax year 2022

    $351,872

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $23,912,314
  • Tax year 2021

    $319,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $22,659,454
  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $22,738,126
  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $20,739,875

Grants paid in 2024

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Newark Campus Development FundNewark, OH

    Hodges hall donation

    $200,000
  2. Licking County FoundationNewark, OH

    Louis sullivan building donation

    $150,000
  3. Central Ohio Technical CollegeNewark, OH

    Donation

    $55,920
  4. C-Tec of Licking CountyNewark, OH

    Donation

    $41,530
  5. Licking County Coalition for HousingNewark, OH

    Donation

    $22,500
  6. Licking CountyNewark, OH

    Licking county framework - collaborative visioning public/private partnership group

    $16,313
  7. First Baptist Church of NewarkNewark, OH

    Donation

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $200,00090% of the total
  2. Housing and shelter1 grant $22,50010% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio7 grants $496,263

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

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

  • Sarah R WallaceCHAIR Hours 5Pay $0
  • John H WallacePRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0
  • Louella H ReeseTREASURER Hours 2Pay $0
  • Sally W HeckmanSECRETARY Hours 2Pay $0
  • Gilbert H ReeseTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Jennifer RobertsEXEC DIRECTOR Hours 15Pay $77,553
  • Julie DeibelCFO Hours 12Pay $43,351
  • Gerald WallaceTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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