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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 75-2353196

The Paulos Foundation

A private foundation in Fort Worth, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $1.1 million 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

    $1,071,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,168,882

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,089,375

  • Tax year 2023

    $307,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,118,921

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,197,750

    Grants listed
    37
    Assets, end of year
    $2,472,753

  • Tax year 2021

    $456,315

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $3,691,618

  • Tax year 2020

    $991,650

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $3,702,840

  • Tax year 2019

    $740,500

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $4,221,652

  • Tax year 2018

    $871,809

    Grants listed
    44
    Assets, end of year
    $4,801,897

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncLone Tree, CO

    Community

    $714,000
  2. North Texas Community FoundationFort Worth, TX

    Community

    $357,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $1,071,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $714,000
  2. Texas1 grant $357,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • John J PaulosDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Evan Mead-BrewerCHAIRMAN, PRES Hours 0Pay $0
  • Sam G PaulosDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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