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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 73-6279581

Steve Yaffe Charitable Fund

A private foundation in Muskogee, OK. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $85,000 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Mary Yaffe
2905 Robin Lane
Muskogee, OK 74403
(918) 687-0752
Form and materials
Applications must be submitted in writing
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Assets and giving by year

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

    $85,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $319,061
  • Tax year 2024

    $119,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $317,471
  • Tax year 2023

    $80,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $336,494
  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $360,161
  • Tax year 2021

    $90,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $340,583
  • Tax year 2020

    $70,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $357,192
  • Tax year 2019

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $394,257
  • Tax year 2018

    $24,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $397,249

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Coins 4 Critters RescueMuskogee, OK

    animal rescue

    $34,000
  2. Fur BabiesMuskogee, OK

    animal rescue

    $34,000
  3. Promoting Animal Welfare Society IncMuskogee, OK

    animal rescue

    $17,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals1 grant $17,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Oklahoma3 grants $85,000

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

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

  • Mary YaffeTrustee Hours 3Pay $0
  • Dorothy FarmerTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Valerie DevolTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Paige FrixTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Sheli WiseTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Becky BarnhartTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Greg BurchfielTrustee Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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