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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 88-6608324

Dugan Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Chattanooga, TN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 19 grants and $331,855 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

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

    $331,855

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $6,609,062
  • Tax year 2024

    $226,839

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $6,688,117
  • Tax year 2023

    $105,284

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $5,929,755
  • Tax year 2022

    $94,445

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $1,919,611

Grants paid in 2025

19 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Ocoee Regional Cancer FoundationCleveland, TN

    To fulfill the exempt purposes of the charity

    $110,618
  2. Cato InstituteWashington, DC

    To fulfill the exempt purposes of the charity

    $18,437
  3. Lee UniversityCleveland, TN

    To fulfill the exempt purposes of the charity

    $18,437
  4. Loyola Hugh School of Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA

    To fulfill the exempt purposes of the charity

    $18,437
  5. Saint Louis UniversitySt Louis, MO

    To fulfill the exempt purposes of the charity

    $18,437
  6. Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PA

    To fulfill the exempt purposes of the charity

    $18,437
  7. Catholic Education FoundationLouisville, KY

    To fulfill the exempt purposes of the charity

    $18,436
  8. Buckner Shoes for Orphan SoulsMesquite, TX

    To fulfill the exempt purposes of the charity

    $9,218
  9. Chattanooga Area Food BankChattanooga, TN

    To fulfill the exempt purposes of the charity

    $9,218
  10. Dominican Sisters of HawthorneHawthorne, NY

    To fulfill the exempt purposes of the charity

    $9,218
  11. EastersealsChicago, IL

    To fulfill the exempt purposes of the charity

    $9,218
  12. March of DimesArlington, VA

    To fulfill the exempt purposes of the charity

    $9,218
  13. National Right to LifeWashington, DC

    To fulfill the exempt purposes of the charity

    $9,218
  14. Shriners Hospital for ChildrenTampa, FL

    To fulfill the exempt purposes of the charity

    $9,218
  15. St Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis, TN

    To fulfill the exempt purposes of the charity

    $9,218
  16. The Heritage FoundationWashington, DC

    To fulfill the exempt purposes of the charity

    $9,218
  17. The Salvation ArmyAlbany, GA

    To fulfill the exempt purposes of the charity

    $9,218
  18. Veterans of Foreign WarsKansas City, MO

    To fulfill the exempt purposes of the charity

    $9,218
  19. Wounded Warrior ProjectJacksonville, FL

    To fulfill the exempt purposes of the charity

    $9,218

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services2 grants $119,83652% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $36,87316% of the total
  3. Health4 grants $36,87216% of the total
  4. Public affairs2 grants $27,65512% of the total
  5. Food and agriculture1 grant $9,2184% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Tennessee4 grants $147,491
  2. District of Columbia3 grants $36,873
  3. Missouri2 grants $27,655
  4. California1 grant $18,437
  5. Pennsylvania1 grant $18,437
  6. Florida2 grants $18,436
  7. Kentucky1 grant $18,436
  8. Georgia1 grant $9,218
  9. Illinois1 grant $9,218
  10. New York1 grant $9,218

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Pendleton Square Trust CompanyBANK TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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