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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 35-2007869

Ruth E Brookshire Charitable Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Lebanon, IN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 15 grants and $113,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Jun 30, 2026), 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

    $113,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $813,060
  • Tax year 2024

    $64,100

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $816,653
  • Tax year 2023

    $80,282

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $801,471
  • Tax year 2022

    $59,286

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $838,499
  • Tax year 2021

    $63,470

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $861,086
  • Tax year 2020

    $61,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $839,450
  • Tax year 2019

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $862,240
  • Tax year 2018

    $54,500

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $874,751

Grants paid in 2025

15 grants, largest first

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

  1. Boone County Senior ServicesLebanon, IN

    Programming

    $20,000
  2. Lebanon Boys & Girls ClubLebanon, IN

    Programming

    $15,000
  3. Lebanon Education FoundationLebanon, IN

    Scholarships

    $15,000
  4. Boone County Historical SocietyLebanon, IN

    Programming

    $10,000
  5. Shalom HouseLebanon, IN

    Programming

    $10,000
  6. Lebanon Public LibraryLebanon, IN

    Programming

    $10,000
  7. Oak Hill Cemetary FoundationLebanon, IN

    Programming

    $5,000
  8. The Caring CenterLebanon, IN

    Programming

    $5,000
  9. WaveThorntown, IN

    Programming

    $5,000
  10. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  11. Sullivan Munce Cultural CenterZionsville, IN

    Arts Cultural Programming

    $4,000
  12. Love IncLebanon, IN

    Programming

    $3,000
  13. Sylvia's PlaceLebanon, IN

    Programming

    $3,000
  14. First Baptist ChurchLebanon, IN

    Programming

    $2,000
  15. Thorntown Historical SocietyThorntown, IN

    Programming

    $1,000

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 $4,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Indiana14 grants $108,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Karen RichardsDirector Hours 1Pay $1,000
  • Claudia TrefzDirector Hours 1Pay $1,000
  • Susan LehmannDirector Hours 1Pay $1,000

The return

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