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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 85-2131508

CW Driver Foundation

A private foundation in Pasadena, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $36,574 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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $36,574

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $66,041
  • Tax year 2024

    $20,918

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $80,766
  • Tax year 2023

    $19,244

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $79,411
  • Tax year 2022

    $14,891

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $77,293
  • Tax year 2021

    $23,339

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $73,693
  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $75,000

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    Scholarship

    $9,452
  2. Individual

    Scholarship

    $8,688
  3. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,968
  4. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,648
  5. Individual

    Scholarship

    $4,450
  6. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,368
  7. Individual

    Philanthropy

    $500
  8. Center for Excellence in EducationMcLean, VA

    Education

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Science and technology1 grant $500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Virginia1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Dana J RobertsPresident & CEO Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Carl D LowmanCFO Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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