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Mary Jane Crowe Foundation

Accepts applications Dallas, Texas · EIN 356020626

Mary Jane Crowe Foundation is a private foundation in Dallas, Texas. In tax year 2025 it gave $485,444 in 11 grants; the typical grant was $31,020 and the largest $150,000. 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 $440,996 the year before.

27% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$440,1779$11.3 million
2024$440,99610$12.3 million
2025$485,44411$13.4 million

How to apply

ContactLauren MacDonald co Bank of Ameri
135 S LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60603
Phone or email(312) 828-2055
What to submitWritten request should include purpose for which the grant will be used and included a copy of the organizations's IRS exemption letter.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Mary Jane Crowe Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 8 states, the most to Illinois.

StateGrantsAmount
Illinois3$210,429
Indiana1$100,000
Michigan1$50,000
North Carolina1$50,000
Georgia1$31,020
Tennessee2$29,410
Arizona1$14,159
Texas1$426

Grants paid in 2025

All 11 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Unrestricted general$150,000
Northview Christian Life Church
Carmel, IN
Unrestricted general$100,000
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale, MI
Unrestricted general$50,000
Samaritan's Purse International Relief
Boone, NC
Unrestricted general$50,000
Safe Families for Children
Chicago, IL
Unrestricted general$45,429
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
Scholarships$31,020
Children's Bible Ministries Inc
Townsend, TN
Unrestricted general$25,000
Hinsdale Central Football Club
Hinsdale, IL
Unrestricted general$15,000
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Scholarships$14,159
South College
Knoxville, TN
Scholarships$4,410
Nyanwut Cholto
Dallas, TX
Unrestricted general$426

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Mary Jane Crowe Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Mary Jane Crowe Foundation give?

$485,444 in tax year 2025, across 11 grants, with a typical grant of $31,020.

Who runs Mary Jane Crowe Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Bank of America N A (Co-Trustee) and Linda Crowe Tate (Committee Member).

What does Mary Jane Crowe Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, faith communities and human services.

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