Overview

• Carrie Edwards announced Tuesday at a Virginia Lottery event that she will donate her full pre-tax winnings to the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration, Shalom Farms, and the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society.
• She won $150,000 on a Sept. 8 online Powerball ticket after the Power Play option tripled what would have been a $50,000 prize.
• After 24% federal and 4% state withholding, about $108,000 remains, leaving roughly $36,000 for each organization.
• The gifts honor her late husband’s battle with frontotemporal dementia and reflect her background in a Navy family as well as her regular volunteer work at Shalom Farms.
• Virginia Lottery officials said giving away an entire prize is rare, and the recipient groups said the funds will immediately bolster dementia support, local food access, and assistance for military families.