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Pepper Counts Foundation

Accepts applications Knox City, Texas · EIN 061722211

Pepper Counts Foundation is a private foundation in Knox City, Texas. In tax year 2025 it gave $30,000 in 2 grants; the typical grant was $15,000 and the largest $15,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $37,603 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$31,0003$669,771
2024$37,6033$641,283
2025$30,0002$619,251

How to apply

ContactSteve Pepper
PO Box 338, Knox City, TX 79529
Phone or email(940) 659-3389
What to submitLetter

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Pepper Counts Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas2$30,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 2 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Just Follow Jesus Ministries
Knox City, TX
Distribution center for food pantry$15,000
Servants Heart Ministires
Snyder, TX
Building homes for underprivileged$15,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Pepper Counts Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Pepper Counts Foundation give?

$30,000 in tax year 2025, across 2 grants, with a typical grant of $15,000.

Who runs Pepper Counts Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists David Counts (Treasurer), Steve Pepper (President) and Jared Pepper (Director).

What does Pepper Counts Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities and food and hunger.

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