Open Foundations · South Dakota

Fred and Mary Maas Private Foundation

Gettysburg, South Dakota · EIN 460458582. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $208K across 9 grants in 2025, a median of $15K each.

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$208K
paid in 2025
9
grants paid
$15K
median grant
9%
to first-time recipients
$1.7M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
LILA HERICKS
Address
16383 310TH AVE, GETTYSBURG, SD, 57442
Phone
6057652494
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
LETTER, INCLUDING COPY OF IRS EXEMPTION LETTER AND WHAT THE FUNDS ARE FOR.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
MUST BE A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202631349349101648. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

equipment

Biggest grants in 2025

All 9 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Gettysburg SchoolSD$104,500OPERATING ASSISTANCE
2Hoven Volunteer Fire DepartmentSD$30,000EQUIPMENT
3City of GettysburgSD$20,000EQUIPMENT
4City of HovenSD$18,000GENERAL EQUIPMENT
5Gettysburg School District FoundatiSD$15,000START UP FUNDS
6Keep Hope Local IncSD$10,000OPERATING FUNDS
7Hoven School DistrictSD$5,250PRESCHOOL PROGRAM SUPPORT
8Potter County Sportsmans ClubSD$4,668SUPPLIES
9Pembroke CemeterySD$1,000CEMETERY UPKEEP

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202011$245K
20218$158K
202213$154K
20236$274K
20248$236K
2025 (partial year)9$208K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
South Dakota100%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Amber MikkelsenMEMBER · 2025
Austin LakeVICE PRESIDE · 2025
Kim SheehanMEMBER · 2025
Lila HericksSECRETARY/TR · 2025
Monty HarerPRESIDENT · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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