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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-8366895

Powdermaker Family Foundation

A private foundation in Dallas, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $43,207 paid in grants.

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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
Application submission by March 15 for Summer and Fall enrollment September 15 for Winter enrollment
Restrictions
3.0 GPA, extracurricular community activities, demonstration of need, legal US residents, plan to attend college or vocational school

Contact person, phone, mailing address and application materials on file. See them with a plan.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $43,207

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $293,542
  • Tax year 2024

    $22,159

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $269,032
  • Tax year 2023

    $42,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $301,096
  • Tax year 2022

    $15,950

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $292,319
  • Tax year 2021

    $38,401

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $355,018
  • Tax year 2020

    $41,889

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $309,691
  • Tax year 2019

    $30,500

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $321,073
  • Tax year 2018

    $33,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $279,924

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Vickery Meadows Youth Development FoundationDallas, TX

    To support children

    $10,400
  2. St Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis, TN

    To support children

    $10,000
  3. Individual

    Scholarship

    $3,504
  4. Individual

    Scholarship

    $3,000
  5. Children's Advocacy Center for North Texas IncLewisville, TX

    Family assistance

    $3,000
  6. Love for Kids IncCoppell, TX

    To support children

    $2,709
  7. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,594
  8. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  9. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  10. World Central Kitchen IncWashington, DC

    Family assistance

    $2,000
  11. Thingamajig Theater CompanyPagosa Springs, CO

    To support children

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $10,00056% of the total
  2. Crime and legal aid1 grant $3,00017% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $2,70915% of the total
  4. International aid1 grant $2,00011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas3 grants $16,109
  2. Tennessee1 grant $10,000
  3. Colorado1 grant $2,000
  4. District of Columbia1 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.

  • Alan PowdermakerEx President Hours 5Pay $0
  • Jill PowdermakerPresident Hours 8Pay $10,000
  • Karin PowdermakerVP Hours 5Pay $0
  • Daniel ByrdVP Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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