Country Fair White Elephant Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Green Valley, AZ EIN: 23-7188223
AcademicsStudentsEducation

Provide financial assistance to the other 501(c)3 organizations and educational scholarships to local area youths

Country Fair White Elephant Inc at a glance

In short: Country Fair White Elephant Inc reported $1.8M in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Grants paid (2025)
$1,762,500 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
+1.4% vs 2024
Total assets
$1,933,087
-9.0% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$2,270,215
+1.0% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$27,408
-28.5% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$2,462,236
+1.4% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Country Fair White Elephant Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

33 grants across all recorded years

13<$50K5$50–100K7$100–250K4$250–500K4$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 13 grants of 33 (39%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Green Valley

How Country Fair White Elephant Inc gives

  • Giving grew 88% from 2021 to 2024. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$500K$1M$1.5M$2M9 grants2019 9 grants2020 8 grants2021 8 grants2022 8 grants2023 9 grants2024 Total only2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $644K (2020) to $1.8M (2023). In 2025 it reported $1.8M in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Local Adult and Chile Assistance Assistance to Adult and Child Services$710,200
Education Public Schools Support Education$480,000
Youth Organizations Support Youth Organizations$140,000
1 individual scholarship Recipients not named —$137,500
Rural Fire Departments Support Volunteer Fire Departments$128,000
Private Schools Supprt Education$53,000
Community Art Support Support Art$42,800
Area and Nature Studies Nature Study and Education$42,000
National Disease Support National Disease Prevention$4,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$1,933,087$2,270,215$2,462,236$1,762,500Total only$27,408
2024$2,125,015$2,247,877$2,427,890$1,737,5009$38,312
2023$2,305,619$2,263,419$2,444,615$1,815,0008$37,184
2022$2,487,422$2,202,290$2,085,816$1,498,5008$8,075
2021$2,370,959$1,551,800$1,490,268$924,5208$238
2020$2,308,028$1,001,371$1,167,593$644,3789$5,992
2019$2,474,250$2,310,342$2,321,452$1,700,3969$16,873

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Country Fair White Elephant Inc

Based on IRS filings

Country Fair White Elephant Inc is a public charity focused on Academics, based in Green Valley, AZ. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.9M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $1.8M in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $27K.

Focus Areas

AcademicsStudentsEducation

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Country Fair White Elephant Inc is led by Tom Cooke, President since 2024 (on filings since 2022); none of the 5 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Tom Cooke

    President

    Director → President, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Judy Barkley

    Treasurer

    Assistant Treasurer → Treasurer, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    20 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cene Backus

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sue Woodward

    Assistant Treasurer

    On filings since 2023

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jim Luhring

    Vice President

    On filings since 2024

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (19)
  • Former: Joan Fischer (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Sandy Rios (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Larry Pisacka (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Steve Wagner (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Bill Taylor (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Eunice Hindes (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: June St John (2019–2023) — Secretary
  • Former: Mary Fisher (2020–2023) — President
  • Former: Judy Oestreich (2022–2023) — Vice President
  • Former: Erri Andreko (2023) — Director
  • Former: Alan Cram (2019–2022) — Assistant Treasurer
  • Former: Ivars Vecbastiks (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Maureen McCarthy (2019–2022) — President
  • Former: Regina Ford (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Deanna Walker (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Delores Weaver (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Judy Osterich (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Joyce Finkelstein (2019) — Director
  • Former: Sharon O'Connor (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Country Fair White Elephant Inc

How much does Country Fair White Elephant Inc give each year?

Country Fair White Elephant Inc reported $1.8M in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it gave $1.7M across 9 grants.

How large is Country Fair White Elephant Inc?

Country Fair White Elephant Inc reported $1.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.3M.

What is Country Fair White Elephant Inc?

Country Fair White Elephant Inc is a public charity focused on Academics, based in Green Valley, AZ. It holds $1.9M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Country Fair White Elephant Inc operate?

Country Fair White Elephant Inc has awarded grants in Arizona.

What is Country Fair White Elephant Inc's EIN?

Country Fair White Elephant Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-7188223. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 26, 2026)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 27, 2020)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 4, 2021)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 2, 2022)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 24, 2023)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 2, 2024)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 24, 2025)

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