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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-5772157

Christopher Johnson McCandless Memorial Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Virginia Beach, VA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $27,600 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), 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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $27,600

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $203,983

  • Tax year 2024

    $140,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $194,763

  • Tax year 2023

    $613,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $286,996

  • Tax year 2022

    $45,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $855,875

  • Tax year 2021

    $45,100

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $951,596

  • Tax year 2018

    $64,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $738,132

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Valley MissionStaunton, VA

    Homeless shelter & support org

    $15,000
  2. Young Life of Virginia BeachVirginia Beach, VA

    Introduce adolescents to jesus

    $10,000
  3. Cape Fear Young LifeWilmington, NC

    Introduce adolescents to jesus

    $2,000
  4. WCCB ChapelVirginia Beach, VA

    Support spirial wellness of resident

    $600

Where the money goes

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

  1. Housing and shelter1 grant $15,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Virginia3 grants $25,600
  2. North Carolina1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Billie McCandlessTRUSTEE Hours 0.06Pay $0
  • John KnightPRESIDENT & Hours 0.58Pay $0
  • Lisa KnightTREASURER & Hours 0.58Pay $0
  • Bart HuxtableTRUSTEE Hours 0.19Pay $0

The return

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