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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 81-3023693

Bob Carver Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Mena, AR. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $300,000 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

Accepts applications

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

Contact
John D Maddox
520 Church Avenue
Mena, AR 71953
(479) 394-6060
[email protected]
Form and materials
Application attached
Deadlines
As per application
Restrictions
As per application

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $300,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $9,610,082

  • Tax year 2024

    $300,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $9,020,797

  • Tax year 2023

    $325,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $8,596,151

  • Tax year 2022

    $415,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $8,294,672

  • Tax year 2021

    $390,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $8,297,282

  • Tax year 2020

    $400,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $7,961,143

  • Tax year 2019

    $400,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $7,716,366

  • Tax year 2018

    $400,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $7,647,261

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

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

  1. Razorback Foundation IncFayetteville, AR

    Capital improvements

    $150,000
  2. University of Arkansas Rich MountaiMena, AR

    Scholarships

    $60,000
  3. Revitalize Mena IncHatfield, AR

    General operating expenses

    $15,000
  4. Catholic High School FoundationLittle Rock, AR

    Scholarships

    $10,000
  5. Polk County Developmental CenterMena, AR

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  6. Mena Bearat FoundationMena, AR

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  7. Ouachta Little TheaterMena, AR

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  8. Southwest Artists IncMena, AR

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  9. Argenta United Methodist ChurchNorth Little Rock, AR

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  10. Santa Fe Girls SchoolSanta Fe, NM

    General operating

    $10,000
  11. Individual

    General support

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $160,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Arkansas9 grants $285,000
  2. New Mexico1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • John D MaddoxTrustee Hours 0Pay $64,000
  • George E Steel JrTrustee Hours 0Pay $64,000

The return

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