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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 52-2272147

Nelson and Michele Carbonell Foundation

A private foundation in Germantown, MD. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $983,500 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $983,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $4,658,061

  • Tax year 2024

    $907,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $5,208,501

  • Tax year 2023

    $637,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $5,704,515

  • Tax year 2022

    $770,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $6,178,132

  • Tax year 2021

    $316,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $6,016,009

  • Tax year 2020

    $200,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,046,331

  • Tax year 2019

    $185,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,259,272

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Pga Tour First Tee FoundationPonte Vedra, FL

    Social service programs

    $500,000
  2. Exceptional MindsSherman Oaks, CA

    Educational programs

    $375,000
  3. Patrick Shifflet FoundationGermantown, MD

    Educational financial scholarships

    $50,000
  4. TGR FoundationIrvine, CA

    Educational financial scholarships

    $36,000
  5. Monterey Peninsula FoundationMonterey, CA

    Community need grants

    $22,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Sports and recreation1 grant $500,00054% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $375,00040% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $36,0004% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $22,5002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Florida1 grant $500,000
  2. California3 grants $433,500
  3. Maryland1 grant $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • John N CarbonellPRES/SECY Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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