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Verne Catt McDowell Corporation

Accepts applications Albany, Oregon · EIN 936022991

Verne Catt McDowell Corporation is a private foundation in Albany, Oregon. In tax year 2025 it gave $11,937 in 5 grants; the typical grant was $1,400 and the largest $5,479. 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 $10,240 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$10,1785$308,605
2024$10,2405$337,729
2025$11,9375$375,739

How to apply

ContactMeghan L Herman
432 Ferry St SW, Albany, OR 97321
Phone or email(541) 223-8155
What to submitLetter with plan of education, confirmed by pastor and board of trustees
RestrictionsMinistry scholarship for "disciples of christ or "christian church"

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

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What Verne Catt McDowell Corporation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Oregon.

StateGrantsAmount
Oregon5$11,937

Grants paid in 2025

All 5 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
United Campus Ministry at Osu
Corvallis, OR
Operations$5,479
Individual
OR
Education expenses$3,500
Individual
OR
Education expenses$1,400
Koinonia Center
Eugene, OR
Operations$779
Trillium Family Services
Portland, OR
Operations$779

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Verne Catt McDowell Corporation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Verne Catt McDowell Corporation give?

$11,937 in tax year 2025, across 5 grants, with a typical grant of $1,400.

Who runs Verne Catt McDowell Corporation?

Its 2025 filing lists Sara Staton (President), Debbie Burchfiel (Director), Sharon Warner (Director) and Dave McCorkle (Director) among 6 officers and trustees.

What does Verne Catt McDowell Corporation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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