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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 87-1918504

Brooks Education Foundation

A private foundation in Wilsonville, OR. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 18 grants and $282,256 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending May 31, 2026), 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

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

    $282,256

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $1,700,838
  • Tax year 2024

    $140,390

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,863,459
  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,080,991
  • Tax year 2021

    $71,200

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,003,379

Grants paid in 2025

18 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    Tuition Assistance

    $123,099
  2. Individual

    Tuition Assistance

    $77,441
  3. Individual

    Tuition Assistance

    $65,730
  4. Individual

    Tutoring needed to further education.

    $6,300
  5. Individual

    Equipment needed to further education.

    $2,434
  6. Individual

    Aid low income families

    $2,035
  7. Individual

    Aid low income families

    $844
  8. Individual

    Aid low income families

    $742
  9. Individual

    Aid low income families

    $691
  10. Individual

    Aid low income families

    $633
  11. Individual

    Aid low income families

    $598
  12. Individual

    Tuition Assistance

    $539
  13. Individual

    Aid low income families

    $447
  14. Individual

    Aid low income families

    $301
  15. Individual

    Aid low income families

    $206
  16. Individual

    Assistance with school activity expense costs.

    $100
  17. St Andrew Nativity SchoolPortland, OR

    Charitable contribution

    $100
  18. Individual

    Assistance with school activity expense costs.

    $16

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $100100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Oregon1 grant $100

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Tammy BrooksDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • Karen WashingtonSecretary Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jennifer Paauwe-RiffeTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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