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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-1543640

TKS Private Foundation

A private foundation in Summerville, SC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $510,000 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

    $510,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $3,587,154

  • Tax year 2024

    $210,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,487,329

  • Tax year 2023

    $300,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $3,532,546

  • Tax year 2022

    $317,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $3,787,030

  • Tax year 2021

    $80,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,294,674

  • Tax year 2020

    $70,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,129,605

  • Tax year 2019

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,215,365

  • Tax year 2018

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,071,433

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Curing Kids CancerIrving, TX

    To help in the efforts of curing kids cancer.

    $220,000
  2. Urban Growers CollectiveChicago, IL

    Support the green house project.

    $100,000
  3. Holy Trinity Classical Christian SchoolBeaufort, SC

    Restricted operations for faculty salaries

    $100,000
  4. St George Episcopal ChurchSummerville, SC

    Support of the backpack buddies program which provides nutritious food to eat during the weekends to children when they cannot access school feeding programs.

    $50,000
  5. University of South Carolina Educational FoundationColumbia, SC

    Support the School of Medicine.

    $40,000

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 $220,00048% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $140,00030% of the total
  3. Food and agriculture1 grant $100,00022% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas1 grant $220,000
  2. South Carolina3 grants $190,000
  3. Illinois1 grant $100,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Tracy Anne StricklandPresident Hours 2.5Pay $0
  • Denise M GuzmanSecretary and Legal Consultant Hours 2.5Pay $0
  • Helen Kelly NewnhamVice President Hours 2.5Pay $0
  • Paul StricklandCFO Hours 2.5Pay $0

The return

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