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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-4385984

Dorman Foundation

A private foundation in Houston, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $41,000 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

    $41,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $900,033

  • Tax year 2024

    $42,473

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $887,926

  • Tax year 2023

    $37,421

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $879,267

  • Tax year 2022

    $22,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $873,328

  • Tax year 2021

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $789,487

  • Tax year 2020

    $4,050

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $820,741

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Hendrix CollegeConway, AR

    Educational scholarship program - college

    $17,500
  2. Baylor College of MedicineHouston, TX

    Patient care

    $10,000
  3. Kiwanis Activities IncLittle Rock, AR

    Joseph pfeifer kiwanis camp

    $5,000
  4. Grand Avenue UMCHot Springs, AR

    Food programs - seniors / backpack / community

    $4,500
  5. MD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, TX

    General operations

    $4,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $27,50085% of the total
  2. Community development1 grant $5,00015% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Arkansas3 grants $27,000
  2. Texas2 grants $14,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Wendell R Dorman SrDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Wendell R Dorman JrCHAIRPERSON, DIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Margaret K DormanDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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