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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 45-3952852

Apollos Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Galveston, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $890,000 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

    $890,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $18,961,958

  • Tax year 2024

    $874,370

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $18,515,692

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,160,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $19,210,250

  • Tax year 2022

    $932,439

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $20,370,867

  • Tax year 2021

    $140,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $21,383,792

  • Tax year 2020

    $145,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $21,517,986

  • Tax year 2019

    $90,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,016,366

  • Tax year 2018

    $156,200

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $106,866

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Woodlands Methodist ChurchThe Woodlands, TX

    General

    $400,000
  2. Students Life of AmericaFredericksburg, VA

    General

    $200,000
  3. Concordia Lutheran High SchoolTomball, TX

    General

    $75,000
  4. Intercessors for AmericaPurcellville, VA

    General

    $60,000
  5. Students Life of AmericaFredericksburg, VA

    General

    $50,000
  6. Students Life of AmericaFredericksburg, VA

    General

    $25,000
  7. Students Life of AmericaFredericksburg, VA

    General

    $25,000
  8. Woodlands Methodist ChurchThe Woodlands, TX

    General

    $25,000
  9. Texas ValuesAustin, TX

    General

    $20,000
  10. Judicial WatchWashington, DC

    General

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Religion3 grants $485,00094% of the total
  2. Civil rights1 grant $20,0004% of the total
  3. Public affairs1 grant $10,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas4 grants $520,000
  2. Virginia5 grants $360,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Donna Jean HetlandDIRECTOR/PRESIDENT Hours 10Pay $0
  • Laura Hetland WheelerDIRECTOR/VP/TREASURE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kristen Hetland PorterDIRECTOR/VP/SECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Arden Dean HetlandDIRECTOR Hours 10Pay $0

The return

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