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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 46-6948578

Buford L Bowen Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Jacksonville, FL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $330,818 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.

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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

    $330,818

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $6,233,636

  • Tax year 2024

    $181,155

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $6,164,121

  • Tax year 2023

    $305,770

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $5,700,640

  • Tax year 2022

    $318,248

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $5,941,445

  • Tax year 2021

    $271,838

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $6,637,305

  • Tax year 2020

    $245,532

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $5,547,914

  • Tax year 2019

    $224,342

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $5,103,303

  • Tax year 2018

    $247,472

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $4,332,654

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Kanuga Conferences IncHendersonvlle, NC

    Operating expenses of the charity's conferences

    $180,818
  2. St Mark's Episcopal ChurchJacksonville, FL

    Clergy Fellowship

    $100,000
  3. Jacksonville UniversityJacksonville, FL

    Academic Scholarships

    $50,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $50,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina1 grant $180,818
  2. Florida2 grants $150,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Bruce A ChappellTrustee Hours 4Pay $0
  • Thomas M Donahoo JrTrustee Hours 4Pay $0

The return

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