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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 75-6036128

William Jesse Godwin Foundation

A private foundation in Whitesboro, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $56,126 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
William Jess Godwin Foundation
PO Box 739
Whitesboro, TX 76273
(903) 564-6695
Form and materials
Letter to request funds. Include proof of non-profit status or name of governmental entity.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
To benefit residents of west grayson county, texas.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $56,126

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $525,521

  • Tax year 2024

    $37,485

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $515,489

  • Tax year 2023

    $22,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $487,799

  • Tax year 2022

    $26,750

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $455,415

  • Tax year 2021

    $24,900

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $387,790

  • Tax year 2020

    $39,383

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $355,777

  • Tax year 2019

    $55,880

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $350,893

  • Tax year 2018

    $29,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $354,416

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

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

  1. City of WhitesboroWhitesboro, TX

    Update park

    $22,776
  2. Individual

    Academic scholarships

    $10,000
  3. First Baptist ChurchWhitesboro, TX

    Benevolence

    $5,000
  4. Grayson County CollegeDenison, TX

    Academic scholarship

    $5,000
  5. City of TiogaTioga, TX

    Purchase of k9 unit

    $5,000
  6. Oklahoma State UniversityStillwater, OK

    Academic scholarship

    $2,500
  7. Collinsville Cemetery AssociationCollinsville, TX

    Grounds keeping

    $2,000
  8. Ashten's CompassionSherman, TX

    Helping children

    $2,000
  9. Collinsville Church of ChristCollinsville, TX

    Operations

    $1,000
  10. Individual

    Funds for school

    $850

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $2,00050% of the total
  2. Mutual benefit1 grant $2,00050% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas7 grants $42,776
  2. Oklahoma1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • Gene BryanVice President Hours 0Pay $0
  • Cary BryanPresident Hours 20Pay $6,000
  • Bonnie PattersonSECRETARY Hours 10Pay $3,600
  • Brian ParrishTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Ricky PattersonTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Phil HarrisTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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