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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 62-1499705

William E and Lucretia W Evans Foundation

A private foundation in Yarmouth, ME. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 29 grants and $160,000 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

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

    $160,000

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $2,257,077
  • Tax year 2024

    $160,000

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $2,351,276
  • Tax year 2023

    $140,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $2,077,087
  • Tax year 2022

    $132,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $2,174,401
  • Tax year 2021

    $71,300

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $530,686
  • Tax year 2020

    $54,000

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $487,437
  • Tax year 2019

    $49,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $528,047
  • Tax year 2018

    $49,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $518,318

Grants paid in 2025

29 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Pinehurst School FoundationAshland, OR

    General Funds and Playground Fund

    $21,000
  2. American Friends Service CommitteePhiladelphia, PA

    Gaza Emergency Relief

    $18,000
  3. Maine AudubonFalmouth, ME

    Capital Campaign

    $10,500
  4. FCNL Education FundWashington, DC

    Capital Campaign: Unrestricted

    $10,000
  5. American Friends Service CommitteePhiladelphia, PA

    Advancing Peacebuilding Program

    $10,000
  6. Westtown SchoolWest Chester, PA

    LWE 38 Scholarship Fund

    $9,000
  7. Earlham CollegeRichmond, IN

    Annual Giving

    $9,000
  8. Quaker Earthcare WitnessAlbany, CA

    QuakerEarth Campaign

    $7,000
  9. Cope Environmental CenterCenterville, IN

    Retiring Construction Loan

    $6,000
  10. Our Family FarmsGrants Pass, OR

    Annual Giving

    $6,000
  11. LightHawkLoveland, CO

    Annual Giving

    $5,500
  12. The Mosaic ProjectOakland, CA

    Annual Giving

    $5,000
  13. Ben Lomond Quaker CenterBen Lomond, CA

    Unrestricted Funds

    $5,000
  14. The Nature Conservancy of MaineBrunswick, ME

    Annual Giving

    $5,000
  15. Friends of Casco BayPortland, ME

    Annual Giving

    $5,000
  16. College of the AtlanticBar Harbor, ME

    Fossil Fuel Free Campus Project

    $4,000
  17. Our Childrens TrustEugene, OR

    Annual Giving

    $3,500
  18. Greensprings Fire and RescueAshland, OR

    Annual Giving

    $3,500
  19. Ashland Climate CollaborativeAshland, OR

    Annual Giving and Electrify Ashland

    $3,500
  20. Appalachian Mountain ClubCharlestown, MA

    Annual Giving

    $3,000
  21. Maine AudubonFalmouth, ME

    Annual Giving

    $2,500
  22. Friends Committee on Legislation CASacramento, CA

    FCL Education Fund

    $2,000
  23. American Friends Service CommitteePhiladelphia, PA

    Healing Justice Program

    $2,000
  24. Friends of the GreenspringsAshland, OR

    Annual Giving

    $2,000
  25. Integrate HealthRaleigh, NC

    Annual Giving

    $2,000
  26. Baltimore Yearly MeetingSandy Spring, MD

    Special Campaign for Opequon

    $0
  27. The Chewonki FoundationWiscasset, ME

    Marvil Evans Smyth Fund for Teaching and the Environment

    $0
  28. Maine Coast Heritage TrustTopsham, ME

    Annual Giving

    $0
  29. Schoodic InstituteWinter Harbor, ME

    Annual Giving

    $0

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education4 grants $44,00044% of the total
  2. Environment9 grants $33,50034% of the total
  3. Public affairs1 grant $10,00010% of the total
  4. Food and agriculture1 grant $6,0006% of the total
  5. Disaster relief and public safety1 grant $3,5004% of the total
  6. Health1 grant $2,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Oregon6 grants $39,500
  2. Pennsylvania4 grants $39,000
  3. Maine8 grants $27,000
  4. California4 grants $19,000
  5. Indiana2 grants $15,000
  6. District of Columbia1 grant $10,000
  7. Colorado1 grant $5,500
  8. Massachusetts1 grant $3,000
  9. North Carolina1 grant $2,000
  10. Maryland1 grant $0

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Rebecca E MarvilSecretary Hours 4Pay $0
  • Jonathan W EvansPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Cynthia E TruebloodDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Deborah S EvansDirector Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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