Bowsher Charitable Foundation

Baton Rouge, LA
Tax-exempt since Jan. 1977
EIN: 31-0886547

Receive an email when new data is available for this organization.

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a 501(c)(3) Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Revenue

$24.1k (2024)

Expenses

$35.9k (2024)

Total Assets

$83k (2024)

Total Liabilities

$0 (2024)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2011 to 2024

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2024

Revenue

$24,101

Expenses

$35,883

Net Income

-$11,782

Net Assets

$83,017

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$31	0.1%
Dividends	$6,511	27.0%
Sales of Assets	$17,559	72.9%
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$35,000	97.5%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$83,017
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$83,017

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert T Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0
Linda H Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on July 22, 2025

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Revenue

$8,370

Expenses

$10,888

Net Income

-$2,518

Net Assets

$95,775

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$20	0.2%
Dividends	$7,475	89.3%
Sales of Assets	$875	10.5%
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$10,000	91.8%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$95,775
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$95,775

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert T Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0
Linda H Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Aug. 19, 2024

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Revenue

$6,427

Expenses

$25,893

Net Income

-$19,466

Net Assets

$97,425

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$3	0.0%
Dividends	$8,261	> 100%
Sales of Assets	-$1,837
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$25,000	96.6%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$97,425
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$97,425

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert T Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0
Linda H Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Sept. 13, 2023

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Revenue

$41,278

Expenses

$54,331

Net Income

-$13,053

Net Assets

$117,353

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$0
Dividends	$8,202	19.9%
Sales of Assets	$33,076	80.1%
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$53,500	98.5%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$117,353
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$117,353

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert T Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0
Linda H Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Sept. 9, 2022

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Revenue

$10,268

Expenses

$36,972

Net Income

-$26,704

Net Assets

$129,729

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$1	0.0%
Dividends	$10,660	> 100%
Sales of Assets	$0
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$36,000	97.4%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$129,730
Total Liabilities	$1
Net Assets	$129,729

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert T Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0
Linda H Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Sept. 21, 2021

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Revenue

$10,618

Expenses

$15,885

Net Income

-$5,267

Net Assets

$157,506

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$25	0.2%
Dividends	$10,571	99.6%
Sales of Assets	$22	0.2%
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$15,000	94.4%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$157,507
Total Liabilities	$1
Net Assets	$157,506

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert T Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0
Linda H Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Sept. 10, 2020

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Revenue

$26,343

Expenses

$17,960

Net Income

$8,383

Net Assets

$161,355

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$35	0.1%
Dividends	$11,164	42.4%
Sales of Assets	$15,144	57.5%
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$17,000	94.7%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$161,355
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$161,355

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert T Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0
Linda H Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Sept. 11, 2019

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Revenue

$10,149

Expenses

$13,900

Net Income

-$3,751

Net Assets

$153,994

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$4	0.0%
Dividends	$9,872	97.3%
Sales of Assets	$273	2.7%
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$13,000	93.5%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$153,994
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$153,994

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert T Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0
Linda H Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Sept. 6, 2018

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Revenue

$9,774

Expenses

$14,200

Net Income

-$4,426

Net Assets

$158,022

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$0
Dividends	$9,793	> 100%
Sales of Assets	-$19
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$13,300	93.7%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$158,022
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$158,022

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert T Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0
Linda H Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Sept. 12, 2017

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Revenue

$9,914

Expenses

$13,289

Net Income

-$3,375

Net Assets

$159,220

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$0
Dividends	$9,914	100%
Sales of Assets	$0
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$12,300	92.6%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$159,220
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$159,220

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert T Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0
Linda H Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Sept. 14, 2016

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

PDF XML

PDF (2 of 3) PDF (3 of 3)

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Revenue

$9,873

Expenses

$13,004

Net Income

-$3,131

Net Assets

$158,178

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$0
Dividends	$9,800	99.3%
Sales of Assets	$73	0.7%
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$12,000	92.3%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$158,178
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$158,178

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Robert T Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0
Linda H Bowsher (Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Sept. 12, 2015

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

PDF XML

PDF (2 of 2)

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Revenue

$11,598

Expenses

$14,469

Net Income

-$2,871

Net Assets

$159,311

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$0
Dividends	$8,822	76.1%
Sales of Assets	$2,776	23.9%
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$13,250	91.6%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$159,311
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$159,311

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Revenue

-$19,981

Expenses

$16,708

Net Income

-$36,689

Net Assets

$156,202

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$3
Dividends	$8,103
Sales of Assets	$0
Other Income	$72

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$15,433	92.4%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$156,202
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$156,202

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2011

Revenue

$6,541

Expenses

$4,443

Net Income

$2,098

Net Assets

$200,616

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$9	0.1%
Dividends	$6,026	92.1%
Sales of Assets	$452	6.9%
Other Income	$54	0.8%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$4,235	95.3%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$200,616
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$200,616

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2010

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2009

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2008

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2007

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

PDF (2 of 2)

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2006

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

PDF (2 of 2)

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2005

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2004

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

PDF (2 of 2)

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2003

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2002

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2001

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

About This Data

What Is This Data?

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

Which Organizations Are Here?

Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

Types of Nonprofits

There are 27 nonprofit designations based on the numbered subsections of section 501(c) of the tax code. See the list »

Get the Data

For those interested in acquiring the original data from the source, here’s where our data comes from:

Raw filing data. Includes EINs and summary financials as structured data.
Exempt Organization profiles. Includes organization names, addresses, etc. You can merge this with the raw filing data using EIN numbers.
Form 990 documents. Prior to 2017, these documents were obtained and processed by Public.Resource.org and ProPublica. Bulk PDF downloads since 2017 are available from the IRS.
Form 990 documents as XML files. Includes complete filing data (financial details, names of officers, tax schedules, etc.) in machine-readable format. Only available for electronically filed documents. Electronic data released prior to October 2021 is also available through Amazon Web Services.
Audits. PDFs of single or program-specific audits for nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year. Available for fiscal year 2015 and later.

API

The data powering this website is available programmatically, via an API. Read the API documentation »

See an issue with the data?

Nonprofit Explorer

Browse millions of annual returns filed by tax-exempt organizations with ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer. See details like executive compensation, revenue, expenses and more. Search for an organization or a person, or search the full text of filings.

By Andrea Suozzo, Alec Glassford, Ash Ngu and Brandon Roberts.

Design by Jeff Frankl. Additional development by Ken Schwencke, Mike Tigas, and Sisi Wei.

E-file viewer adapted from IRS e-File Viewer by Ben Getson. Code for scraping audit documents adapated from Govwiki.

Updated January 26, 2026

Bowsher Charitable Foundation

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue $24.1k (2024)

Expenses $35.9k (2024)

Total Assets $83k (2024)

Total Liabilities $0 (2024)

Tax Filings by Year

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2024

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2013

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Document Links

990-PF

Revenue

$24.1k (2024)

Expenses

$35.9k (2024)

Total Assets

$83k (2024)

Total Liabilities

$0 (2024)

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2024

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2011

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2010

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2009

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2008

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2007

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2006

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2005

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2004

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2003

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2002

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2001