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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 61-1846703

Debbie Cooke Endowment

A private foundation in Charleston, SC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 1 grant and $5,600 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
Debbie Cooke Endowment
1591 Savannah Highway
Charleston, SC 29407
(646) 334-0734
[email protected]
Form and materials
The applicant must: 1. be a citizen of the United States. Copies of birth certificates or naturalization papers must be submitted with applications. 2. not be a previous recipient of a Debbie Cooke Scholarship in Visual Art. ARTISTIC REQUIREMENTS 1. The art works must be original. 2. The style of work may be realistic abstract or expressive. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS 1. The applicant must submit in jpeg high quality format images of five 5 art works done within the past two years. Each applicant must also include a brief artist statement and a list of the works with the title and medium dimensions and date completed. 2. Works may be on paper canvas masonite metal or wood panels or may be three-dimensional. Mediums may include pencil pen charcoal colored pencil watercolor oil or acrylic paints photography mixed media and original prints ceramics metals fibers or other materials.
Deadlines
April 12 2025
Restrictions
The scholarship funds are for college or private study special training or personal advancement in the applicants chosen art field. The funds can be used for college tuition workshops museum programs summer programs etc. The funds cannot be used for housing or travel. The scholarship funds are sent directly to the museum university special course etc. selected by the scholarship recipient. Scholarship recipients have 24 months to use the funds. Unused funds must be returned to the Endowment.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $5,600

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $107,101

  • Tax year 2024

    $5,700

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $103,480

  • Tax year 2023

    $5,600

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $91,317

  • Tax year 2022

    $6,400

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $85,045

  • Tax year 2021

    $4,600

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $111,752

Grants paid in 2025

1 grant, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    College Scholarship

    $5,600

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Rebecca Sterling LankenChairperson Hours 5Pay $0
  • Marjory Reid MansellTreasurer Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Sterling Cooke OdomSecretary Hours 0.25Pay $0

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