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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 75-2456902

Penrose Foundation

A private foundation in Fort Worth, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 21 grants and $121,000 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

Accepts applications

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

Contact
Attention Sharon S Mayes
PO Box 910
Fort Worth, TX 76101
(682) 899-1315
Form and materials
Transcript (with s.a.t. &/or a.c.t. Scores), three (3) letters of recommendation, copy of parent's last three (3) income tax returns, and an essay.
Deadlines
April 1 of the applicable year
Restrictions
Applicants must be of hispanic descent and must maintain a 3.0 grade average each semester.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $121,000

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $1,294,693

  • Tax year 2024

    $118,010

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $1,342,962

  • Tax year 2023

    $121,500

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $1,380,371

  • Tax year 2022

    $122,500

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $1,493,027

  • Tax year 2021

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $1,547,617

  • Tax year 2020

    $92,800

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $1,271,017

  • Tax year 2019

    $82,500

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $1,229,330

  • Tax year 2018

    $77,500

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $1,157,352

Grants paid in 2025

21 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    Educational

    $6,000
  2. Individual

    Educational

    $6,000
  3. Individual

    Educational

    $6,000
  4. Individual

    Educational

    $6,000
  5. Individual

    Educational

    $6,000
  6. Individual

    Educational

    $6,000
  7. Individual

    Educational

    $6,000
  8. Individual

    Educational

    $6,000
  9. Individual

    Educational

    $6,000
  10. Individual

    Educational

    $6,000
  11. Individual

    Educational

    $6,000
  12. Individual

    Educational

    $6,000
  13. Individual

    Educational

    $6,000
  14. Individual

    Educational

    $6,000
  15. Individual

    Educational

    $6,000
  16. Individual

    Educational

    $6,000
  17. Academy 4Fort Worth, TX

    General support

    $5,000
  18. Girls Inc of Tarrant CountyFort Worth, TX

    General support

    $5,000
  19. Tarrant Area Food BankFort Worth, TX

    General support

    $5,000
  20. Presbyterian Night ShelterFort Worth, TX

    General support

    $5,000
  21. Union Gospel MissionFort Worth, TX

    General support

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas5 grants $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

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

  • Patricia P SchiefferDIRECTOR/PRES Hours 0Pay $0
  • Sharon Schieffer MayesDIRECTOR/VP Hours 10Pay $12,918
  • Yolanda Cornejo GarciaDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Robert P EvansDIRECTOR/SECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0
  • Susan N SchiefferDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Sharon S BairdDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • J Thomas SchiefferDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Lucy P EichenauerDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

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