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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 84-2884729

Deshaun Watson Foundation

A private foundation in Atlanta, GA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $83,407 paid in grants.

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

1 return on file

Tax year 2025 is the only return we have read for this foundation so far.

  • Tax year 2025

    $83,407

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $787,683

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Greater Cleveland Food BankCleveland, OH

    General

    $40,000
  2. University of BuffaloBuffalo, NY

    Scholarship

    $15,768
  3. University of HoustonHouston, TX

    General

    $13,102
  4. Salvation ArmyCleveland, OH

    General

    $7,500
  5. Cleveland Browns FoundationBerea, OH

    General

    $7,037

Where the money goes

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

  1. Food and agriculture1 grant $40,00085% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $7,03715% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio3 grants $54,537
  2. New York1 grant $15,768
  3. Texas1 grant $13,102

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Deshaun WatsonCHAIRMAN Hours 5Pay $0
  • Bryan BurneyBOARD MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • David MulughetaBOARD MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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