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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 81-0961651

Aaron J Schurman Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Cedar Falls, IA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $82,000 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
Aaron Schurman
1704 Willow Bend Road
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
(319) 239-7887
Form and materials
Name of organization; its charitable purpose; a description of its needs for charitable funds; tax exempt status
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

    $82,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,133,155
  • Tax year 2024

    $64,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,121,642
  • Tax year 2023

    $32,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,100,619
  • Tax year 2021

    $36,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $847,711
  • Tax year 2020

    $19,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $492,566

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Prairie Lakes ChurchCedar Falls, IA

    Religious activities

    $50,000
  2. StorylineAustin, TX

    Encourage reading for children

    $17,000
  3. St John Luthern ChurchCedar Falls, IA

    Religious activities

    $15,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $17,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Iowa2 grants $65,000
  2. Texas1 grant $17,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Aaron J SchurmanPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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