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Bradley-Turner Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Columbus, Georgia · EIN 586032142

Bradley-Turner Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Columbus, Georgia. In tax year 2024 it gave $10.9 million in 113 grants; the typical grant was $40,153 and the largest $1.3 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $10.9 million the year before.

80% of its 2024 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$10.9 million102$218 million
2024$10.9 million113$219 million

How to apply

ContactPhyllis Wagner Executive Secretary
PO Box 140, Columbus, GA 31902
Phone or email(706) 644-3578, phylliswagner@synovus.com
What to submitApply in letter form. Include copy of latest determination letter. Include detailed description of financial need and exempt function to be performed.
RestrictionsNo restrictions. However, local and regional charities preferred.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Bradley-Turner Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 11 states, the most to Georgia.

StateGrantsAmount
Georgia84$7.5 million
Alabama7$2.1 million
Florida4$569,354
Wisconsin2$208,933
South Carolina4$192,800
Texas2$75,342
Louisiana2$65,000
New York1$60,000
North Carolina5$55,000
Iowa1$25,073

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 113 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Baptist Health Care Foundation (32422 SHS Synovus Finl Corp)
Montgomery, AL
General and operating$1.3 million
Baptist Health Care Foundation
Montgomery, AL
General and operating$790,000
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley (9319 SHS Coca Cola Co)
Columbus, GA
General and operating$668,452
United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Foundation (7688 SHS Coca Cola Co)
Columbus, GA
General and operating$551,460
Piedmont Columbus Regional Foundation (5592 SHS Coca Cola Co)
Columbus, GA
General and operating$401,114
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley (2507 SHS Global PMTS)
Columbus, GA
General and operating$333,406
Shepherd Center Foundation (3997 SHS Coca Cola Co)
Atlanta, GA
General and operating$251,531
Historic Columbus Foundation (3495 SHS Coca Cola Co)
Columbus, GA
General and operating$250,696
Columbus Technical College Foundation (3997 SHS Coca Cola Co)
Columbus, GA
General and operating$250,132
Salvation Army (1881 SHS Global PMTS Inc)
Columbus, GA
General and operating$248,085
Cummer Museum of Art Foundation (5667 SHS Synovus Finl Corp)
Jacksonville, FL
General and operating$246,968
Feeding Northeast Florida (5667 SHS Synovus Finl Corp)
Jacksonville, FL
General and operating$246,968
Wesleyan College (3358 SHS Coca Cola Co)
Macon, GA
General and operating$210,144
Safehouse Ministries (2815 SHS Coca Cola Co)
Columbus, GA
General and operating$201,807
Mercer University (3254 SHS Coca Cola Co)
Macon, GA
General and operating$201,227
Springer Opera House (2796 SHS Coca Cola Co)
Columbus, GA
General and operating$200,557
Chattahoochee Valley Jail Ministries
Columbus, GA
General and operating$200,000
National Infantry Museum Foundation (2573 SHS Coca Cola Co)
Columbus, GA
General and operating$168,377
Columbus Ga Pickleball Association (2711 SHS Coca Cola Co)
Columbus, GA
General and operating$167,648
Pastoral Institute (2326 SHS Coca Cola Co)
Columbus, GA
General and operating$166,565
B&gc Endowment Fund
Oshkosh, WI
General and operating$150,000
Columbus State University Foundation
Columbus, GA
General and operating$135,000
National Infantry Museum Foundation
Columbus, GA
General and operating$133,333
Springer Opera House
Columbus, GA
General and operating$133,333
Nature Conservancy (2034 SHS Coca Cola)
Columbus, GA
General and operating$125,783
Columbus Technical College Foundation
Columbus, GA
General and operating$116,667
Open Door Community House Inc
Columbus, GA
General and operating$105,000
Mercymed of Columbus (818 SHS Global PMTS Inc)
Columbus, GA
General and operating$100,990
Stewart Community Home (1600 SHS Coca Cola Co)
Columbus, GA
General and operating$100,688
Uptown Columbus
Columbus, GA
General and operating$100,000
Home Works of America
Columbia, SC
General and operating$82,800
Brookstone School (703 SHS Global PMTS Inc)
Columbus, GA
General and operating$80,276
Uptown Columbus (1056 SHS Coca Cola Co)
Columbus, GA
General and operating$75,705
Peer Defense Project
Astoria, NY
General and operating$60,000
Safehouse Ministries
Columbus, GA
General and operating$60,000
B&gc Endowment Fund (1063 SHS Synovus Finl Corp)
Oshkosh, WI
General and operating$58,933
Truth Spring Inc (705 SHS Coca Cola Co)
Columbus, GA
General and operating$50,541
Wesley Glenn Ministries (751 SHS Coca Cola Co)
Macon, GA
General and operating$50,392
American Heart Association (703 SHS Coca Cola Co)
Dallas, TX
General and operating$50,342
Breakthrough Atlanta School (787 SHS Coca Cola Co)
Atlanta, GA
General and operating$50,329

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Bradley-Turner Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Bradley-Turner Foundation Inc give?

$10.9 million in tax year 2024, across 113 grants, with a typical grant of $40,153.

Who runs Bradley-Turner Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Gilbert Miller (Chairman), Katie Krieg (Vice Chairman), Worth Williams (Secretary) and John Turner (Trustee) among 12 officers and trustees.

What does Bradley-Turner Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities, health and education.

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