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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 76-0536585

The Catherine Terrell McCartney Foundation

A private foundation in Austin, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $20,000 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.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $242,222

  • Tax year 2024

    $19,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $246,631

  • Tax year 2023

    $17,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $250,532

  • Tax year 2022

    $16,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $253,566

  • Tax year 2021

    $750

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $262,416

  • Tax year 2020

    $14,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $206,902

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Nick Finnegan Counseling CenterHouston, TX

    General fund

    $5,000
  2. Texas Book FestivalAustin, TX

    General fund

    $4,000
  3. Library Foundation of LampassasLampasas, TX

    General fund

    $2,000
  4. The Salvation ArmyHouston, TX

    General fund

    $2,000
  5. Historic Fort Worth IncFort Worth, TX

    General fund

    $1,000
  6. Nat'l Society of Colonial Dames of AmericaWashington, DC

    General fund

    $1,000
  7. Neil-Cochran House MuseumAustin, TX

    General fund

    $1,000
  8. Rutherford County Humane SocietyRutherfordton, NC

    General fund

    $1,000
  9. Second Church of Christ ScientistSalt Lake City, UT

    General fund

    $1,000
  10. Chimney Rock Fire DepartmentHouston, TX

    General fund

    $1,000
  11. Central Texas Food BankAustin, TX

    General fund

    $500
  12. Meals on WheelsAustin, TX

    General fund

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $5,00048% of the total
  2. Sports and recreation1 grant $4,00038% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $1,00010% of the total
  4. Food and agriculture1 grant $5005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas9 grants $17,000
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $1,000
  3. North Carolina1 grant $1,000
  4. Utah1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Catherine McCartney MillerPRESIDENT & DIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Susan McCartney FinneganDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • James W McCartney VDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Margaret Jane MooreSECRETARY Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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