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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 46-1338637

Mother Bear Charitable Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Evansville, IN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 21 grants and $143,309 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

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

    $143,309

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $2,220,262
  • Tax year 2024

    $146,593

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $1,791,260
  • Tax year 2023

    $129,580

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $1,818,194
  • Tax year 2022

    $94,509

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,921,474
  • Tax year 2021

    $114,799

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $1,969,855
  • Tax year 2020

    $60,563

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,985,739
  • Tax year 2019

    $76,220

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,992,359
  • Tax year 2018

    $58,650

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,100,513

Grants paid in 2025

21 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Isaiah 117 House Vanderburgh CountyElizabethton, TN

    Unrestricted donations

    $20,000
  2. St James SchoolHaubstadt, IN

    Unrestricted donations

    $18,585
  3. St John the Baptist Catholic SchoolNewburgh, IN

    Unrestricted donations

    $16,911
  4. Ozanam Family Shelter CorpEvansville, IN

    Unrestricted donations

    $15,000
  5. Boys and Girls Club of EvansvilleEvansville, IN

    Unrestricted donations

    $10,211
  6. Boy Scouts of AmericaEvansville, IN

    Unrestricted donations

    $9,750
  7. Corpus Christi Catholic ChurchEvansville, IN

    Unrestricted donations

    $9,606
  8. Evansville Christian School IncNewburgh, IN

    Unrestricted donations

    $5,750
  9. The ARC of EvansvilleEvansville, IN

    Unrestricted donations

    $5,500
  10. Stringtown Elementary SchoolEvansville, IN

    Unrestricted donations

    $5,023
  11. Highland ElementaryEvansville, IN

    Unrestricted donations

    $4,921
  12. St Benedict Cathedral SchoolEvansville, IN

    Unrestricted donations

    $4,600
  13. Holy Rosary Catholic SchoolEvansville, IN

    Unrestricted donations

    $3,746
  14. Annunciation Catholic High SchoolEvansville, IN

    Unrestricted donations

    $3,200
  15. Resurrection Catholic ChurchEvansville, IN

    Unrestricted donations

    $2,778
  16. Good Shepherd Catholic ChurchEvansville, IN

    Unrestricted donations

    $2,743
  17. North High SchoolEvansville, IN

    Unrestricted donations

    $1,502
  18. St Joseph Catholic SchoolEvansville, IN

    Unrestricted donations

    $1,065
  19. Habitat for Humanity of EvansvilleEvansville, IN

    Unrestricted donations

    $1,000
  20. St Wendel Catholic ChurchWadesville, IN

    Unrestricted donations

    $795
  21. St Philip Catholic SchoolMt Vernon, IN

    Unrestricted donations

    $623

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services2 grants $20,50095% of the total
  2. Housing and shelter1 grant $1,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Indiana20 grants $123,309
  2. Tennessee1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

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

  • Marilyn O'DanielPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • John EngelbrechtSECRETARY & TREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Trent EngbersDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Eric MillerDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Riley CoxDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Amy CanterburyDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Tad DickelDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ron RyanDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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