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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 58-0904580

Patterson Barclay Memorial Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 17 grants and $674,500 paid in grants.

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

    $674,500

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $13,752,417
  • Tax year 2024

    $522,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $13,259,905
  • Tax year 2023

    $539,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $13,135,390
  • Tax year 2022

    $375,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $13,613,099
  • Tax year 2021

    $611,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $13,938,749
  • Tax year 2020

    $4,028,103

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $8,060,305
  • Tax year 2019

    $600,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $11,209,152
  • Tax year 2018

    $176,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $11,386,123

Grants paid in 2025

17 grants, largest first

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

  1. Lighthouse ChurchMt Pleasant, SC

    General & Unrestricted

    $100,000
  2. Emerson Rose Heart FoundationClemson, SC

    Family Support Fund

    $80,000
  3. North Georgia Community FoundationGainesville, GA

    Forsyth County Community Foundation Fund

    $70,000
  4. Appalachian State UniversityBoone, NC

    Jack and Julie Allen Scholarship Fund

    $50,000
  5. University of Georgia FoundationAthens, GA

    Education Program Scholarship Fund

    $50,000
  6. Aboutface--Usa IncCumming, GA

    Fund 11th grade high school students from Forsyth County, Georgia, to the girls or boys state

    $40,000
  7. Bald Ridge Lodge IncCumming, GA

    Bald Ridge Lodge - Residential and Aftercare Program Fund

    $40,000
  8. Creative Enterprises IncLawrenceville, GA

    General & Unrestricted

    $40,000
  9. Kidz 2 Leaders IncMarietta, GA

    Kidz2Leaders Expansion Initiative: Serving More Children & Families Impacted by incarceration

    $40,000
  10. Freedom AllianceWinchester, VA

    Support Our Troops Fund

    $25,000
  11. Freedom AllianceWinchester, VA

    Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund

    $25,000
  12. Paws for Life USA IncMarietta, GA

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  13. West Georgia Autism Foundation IncCarrollton, GA

    Sensory Bags for Officer Patrol Cars

    $25,000
  14. Jesses House IncCumming, GA

    Garage for Resident Building

    $20,000
  15. The Medical University of South Carolina FoundatioCharleston, SC

    Dental Medicine Special Needs/Care Fund

    $20,000
  16. Hightower Baptist AssociationCumming, GA

    General & Unrestricted

    $18,000
  17. Individual

    Short-term Emergency Assistance Grant

    $6,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services4 grants $140,00029% of the total
  2. Health2 grants $105,00022% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $70,00015% of the total
  4. Education1 grant $50,00010% of the total
  5. International aid2 grants $50,00010% of the total
  6. Religion1 grant $40,0008% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $25,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Georgia10 grants $368,000
  2. South Carolina3 grants $200,000
  3. North Carolina1 grant $50,000
  4. Virginia2 grants $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Daniel Patterson AllenDir, Trustee, Vice Chairperson Hours 10Pay $0
  • Hugh AllenTrustee, Chairman Hours 10Pay $0
  • Jack W AllenTrustee, Sec, Treas Hours 10Pay $0
  • Wade AllenTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Zachary AllenTrustee Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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