How to apply
Preselected only
The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests. It still lists the details below.
- Contact
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The Powell Foundation Inc
6404 Ivy Lane Suite 310
Greenbelt, MD 20770
(301) 794-4914
- Form and materials
- Applications should be submitted on a standard form that may be obtained directly from the organization.
- Deadlines
- None
- Restrictions
- The powell foundation scholarship program is designed to award educational scholarship to deserving disadvantged youth, especially african americans.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$99,328
- Grants listed
- 11
- Assets, end of year
- $976,806
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Tax year 2024
$70,884
- Grants listed
- 10
- Assets, end of year
- $984,619
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Tax year 2023
$165,500
- Grants listed
- 13
- Assets, end of year
- $945,531
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Tax year 2022
$90,200
- Grants listed
- 10
- Assets, end of year
- $913,046
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Tax year 2021
$70,500
- Grants listed
- 6
- Assets, end of year
- $680,021
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Tax year 2020
$46,925
- Grants listed
- 7
- Assets, end of year
- $352,111
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Tax year 2019
$48,200
- Grants listed
- 4
- Assets, end of year
- $100,602
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Tax year 2018
$22,150
- Grants listed
- 5
- Assets, end of year
- $50,292
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.
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Mt Ennon Baptist ChruchClinton, MD
Scholarship program
$49,400 -
Altadena Wildfire ReliefAltadena, CA
Assistance to families affected by fire
$24,524 -
First Ame Baptist ChurchPasadena, CA
Assistance to families affected by fire
$10,000 -
Delta Foundation IncGreenbelt, MD
Scholarship fund
$6,000 -
Spelman CollegeAtl, GA
Scholarship fund
$2,000 -
Individual
Provide assistance to women
$1,995 -
Hampton UniversityHampton, VA
Scholarship program
$1,500 -
Individual
Provide assistance to needy families of incarcerated persons
$1,409 -
Francis Marion UniversityFlorence, SC
Scholarship program
$1,000 -
University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI
Scholarship program
$1,000 -
Individual
Medical assistance
$500
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Education1 grant $2,000100% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Maryland2 grants $55,400
- California2 grants $34,524
- Georgia1 grant $2,000
- Virginia1 grant $1,500
- Michigan1 grant $1,000
- South Carolina1 grant $1,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Belinda P ColemanPRESIDENT Hours 3Pay $0
The return
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