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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 75-2717838

H Ward Lay Jr Foundation

A private foundation in Dallas, TX. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $191,536 paid in grants.

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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.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $191,536

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2023

    $14,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $26,435

  • Tax year 2022

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $15,248

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $30,433

  • Tax year 2020

    $18,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $31,027

  • Tax year 2019

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $35,117

  • Tax year 2018

    $17,400

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $44,047

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Scottish Rite HospitalDallas, TX

    General fund

    $50,000
  2. The Baylor Scott & White DallasDallas, TX

    General fund

    $50,000
  3. The Dallas FoundationDallas, TX

    General fund

    $35,000
  4. Duke Health Development & AlumDurham, NC

    Apek discovery fund

    $25,000
  5. Highland Park United MethodistDallas, TX

    General fund

    $25,000
  6. Mercy ShipsLindale, TX

    General fund

    $6,536

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $35,00084% of the total
  2. International aid1 grant $6,53616% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas5 grants $166,536
  2. North Carolina1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Cal DonskyDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Claiborne R QuerbesPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Kate G SniderSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Frederick W BowmanTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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