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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 47-4090375

Advocare Foundation

A private foundation in Richardson, TX. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 17 grants and $343,627 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Whitney Strauss
2801 Summit Ave
Plano, TX 75074
(972) 665-5812
Form and materials
Advocare foundation grant application, brief description of the organization's mission, statement of need, number and description of people who will benefit from this program, timeline for project start-up, completion and expenditure of funds, description of desired impact from the program and what evaluation component(s) will be used to measure success, entities asked to give significant financial support to the proposed program, organizaitonal budget, project budget, most recent audited financial statement, list of board of directors and copy of tax status letter.
Deadlines
April
Restrictions
Grant requests for endowment funds will not be considered. Grant amounts range from $10,000 to $250,000 (multi-year payment). Grants will be awarded in mid-july.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $343,627

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $4,115,206

  • Tax year 2023

    $330,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $4,097,712

  • Tax year 2022

    $330,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $4,059,495

  • Tax year 2021

    $295,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $4,909,647

  • Tax year 2020

    $285,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $4,279,002

  • Tax year 2019

    $304,334

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $3,866,940

  • Tax year 2018

    $205,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $3,192,755

Grants paid in 2024

17 grants, largest first

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

  1. La's BestLos Angeles, CA

    To increase awareness of childhood obesity

    $25,000
  2. Individual

    TO INCREASE AWARENESS of CHILDHOOD OBESITY

    $25,000
  3. United Way of Metro DallasDallas, TX

    To increase awareness of childhood obesity

    $25,000
  4. YMCA of Metro DallasDallas, TX

    To increase awareness of childhood obesity

    $25,000
  5. Vetri Community PartnershipPhiladelphia, PA

    To increase awareness of childhood obesity

    $25,000
  6. MISSION2MOVECincinnati, OH

    To increase awareness of childhood obesity

    $25,000
  7. Individual

    To increase awareness in childhood obesity

    $25,000
  8. Iowa Healthiest State InitiativeDes Moines, IA

    To increase awareness of childhood obesity

    $25,000
  9. Alliance for A Healthier GenerationPortland, OR

    To increase awareness of childhood obesity

    $25,000
  10. Partnership for A Healthy MississipFlowood, MS

    To increase awareness of childhood obestiy

    $25,000
  11. Urban Youth ImpactWest Palm BCH, FL

    To increase awareness of childhood obesity

    $25,000
  12. Boys Girls Clubs of Greater DallasDallas, TX

    To increase awareness of childhood obesity

    $25,000
  13. The ConcilioDallas, TX

    To increase awareness of childhood obesity

    $10,000
  14. North Texas Food BankPlano, TX

    To increase awareness of childhood obesity

    $10,000
  15. Individual

    TO INCREASE AWARENESS of CHILDHOOD OBESITY

    $10,000
  16. Notre Dame School of DallasDallas, TX

    To increase awareness of childhood obesity

    $10,000
  17. The Family PlaceDallas, TX

    To increase awareness of childhood obesity

    $3,627

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health2 grants $50,00031% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $25,00015% of the total
  3. Food and agriculture1 grant $25,00015% of the total
  4. Religion1 grant $25,00015% of the total
  5. Youth development1 grant $25,00015% of the total
  6. Human services2 grants $13,6278% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas7 grants $108,627
  2. California1 grant $25,000
  3. Florida1 grant $25,000
  4. Iowa1 grant $25,000
  5. Mississippi1 grant $25,000
  6. Ohio1 grant $25,000
  7. Oregon1 grant $25,000
  8. Pennsylvania1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Stacey CernickySecretary Hours 2Pay $0
  • Jenni McGahaTreasurer Hours 2Pay $0
  • Debbie CookPresident Hours 2Pay $0
  • Whitney StraussExecutive Dir. Hours 10Pay $0

The return

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