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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-4319466

The McLaughlin Doty Foundation

A private foundation in Kerrville, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 26 grants and $518,200 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
Stephanie Herman
222 Sidney Baker St S Ste 201
Kerrville, TX 78028
(830) 315-2600
Form and materials
The private foundation does require a set format for applications, grants, scholarships etc. Please contact the foundation to obtain an application.
Deadlines
Grant applications: no deadline. Scholarship applications: march 1st.
Restrictions
There are no restrictions on grants. There is a $7,500 per school year limitation on scholarships.

Assets and giving by year

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

    $518,200

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $2,438,825
  • Tax year 2024

    $599,934

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $1,468,720
  • Tax year 2023

    $591,780

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $1,999,829
  • Tax year 2022

    $559,894

    Grants listed
    42
    Assets, end of year
    $2,882,510
  • Tax year 2021

    $726,126

    Grants listed
    48
    Assets, end of year
    $3,366,387
  • Tax year 2020

    $506,934

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $3,705,076
  • Tax year 2019

    $678,967

    Grants listed
    52
    Assets, end of year
    $3,800,936
  • Tax year 2018

    $556,656

    Grants listed
    42
    Assets, end of year
    $4,310,528

Grants paid in 2025

26 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    14 educational scholarships

    $97,500
  2. Individual

    7 educational scholarships

    $52,500
  3. Texas State University - Crpptpolitical Science DepartmentSan Marcos, TX

    Intern program

    $40,000
  4. Individual

    5 educational scholarships

    $37,500
  5. Individual

    5 educational scholarships

    $33,750
  6. Individual

    4 educational scholarships

    $30,000
  7. Individual

    4 educational scholarships

    $30,000
  8. Individual

    4 educational scholarships

    $30,000
  9. Individual

    5 educational scholarships

    $26,250
  10. Individual

    2 educational scholarships

    $18,750
  11. Telluride Film FestivalBerkeley, CA

    General donation

    $17,450
  12. Individual

    2 educational scholarships

    $15,000
  13. Individual

    2 educational scholarships

    $11,250
  14. Kerrville Public School FoundationKerrville, TX

    General donation

    $10,000
  15. Telluride FoundationTelluride, CO

    General donation

    $10,000
  16. Individual

    Educational scholarship

    $7,500
  17. Individual

    Educational scholarship

    $7,500
  18. Individual

    EDUCATIONAL [individual]

    $7,500
  19. Individual

    Educational scholarship

    $7,500
  20. Individual

    Educational scholarship

    $7,500
  21. MountainfilmTelluride, CO

    General donation

    $5,000
  22. San Miguel Resource CenterTelluride, CO

    General donation

    $5,000
  23. Individual

    Educational scholarship

    $3,750
  24. Fields & FuturesOklahoma City, OK

    General donation

    $3,000
  25. Telluride AIDS BenefitTelluride, CO

    General donation

    $2,500
  26. Light on the Hill at Mount WesleyKerrville, TX

    General donation

    $1,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $10,00029% of the total
  2. Sports and recreation1 grant $10,00029% of the total
  3. Human services2 grants $6,50019% of the total
  4. Arts and culture1 grant $5,00015% of the total
  5. Health1 grant $2,5007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas3 grants $51,500
  2. Colorado4 grants $22,500
  3. California1 grant $17,450
  4. Oklahoma1 grant $3,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Stephanie K HermanDIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $65,000
  • Misty A PavlicekDIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $45,000

The return

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