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Crowder Family Foundation

Accepts applications Columbia, Illinois · EIN 376370087

Crowder Family Foundation is a private foundation in Columbia, Illinois. In tax year 2025 it gave $22,000 in 11 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $11,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $16,500 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$16,80012$382,759
2024$16,50012$481,258
2025$22,00011$736,866

How to apply

ContactJoy E Scoggins
439 Brellinger, Columbia, IL 62236
Phone or email(618) 281-7111
What to submitWritten request

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Crowder Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Illinois.

StateGrantsAmount
Illinois7$19,000
California2$1,500
Tennessee1$1,000
New York1$500

Grants paid in 2025

All 11 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Life Community Church
Columbia, IL
One life/foster kids program$11,000
Cahokia Community Basket
Cahokia, IL
Food pantry$2,000
Hope Christian Church
Columbia, IL
Food pantry$2,000
Adult and Teen Challenge Illinois
Carlinville, IL
Audrey ephraim women's center ( addiction recovery )$1,000
Good Samaritan Ministries of the Metro East
East St Louis, IL
General corporate purposes$1,000
House of Neighborly Service
Waterloo, IL
Summer lunch back pack program$1,000
SONGS4SOLDIERS
Columbia, IL
Support various needs of local veterans$1,000
St Baldrick's Foundation
Monrovia, CA
Research childhood cancer - team snow angels$1,000
St Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
St. Jude peoria run$1,000
Gary Sinse Foundation
Woodland Hills, CA
H.o.p.e program$500
Smile Train
New York, NY
Comprehensive cleft surgery and care$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Crowder Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Crowder Family Foundation give?

$22,000 in tax year 2025, across 11 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs Crowder Family Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Andrea N Crowder Khoury (President & Trustee), Michelle Crowder Walkonis (Vice -President & Trustee), Joy E Scoggins (Secretary & Trustee) and Mark C Scoggins (Trustee) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does Crowder Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities, youth programs and food and hunger.

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