The Mary Kay Foundation
EIN 75-2653742 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 35 grants · $1.6m
Who it funds most
73 of its 290 grantees were funded in more than one year.
The Mary Kay Foundation's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2024, filing 202523219349315857
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Form 990 | $17.0m | — | $2.9m |
| 2023 | Form 990 | $15.4m | — | $3.8m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns5 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202523219349315857 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202403209349323595 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202323199349300207 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202213199349306411 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202143189349300699 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
The Mary Kay Foundation made 395 grants across 2020–2024, totalling $14.6m as filed.
- Grants
- 395
- Total, as filed
- $14.6m
- Years
- 2020–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER | 6 | $1.9m |
| INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH GRANT WITH UT SOUTHWESTERN | 1 | $500.0k |
| CANCERCARE | 4 | $458.8k |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE DALLAS FOUNDATION | 3 | $400.0k |
| CONFERENCE ON CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN | 5 | $350.0k |
| MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER | 3 | $250.0k |
| BROWN UNIVERSITY | 3 | $200.0k |
| CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY NORTH TEXAS | 4 | $175.0k |
| BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE | 2 | $150.0k |
| CANCER CARE | 1 | $150.0k |
| EMORY UNIVERSITY | 3 | $150.0k |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL | 2 | $150.0k |
| THE FAMILY PLACE | 5 | $135.0k |
| DENTON COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY | 5 | $125.0k |
| ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION | 2 | $100.0k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 80 | $3.0m |
| 2021 | 78 | $3.0m |
| 2022 | 74 | $2.7m |
| 2023 | 85 | $3.4m |
| 2024 | 78 | $2.6m |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-752653742. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified