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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 84-3304672

The Carrie Townsend Foundation

A private foundation in Seal Beach, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $10,500 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $10,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $28,501

  • Tax year 2024

    $20,068

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $29,717

  • Tax year 2023

    $16,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $37,826

  • Tax year 2022

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $27,222

  • Tax year 2021

    $12,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $22,097

  • Tax year 2020

    $8,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $15,258

  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $0

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

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

  1. New Hope Grief Support CommunityLong Beach, CA

    To support community health

    $3,500
  2. Precious Lamb PreschoolLong Beach, CA

    To fund general operations and support disadvantaged preschoolers

    $2,000
  3. PCA West Orange CountyGarden Grove, CA

    To fund general operations and support community youth

    $2,000
  4. Los Alamitos Youth CenterLos Alamitos, CA

    To fund general operations and support community youth

    $1,500
  5. Individual

    To fund general operations and support community youth

    $1,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Mental health1 grant $3,50064% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $2,00036% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California4 grants $9,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Bill TownsendPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Nilda TownsendSecretary Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lisa GilbertsonTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0
  • Michael TownsendBoard Member Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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