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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 75-1671193

Debusk Foundation

A private foundation in Dallas, TX. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $252,200 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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
Director
12644 Sunlight Dr
Dallas, TX 75230
(214) 213-9212
[email protected]
Form and materials
See proposal guidelines from 07-19-21.
Deadlines
October 15th
Restrictions
Grants are made annually to educational organizations for the operation of the foundation's signature decats summer programs for gifted elementary and middle school students. Funding is for three-week decats summer programs only. Students may attend only one summer program per year funded by the debusk foundation to allow as many gifted students as possible to benefit from the funding. Funded programs are required to implement debusk foundation's decats core curriculum as a central tenet of the decats program.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $252,200

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $6,758,152
  • Tax year 2023

    $222,999

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $6,367,765
  • Tax year 2022

    $275,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $6,429,144
  • Tax year 2021

    $234,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $7,271,065
  • Tax year 2020

    $236,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $7,146,777
  • Tax year 2019

    $244,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $6,882,219
  • Tax year 2018

    $251,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $6,154,597

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

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

  1. Debusk Enrichment Center of TexasHouston, TX

    Education

    $151,000
  2. Individual

    Education

    $37,000
  3. Decats SugarlandHouston, TX

    Education

    $25,000
  4. Baylor UniversityWaco, TX

    Education

    $24,200
  5. Diocese of Austinpastoral CenterAustin, TX

    Education

    $15,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Youth development1 grant $151,00075% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $49,20025% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas4 grants $215,200

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • Todd KettlerDirector Hours 1Pay $3,750
  • John BaroneDirector Hours 1Pay $3,750
  • Rachel RobertsonDirector Hours 1Pay $3,750
  • Keith BelcherTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0
  • Miranda BennettPresident Hours 1Pay $3,750
  • Janette BoazmanDirector Hours 1Pay $3,750

The return

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