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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 39-4443302

The Luke MCDowell Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Winston Salem, NC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $105,600 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

1 return on file

Tax year 2025 is the only return we have read for this foundation so far.

  • Tax year 2025

    $105,600

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $670,819

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

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

  1. Best Buddies International IncMiami, FL

    Helping people with disabilities

    $90,000
  2. Individual

    Support Families in need world wide

    $10,600
  3. Mercy Hill ChurchGreensboro, NC

    Ministery

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. International aid1 grant $90,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Florida1 grant $90,000
  2. North Carolina1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Charles F McDowell IVPresident Hours 0Pay $0
  • Addison P MCDowellVice President Hours 0Pay $0
  • Hampton BillipsSecretary Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jense H CreightonTreasure Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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