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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 74-2395446

John C Bowden Foundation

A private foundation in Dallas, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $69,600 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

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
Jeff Bowden
PO Box 12448
Dallas, TX 75225
(214) 750-9001
Form and materials
Not applicable
Deadlines
Not applicable
Restrictions
Not applicable

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $69,600

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $683,795

  • Tax year 2024

    $49,300

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $954,989

  • Tax year 2023

    $75,500

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $934,280

  • Tax year 2022

    $83,100

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,024,731

  • Tax year 2021

    $75,550

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,164,113

  • Tax year 2020

    $38,260

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,892,349

  • Tax year 2019

    $80,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,152,697

  • Tax year 2018

    $78,120

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,077,513

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. First Baptist DallasDallas, TX

    Religious

    $69,000
  2. Roseland CemeteryHattiesburg, MS

    General fund

    $400
  3. Boys TownBoys Town, NE

    General fund

    $100
  4. Judicial WatchWashington, DC

    General fund

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $10050% of the total
  2. Public affairs1 grant $10050% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas1 grant $69,000
  2. Mississippi1 grant $400
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $100
  4. Nebraska1 grant $100

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • John C BowdenDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jeffrey O BowdenDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Scarlett A BowdenDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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