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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 82-3747610

Austin Blake Howell Foundation

A private foundation in Austin, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $45,000 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 A Cardwell
807 Brazos Street Suite 1001
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 322-0011
Form and materials
The foundation does not require an application. Grant requests are to be submitted to the foundation. The grantee should provide information about the organization's exempt status, financial information, program information, budget of how requested funds will be used and such additional information as the foundation determines it needs based on the grant request. There will also be a final report due to the foundation that includes an accounting of all funds received, how the funds were spent and the outcomes of the grant.
Deadlines
There are no submisison deadlines.
Restrictions
No grants are restricted or limited.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $45,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,123,297

  • Tax year 2024

    $100,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,103,870

  • Tax year 2023

    $370,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,160,504

  • Tax year 2022

    $51,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,512,379

  • Tax year 2021

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,518,424

  • Tax year 2020

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $2,557,732

  • Tax year 2019

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,111,017

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Texas Parks & Wildlife FoundationDallas, TX

    To support the organization

    $25,000
  2. Community Foundation of the Texas Hill CountryKerrville, TX

    To support the organization

    $10,000
  3. San Antonio Area FoundationSan Antonio, TX

    To support the organization

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment1 grant $25,00071% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $10,00029% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas3 grants $45,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • John A CardwellTRUSTEE Hours 2.5Pay $30,000

The return

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