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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 63-6067449

Lillian C McGowin Foundation

A private foundation in Mobile, AL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 35 grants and $83,250 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. It still lists the details below.

Contact
Lynn M Little
PO Box 421
Mobile, AL 36601
(251) 433-2467
n/a
Form and materials
See the attached application
Deadlines
On or before december 1
Restrictions
The foundation gives to institutions only, not to individuals. The institutions must be qualified under sec 501(c)(3). The charities are usually located in or near mobile, alabama. Occassionally charitites outside the mobile area receive donations.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $83,250

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $1,350,747

  • Tax year 2024

    $83,000

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $1,347,758

  • Tax year 2023

    $81,000

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $1,345,613

  • Tax year 2022

    $88,500

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $1,385,639

  • Tax year 2021

    $83,500

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $1,448,663

  • Tax year 2020

    $82,000

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $1,391,421

  • Tax year 2019

    $78,500

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $1,406,545

  • Tax year 2018

    $91,000

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $1,398,497

Grants paid in 2025

35 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Dauphin Way United Methodist ChurchMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $23,500
  2. Church of the EpiphanyMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $8,000
  3. St Stephen's SocietyMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $6,000
  4. United Methodist Inner City MissionMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $4,000
  5. Feeding the Gulf CoastTheodore, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $3,000
  6. Victory Health PartnersMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $3,000
  7. Mobile BaykeeperMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $2,500
  8. Seven Hills Fire DistrictMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $2,500
  9. Dumas Wesley Community CenterMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $2,000
  10. Family Promise of Coastal AlabamaMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $2,000
  11. Prodisee PantrySpanish Fort, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $2,000
  12. Richards Dar House MuseumMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $2,000
  13. Drug Education CouncilMobile, AL

    To promote healthy choices regarding the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs by providing quality education, intervention, and recovery support programs.

    $1,500
  14. Earth Day Mobile BayFairhope, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $1,500
  15. Government Street United Methodist ChurchMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $1,500
  16. McKemie PlaceMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $1,500
  17. Alabama Sierra ClubBirmingham, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $1,000
  18. Child Advocacy CenterMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $1,000
  19. Compassionate Friends EndowmentMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $1,000
  20. Embrace Alabama KidsMontgomery, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $1,000
  21. Fairhope Film FestivalFairhope, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $1,000
  22. First Light Community of MobileMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $1,000
  23. Friends of Magnolia CemetaryMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $1,000
  24. Longleaf Pine AllianceAndalusia, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $1,000
  25. Mobile Botanical GardensMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $1,000
  26. Mobile Museum of ArtMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $1,000
  27. Mobile Symphony OrchestraMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $1,000
  28. Weeks Bay VolunteersFairhope, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $1,000
  29. Sierra Club FoundationOakland, CA

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $1,000
  30. Dauphin Way United Methodist ChurchDauphin Island, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $1,000
  31. Alabama Coastal FoundationMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $750
  32. Alabama Rivers AllianceBirmingham, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $500
  33. Bellingrath Gardens and HomeTheodore, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $500
  34. ExploreumMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $500
  35. History Museum of MobileMobile, AL

    To assist organization with its charitable purpose

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment6 grants $7,25029% of the total
  2. Human services2 grants $4,50018% of the total
  3. Arts and culture3 grants $4,00016% of the total
  4. Food and agriculture1 grant $3,00012% of the total
  5. Health1 grant $3,00012% of the total
  6. Disaster relief and public safety1 grant $2,0008% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $1,5006% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Alabama34 grants $82,250
  2. California1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • Regions BankTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • LG Adams IIIMEMBER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Dottie MosleyMEMBER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Carol Adams-DavisMEMBER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Lynn M LittleCHAIRMAN Hours 0Pay $0
  • Lewis BevilleMEMBER Hours 0Pay $0

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