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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 99-0659381

Petri Dish Foundation

A private foundation in Las Cruces, NM. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $0

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,127,813

  • Tax year 2024

    $39,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $529,027

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Dallas Willard MinistriesAgoura Hills, CA

    Support Christian Ministries

    $0
  2. Mesilla Valley Christian SchoolLas Cruces, NM

    Support Christian Education

    $0
  3. Lubbock Christian UniversityLubbock, TX

    Support Christian Education

    $0
  4. Creative Collective for Cult MediaRoanoke, TX

    Production of Faith Based Educational Programming

    $0
  5. Unless UVestavia HLS, AL

    Christian education care of disabled individuals.

    $0
  6. Council for Christian CollegesWashington, DC

    Support Christian Education

    $0
  7. Lifewise AcademyColumbus, OH

    Support of Christian Education

    $0
  8. Carolina UniversityWinston Salem, NC

    Christian Education

    $0
  9. Liberty UniversityLynchburg, VA

    Christian Education

    $0

Where the money goes

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

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Alabama1 grant $0
  2. California1 grant $0
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $0
  4. North Carolina1 grant $0
  5. New Mexico1 grant $0
  6. Ohio1 grant $0
  7. Texas2 grants $0
  8. Virginia1 grant $0

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • James W SpencePresident Hours 5Pay $0
  • Kristi K SpenceTreasurer Hours 5Pay $0
  • Cynthia R ThurmSecretary Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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