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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 56-6055716

Champion McDowell Davis Charitable Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Wilmington, NC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $1.1 million 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

Accepts applications

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

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
Two weeks prior to the Foundation's quarterly meetings
Restrictions
No restrictions, funding is primarily limited to the Davis Healthcare Center. However, other requests for capital expenditure purposes will be considered.

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $1,106,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $19,808,114

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,127,750

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $18,309,439

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,065,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $17,470,979

  • Tax year 2022

    $978,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $16,125,222

  • Tax year 2021

    $977,255

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $20,732,254

  • Tax year 2020

    $4,331,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $19,443,042

  • Tax year 2019

    $903,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $21,107,610

  • Tax year 2018

    $907,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $15,640,682

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    Charitable Support

    $850,000
  2. Individual

    Charitable Support

    $77,500
  3. Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilm InWilmington, NC

    Charitable Support

    $76,250
  4. Harrelson Center Help HubWilmington, NC

    Charitable Support

    $30,000
  5. Individual

    Charitable Support

    $20,000
  6. Eden Village of WilmingtonWilmington, NC

    Charitable Support

    $20,000
  7. Individual

    Operating support

    $20,000
  8. Cameron Art MuseumWilmington, NC

    Charitable Support

    $11,500
  9. St James ParishWilmington, NC

    Charitable Support

    $1,250

Where the money goes

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

  1. Housing and shelter1 grant $20,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina5 grants $139,000

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

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

  • Michael C Brown IIIChair Hours 1Pay $1,500
  • Tom DodsonVice Chair Hours 1Pay $1,500
  • Frances GoodmanTreasurer/Sec. Hours 1Pay $0
  • Allen Trask IIITrustee Hours 1Pay $750
  • Patricia C JenkinsTrustee Hours 1Pay $1,500
  • John S PaceTrustee Hours 1Pay $1,500
  • Katherine T CammackTrustee Hours 1Pay $1,500

The return

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