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Carlton Foundation

Accepts applications Albany, Georgia · EIN 581947471

Carlton Foundation is a private foundation in Albany, Georgia. In tax year 2025 it gave $25,000 in 16 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $4,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was the same as $25,000 the year before.

31% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$27,00017$558,954
2024$25,00016$578,105
2025$25,00016$603,706

How to apply

ContactThomasville National Bank
PO Drawer 71269, Albany, GA 31708
Phone or email(229) 405-7198
What to submitSubmit request to address provided
RestrictionsCharitable, religious, scientific, literacy, or educational organizations which quailify as exempt organization under section 501(c)(3)

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Carlton Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Georgia.

StateGrantsAmount
Georgia15$24,000
Maryland1$1,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 16 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Deerfield-Windsor School
Albany, GA
General operating$4,000
Artesian Alliance
Albany, GA
General operating$4,000
Albany Humane Society
Albany, GA
General operating$2,000
St Paul's Episcopal Church
Albany, GA
General operating$2,000
Albany Museum of Art
Albany, GA
General operating$2,000
Knox Martin Foundation
Gainesville, GA
General operating$1,500
Keep Albany-Dougherty Beautiful
Albany, GA
General operating$1,000
Liberty House
Albany, GA
General operating$1,000
Albany Symphony Association
Albany, GA
General operating$1,000
Albany Technical College
Albany, GA
General operating$1,000
Operation Smile
Hagerstown, MD
General operating$1,000
Phoebe Foundation
Albany, GA
General operating$1,000
Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta Inc
Brookhaven, GA
General operating$1,000
Albany Area YMCA
Albany, GA
General operating$1,000
Young Life of Albany
Albany, GA
General operating$1,000
Albany Woman's Club
Albany, GA
General operating$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Carlton Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Carlton Foundation give?

$25,000 in tax year 2025, across 16 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs Carlton Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Thomasville National Bank (Trustee) and Regions Bank (Trustee).

What does Carlton Foundation fund?

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

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