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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 74-1715889

Shivers Cancer Foundation

A private foundation in Austin, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $504,120 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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $504,120

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $10,891,583
  • Tax year 2024

    $991,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $10,301,013
  • Tax year 2023

    $811,772

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $10,430,529
  • Tax year 2022

    $665,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $10,855,940
  • Tax year 2021

    $745,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $10,908,064
  • Tax year 2020

    $419,603

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $10,604,204

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Dell Children's Foundationcmc Foundation of Central TexasSt Louis, MO

    To fund organization's exempt purpose.

    $300,000
  2. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas IncAustin, TX

    To fund organization's exempt purpose.

    $100,000
  3. Travis County Healthcare DistrictAustin, TX

    To fund organization's exempt purpose.

    $84,120
  4. Breast Cancer Resource CenterAustin, TX

    To fund organization's exempt purpose.

    $15,000
  5. The Miracle Foundation IncAustin, TX

    To fund organization's exempt purpose.

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health2 grants $115,00096% of the total
  2. Mental health1 grant $5,0004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Missouri1 grant $300,000
  2. Texas4 grants $204,120

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

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

  • Clarke HeidrickCHAIR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Robert E Askew Jr MDDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Lew LittleDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Britt SteffensenSECRETARY Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Shannon Cox MDDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Debra Patt MDDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Patricia Young BrownDIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 20Pay $75,000

The return

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