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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 31-1573295

Denman Foundation

A private foundation in Spicewood, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $140,000 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

    $140,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,643,113

  • Tax year 2024

    $150,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,608,529

  • Tax year 2023

    $150,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,651,480

  • Tax year 2022

    $140,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,765,111

  • Tax year 2021

    $135,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,793,966

  • Tax year 2020

    $135,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,856,547

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Bee Creek United Methodist ChurchSpicewood, TX

    Building fund

    $25,000
  2. Helping Hand Crisis MinistrySpicewood, TX

    Gift for the ministry

    $15,000
  3. Boys & Girls Club of BanderaBandera, TX

    Support activity

    $10,000
  4. Boys & Girls Club of MorristownMorristown, TN

    Children's activities

    $10,000
  5. Coral Restoration FoundationTavernier, FL

    Support program

    $10,000
  6. Everglades FoundationPalmetto Bay, FL

    Support program

    $10,000
  7. Girls Inc Morristown HambleMorristown, TN

    Children's activities

    $10,000
  8. Texas Children's HospitalHouston, TX

    Support research

    $10,000
  9. Utopia Volunteer Fire DepartmentUtopia, TX

    Support program

    $10,000
  10. Pedernales Fire Department AuxiliarSpicewood, TX

    Support program

    $10,000
  11. Boys & Girls Clubs of Deep East TexNacogdoches, TX

    Support program

    $10,000
  12. The World Our ParishWilmore, KY

    Gift for the ministry

    $5,000
  13. North East Educational FoundationSan Antonio, TX

    Support program

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment2 grants $20,00036% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $10,00018% of the total
  3. Sports and recreation1 grant $10,00018% of the total
  4. Youth development1 grant $10,00018% of the total
  5. International aid1 grant $5,0009% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas8 grants $95,000
  2. Florida2 grants $20,000
  3. Tennessee2 grants $20,000
  4. Kentucky1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Ernestine N PalmerDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Ronald O PalmerDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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