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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 75-1746196

Fairfield Foundation

A private foundation in Farmersville, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $99,961 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $99,961

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $190,635

  • Tax year 2024

    $87,471

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $209,947

  • Tax year 2023

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $255,458

  • Tax year 2022

    $52,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $272,451

  • Tax year 2021

    $127,623

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $283,474

  • Tax year 2020

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $309,796

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    General fund

    $17,500
  2. Casa for Hunt CountyGreenville, TX

    General fund

    $17,500
  3. Rett Syndrome Research TrustTrumbull, CT

    General fund

    $15,000
  4. The University of the SouthSewanee, TN

    General fund

    $15,000
  5. Winnetka Congretational ChurchWinnetka, IL

    General fund

    $11,961
  6. New Life Baptist Church of ChicagoChicago, IL

    General fund

    $6,500
  7. Individual

    General fund

    $5,000
  8. Individual

    Lighthouse project

    $5,000
  9. Northeast Illinois Council of BSAVernon Hills, IL

    General fund

    $2,500
  10. Opportunity InternationalChicago, IL

    General fund

    $2,000
  11. Rise InternationalNorthfield, IL

    General fund

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Crime and legal aid1 grant $17,50034% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $15,00029% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $15,00029% of the total
  4. International aid2 grants $4,0008% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois5 grants $24,961
  2. Texas1 grant $17,500
  3. Connecticut1 grant $15,000
  4. Tennessee1 grant $15,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • William SholtenSEC/TRES/TRUSTE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Katherine S PowellTrustee Hours 0Pay $0
  • Lucy G KimbroughV-P/TRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Leslie K SholtenPRES/TRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Joanna S WallanderTrustee Hours 0Pay $0
  • William Arch SholtenTrustee Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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