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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 82-3656138

Liberty Foundation

A private foundation in Dearborn, MI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $615,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $615,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $25,215,048

  • Tax year 2024

    $402,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $20,230,274

  • Tax year 2023

    $197,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $12,142,121

  • Tax year 2022

    $133,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $6,552,528

  • Tax year 2021

    $80,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $3,439,078

  • Tax year 2020

    $76,100

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $2,538,205

  • Tax year 2019

    $40,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,602,548

  • Tax year 2018

    $5,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,605,636

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Inter-City Baptist ChurchAllen Park, MI

    To benefit religious or other charitable purposes.

    $100,000
  2. Beth Eden Missionary Baptist ChurchDetroit, MI

    To benefit religious or other charitable purposes.

    $100,000
  3. First Latin American Baptist ChurchDetroit, MI

    To benefit religious or other charitable purposes.

    $75,000
  4. Mercy Hill ChurchPort Austin, MI

    To benefit religious or other charitable purposes.

    $70,000
  5. Rooted ChurchRoyal Oak, MI

    To benefit religious or other charitable purposes.

    $65,000
  6. Lakewood Baptist ChurchPewaukee, WI

    To benefit religious or other charitable purposes.

    $50,000
  7. Gospel Grace ChurchFortville, IN

    To benefit religious or other charitable purposes.

    $40,000
  8. Pillar Church IncWauwatosa, WI

    To benefit religious or other charitable purposes.

    $40,000
  9. Lake Orion Baptist ChurchLake Orion, MI

    To benefit religious or other charitable purposes.

    $40,000
  10. Grace Baptist Church of HamtramckHamtramck, MI

    To benefit religious or other charitable purposes.

    $35,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Religion1 grant $100,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Michigan7 grants $485,000
  2. Wisconsin2 grants $90,000
  3. Indiana1 grant $40,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Samuel A DawsonPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Carolyn F DawsonSecretary Hours 1Pay $0
  • Robbin L VandervortTreasurer Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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