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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 54-1875279

Parker Carson Foundation

A private foundation in Radnor, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 22 grants and $170,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $170,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $3,228,347

  • Tax year 2024

    $158,500

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $3,058,381

  • Tax year 2023

    $156,000

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $2,962,952

  • Tax year 2022

    $114,500

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $2,917,649

  • Tax year 2021

    $116,000

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $2,754,726

  • Tax year 2020

    $117,000

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $2,023,576

  • Tax year 2019

    $112,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $2,048,861

  • Tax year 2018

    $111,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $2,026,065

Grants paid in 2025

22 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Montessori de Terra LindaSan Rafael, CA

    General purposes

    $25,000
  2. WetaArlington, VA

    General purposes

    $25,000
  3. University of Tennessee Foundation IncKnoxville, TN

    General purposes

    $15,000
  4. Brennan Center for JusticeWashington, DC

    General purposes

    $10,000
  5. Southern Environmental Law CenterCharlottesville, VA

    General purposes

    $10,000
  6. Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsRichmond, VA

    General purposes

    $10,000
  7. Virginia Public MediaRichmond, VA

    General purposes

    $10,000
  8. Allegheny Blue Ridge AllianceStaunton, VA

    General purposes

    $8,000
  9. Earth Justice Legal Defense FundSan Francisco, CA

    General purposes

    $8,000
  10. Anna Julia Cooper SchoolRichmond, VA

    General purposes

    $6,000
  11. Bay Area Discovery MuseumSausalito, CA

    General purposes

    $5,000
  12. Collegiate SchoolRichmond, VA

    The penny and billy peebles endowment for faculty and staff

    $5,000
  13. Nature Conservancy of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA

    General purposes

    $5,000
  14. The Cottage SchoolRoswell, GA

    General purposes

    $5,000
  15. Vcu FoundationRichmond, VA

    General purposes

    $5,000
  16. Virginia Public Access ProjectRichmond, VA

    General purposes

    $5,000
  17. The League of Women VotersWashington, DC

    General purposes

    $3,000
  18. Health BrigadeRichmond, VA

    General purposes

    $2,500
  19. Virginia Center for the Creative ArtsAmherst, VA

    General purposes

    $2,500
  20. Gwen Ifill Fund for Journalism ExcellenceArlington, VA

    General purposes

    $2,000
  21. Hollins UniversityRoanoke, VA

    General purposes

    $2,000
  22. Brown UniversityProvidence, RI

    Scholarship fund

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education6 grants $58,00057% of the total
  2. Arts and culture2 grants $30,00029% of the total
  3. Environment1 grant $8,0008% of the total
  4. Public affairs1 grant $5,0005% of the total
  5. Community development1 grant $1,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Virginia14 grants $98,000
  2. California3 grants $38,000
  3. Tennessee1 grant $15,000
  4. District of Columbia2 grants $13,000
  5. Georgia1 grant $5,000
  6. Rhode Island1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Lucile Swift MillerDIRECTOR, PRES., SECY Hours 5Pay $0
  • John Clifford Miller IVDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Laura Swift Miller MeyersDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0

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