Funding search · EIN 274131811 · Greenbelt, MD

The Powell Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

44
grants reported
$425,912
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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1 grant matching “abbot · $4,884

  • $4,884

    Abbot Laboratories · Abbott Park, IL · 2024

    Scholarship program

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Mt Ennon Baptist Chruch4 grants · $206,400
  • Spelman College2 grants · $52,000
  • Morehouse College3 grants · $27,000
  • Altadena Wildfire Relief1 grant · $24,524
  • Andrew Jackson Academy1 grant · $20,000
  • Delta Foundation3 grants · $20,000
  • The Atlanta University Center Consortium2 grants · $16,500
  • Rappahannock Regional Uplift & Scholarship Foundation1 grant · $10,000
  • First Ame Baptist Church1 grant · $10,000
  • Belinda Coleman5 grants · $6,904

Giving over time

$90,200
2022
$165,500
2023
$70,884
2024
$99,328
2025

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

  • $65,000

    Mt Ennon Baptist Chruch · Clinton, MD · 2022

    Scholarship program & assistance to recipients

  • $62,000

    Mt Ennon Baptist Chruch · Clinton, MD · 2023

    Scholarship program

  • $50,000

    Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Scholarship program

  • $49,400

    Mt Ennon Baptist Chruch · Clinton, MD · 2025

    Scholarship program

  • $30,000

    Mt Ennon Baptist Chruch · Clinton, MD · 2024

    Scholarship program

  • $26,000

    Morehouse College · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Scholarship program

  • $24,524

    Altadena Wildfire Relief · Altadena, CA · 2025

    Assistance to families affected by fire

  • $20,000

    Andrew Jackson Academy · District Heights, MD · 2024

    Stem program

  • $10,000

    First Ame Baptist Church · Pasadena, CA · 2025

    Assistance to families affected by fire

  • $10,000

    Rappahannock Regional Uplift & Scholarship Foundation · Fairfax Station, VA · 2024

    Scholarship program

  • $10,000

    The Atlanta University Center Consortium · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Support educational programming

  • $8,000

    Delta Foundation · Greenbelt, MD · 2022

    Scholarship program

  • $6,500

    The Atlanta University Center Consortium · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Scholarship program

  • $6,000

    Delta Foundation · Greenbelt, MD · 2025

    Scholarship fund

  • $6,000

    Delta Foundation · Greenbelt, MD · 2023

    Scholarship program

  • $6,000

    Yolanda T Walsh · Potomac, MD · 2023

    Education

  • $4,884

    Abbot Laboratories · Abbott Park, IL · 2024

    Scholarship program

  • $3,000

    Our Lady of Good Counsel High School · Olney, MD · 2023

    Scholarship program

  • $2,000

    Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Scholarship fund

  • $2,000

    Belinda Coleman · Upper Marlboro, MD · 2024

    Provide assistance to needy families of incarcerated persons

  • $1,995

    Belinda Coleman · Upper Marlboro, MD · 2025

    Provide assistance to women

  • $1,500

    Hampton University · Hampton, VA · 2025

    Scholarship program

  • $1,500

    Francis Marion University · Florence, SC · 2023

    Scholarship program

  • $1,500

    The University of Georgia Foundation · Athens, GA · 2022

    Support research

  • $1,409

    Belinda Coleman · Upper Marlboro, MD · 2025

    Provide assistance to needy families of incarcerated persons

  • $1,200

    For His Glory Ministries · College Park, GA · 2022

    General donation

  • $1,000

    Francis Marion University · Florence, SC · 2025

    Scholarship program

  • $1,000

    University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025

    Scholarship program

  • $1,000

    Bowie State University · Bowie, MD · 2024

    Scholarship program

  • $1,000

    Gentle Hands and Feet · Lanham, MD · 2024

    Assistance to families

  • $1,000

    University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

    Scholarship program

  • $1,000

    Aloha Systems · Honolulu, HI · 2023

    Assistance to families

  • $1,000

    Belinda Coleman · Upper Marlboro, MD · 2023

    Provide assitance to needy familes of incarcerated persons

  • $1,000

    Gentle Hands and Feet · Lanham, MD · 2023

    Assistance to families

  • $1,000

    The Unversities at Shady Grove · Rockville, MD · 2023

    Scholarship program

  • $1,000

    Francis Marion University · Florence, SC · 2022

    Scholarship program

  • $1,000

    The Education Must Continue Initiative USA · Flint, MI · 2022

    Assistance to recipient

  • $1,000

    University of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2022

    Scholarship program

  • $1,000

    University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry · Rochester, NY · 2022

    Scholarship program

  • $500

    Dr Belinda Coleman · Upper Marlboro, MD · 2025

    Medical assistance

  • $500

    Belinda Coleman · Upper Marlboro, MD · 2024

    Provide assistance to women

  • $500

    Morehouse College · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Scholarship program

  • $500

    Sclc Women · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Scholarship program

  • $500

    Morehouse College · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Scholarship program

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.