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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 81-4804897

Jess and Varda Fields Foundation

A private foundation in Humble, TX. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 8 grants and $20,611 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $20,611

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $41,488

  • Tax year 2023

    $19,700

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $62,099

  • Tax year 2022

    $6,250

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $81,799

  • Tax year 2021

    $3,872

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $88,049

  • Tax year 2020

    $21,456

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $91,918

  • Tax year 2019

    $7,350

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $113,380

  • Tax year 2018

    $15,220

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $120,730

Grants paid in 2024

8 grants, largest first

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

  1. Grace ChurchHumble, TX

    Charitable

    $10,000
  2. Baylor UniversityWaco, TX

    Charitable

    $3,843
  3. Golfers Against CancerMontgomery, TX

    Charitable

    $3,183
  4. Individual

    Charitable

    $1,180
  5. Individual

    Charitable

    $1,000
  6. Individual

    Charitable

    $725
  7. Hermann Park ConservancyHouston, TX

    Charitable

    $500
  8. Congregation Torah VachesedHouston, TX

    Charitable

    $180

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $3,84350% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $3,18341% of the total
  3. Environment1 grant $5006% of the total
  4. Religion1 grant $1802% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas5 grants $17,706

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • JESS FIELDS SrPRESIDENTTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Varda FieldsTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jay FieldsTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • JESS FIELDS JrTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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