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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 75-2148014

Meek Foundation

A private foundation in Dallas, TX. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $67,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 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
Paula Burford
8181 Douglas Ave
Dallas, TX 75225
(903) 629-7880
Form and materials
None specified
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $67,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $960,572

  • Tax year 2023

    $59,200

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $850,743

  • Tax year 2022

    $59,500

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $761,439

  • Tax year 2021

    $59,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $886,881

  • Tax year 2020

    $62,250

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $839,412

  • Tax year 2019

    $51,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $832,191

  • Tax year 2018

    $60,150

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $801,697

  • Tax year 2017

    $60,515

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $997,707

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Christ the King Catholic ChurchDallas, TX

    Religious & community outreach

    $28,000
  2. All Saints Catholic ChurchDallas, TX

    Religious & community outrach

    $20,000
  3. St Marys Catholic ChurchFort Worth, TX

    Religious & community outreach

    $8,000
  4. Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI

    Education & research

    $5,000
  5. Horses HavenHowell, MI

    Education & rehabilitation of at risk equines

    $5,000
  6. Bishop Dunne High SchoolDallas, TX

    Religious & education

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals1 grant $5,00050% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $5,00050% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas4 grants $57,000
  2. Michigan2 grants $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Paula BurfordPRESIDENTDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Kathy HasemannDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Carol A MillerDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Linda M LemonDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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