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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 31-0886547

Bowsher Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Baton Rouge, LA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $21,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $21,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $86,246

  • Tax year 2024

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $83,017

  • Tax year 2023

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $95,775

  • Tax year 2022

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $97,425

  • Tax year 2021

    $53,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $117,353

  • Tax year 2020

    $36,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $129,730

  • Tax year 2019

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $157,507

  • Tax year 2018

    $17,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $161,355

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Baton Rouge Youth CoalitionBaton Rouge, LA

    Fund scholarships

    $10,000
  2. St James Day SchoolBaton Rouge, LA

    Fund scholarships

    $10,000
  3. Community Found of TX Hill CountryKerrville, TX

    For disaster relief

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Youth development1 grant $10,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Louisiana2 grants $20,000
  2. Texas1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Robert T BowsherTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Linda H BowsherTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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