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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 38-4021637

Fox River Foundation

A private foundation in Geneva, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $20,628 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

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

    $20,628

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,206
  • Tax year 2024

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $35,216
  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $31,659
  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $106,869
  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $39,677
  • Tax year 2018

    $55,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $43,521

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Wired HumanNashville, TN

    General

    $18,000
  2. Adventures in MissionsGainesville, GA

    Travel costs

    $2,628

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $18,00087% of the total
  2. International aid1 grant $2,62813% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Tennessee1 grant $18,000
  2. Georgia1 grant $2,628

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Joseph RitchieDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Steven AndersonDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Timothy ShirkDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Eugene A FrostDirector Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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