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Michael and Helen Metrock Charitable Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Birmingham, Alabama · EIN 630966503

Michael and Helen Metrock Charitable Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Birmingham, Alabama. In tax year 2025 it gave $65,500 in 3 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $60,000. 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 $30,000 the year before.

67% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$30,5002$917,323
2024$30,0001$935,458
2025$65,5003$994,800

How to apply

ContactContribution Committee
PO Box 26270, Birmingham, AL 35260
Phone or email(205) 822-0080
What to submitCopy of irc section 501(c)(3) exemption letter

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Michael and Helen Metrock Charitable Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Alabama.

StateGrantsAmount
Alabama3$65,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 3 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Children's of Alabama
Birmingham, AL
Funding$60,000
Highlands College
Birmingham, AL
Funding$5,000
Southern Museum of Flight
Birmingham, AL
Funding$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Michael and Helen Metrock Charitable Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Michael and Helen Metrock Charitable Foundation Inc give?

$65,500 in tax year 2025, across 3 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Michael and Helen Metrock Charitable Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists James T Metrock (President).

What does Michael and Helen Metrock Charitable Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly youth programs, education and arts and culture.

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