Yager Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Caldwell, TX EIN: 23-7055782

Yager Foundation is a private foundation, based in Caldwell, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $316K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 3 grants totaling $15K. Net investment income was $13K.

Yager Foundation at a glance

In short: Yager Foundation gave $15K across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $5K), mostly in Texas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$15,250
+1.7% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
3
+50.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$5,083
-32.2% vs 2024
Median grant
$5,000
Total assets
$316,480
-0.9% vs 2024
Primary geography
Texas (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

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

Who Yager Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 3 recipients in 2025

Rebuilding Together: $5KRebuilding Together$5KHarrie P Woodson Memorial Library: $5KHarrie P Woodson MemorialLibrary$5KDime Box Education Foundation: $5KDime Box Education Foundation$5K

The largest 2025 recipient was Rebuilding Together ($5K). Together the top 3 received $15K.

Grant Size Distribution

33 grants across all recorded years

33<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 33 grants of 33 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.

States

Cities

CaldwellBryanCollege StationBrenhamBuffaloElginJewettAustinBryan TDime BoxGroesbeckMilanoSan AntonioWaco

How Yager Foundation gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−5%). Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 99% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method

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

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$5K$10K$15K$20K1 grant2019 3 grants2020 7 grants2021 9 grants2022 12 grants2023 2 grants2024 3 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $12K (2019) to $19K (2021). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $15K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Rebuilding Together College Station, TXTo Fund General Operating Activities$5,250
Harrie P Woodson Memorial Library Caldwell, TXTo Fund General Operating Activities$5,000
Dime Box Education Foundation Dime Box, TXTo Fund General Operating Activities$5,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$316,480$13,545$16,302$15,2503$15,250$12,860$15,476
2024$319,237$14,501$15,932$15,0002$15,000$13,846$15,565
2023$320,668$7,979$18,850$18,00012$18,000$7,304$15,962
2022$331,539$2,190$16,926$16,0009$16,000$1,410$17,031
2021$346,275$3,620$19,751$19,0007—$2,895$17,408
2020$362,406$7,284$17,818$17,0003—$6,584$18,039
2019$372,940$6,554$12,263$11,5001—$5,879$18,390

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Yager Foundation reported a distributable amount of $15K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Yager Foundation is led by Ann Yager Chapman, President, Chairman & Director on every filing since 2019; none of the 5 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Ann Yager Chapman

    President, Chairman & Director

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Philip Chapman

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Stuart Chapman

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Katherine Borroni

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    No compensation reported

  • Craig Blum

    Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer & D

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

Former officers (1)
  • Former: Katherine Chapman (2019–2020) — 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 Yager Foundation

How much does Yager Foundation give each year?

Yager Foundation gave $15K across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $15K across 2 grants.

What is Yager Foundation's typical grant size?

Yager Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $5,000, and its average grant was $5,083, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Where does Yager Foundation give grants?

Yager Foundation gives mostly in Texas: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there.

Does Yager Foundation give general operating support?

Yes: 100% of Yager Foundation's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (3 of 3) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

How large is Yager Foundation?

Yager Foundation reported $316K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $15K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $15K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.

What is Yager Foundation's EIN?

Yager Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-7055782. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 19, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 17, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 26, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 15, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 15, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 14, 2025)
  7. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 13, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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