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Felker Family Foundation Inc

Accepts applications High Shoals, Georgia · EIN 582653640

Felker Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation in High Shoals, Georgia. In tax year 2025 it gave $176,600 in 26 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $50,000. 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 $130,750 the year before.

46% 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$116,00021$2.2 million
2024$130,75022$2.5 million
2025$176,60026$2.8 million

How to apply

ContactG Stephen Felker
PO Box 202, High Shoals, GA 30645
Phone or email(706) 338-4630
What to submitIn writing, in the form of a letter stating the reason for need and the amount

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Felker Family Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 6 states, the most to Georgia.

StateGrantsAmount
Georgia15$116,350
Colorado4$26,000
Wyoming3$18,000
Idaho2$15,000
Tennessee1$1,000
Michigan1$250

Grants paid in 2025

All 26 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
UGA Foundation
Athens, GA
Promote ActivitiesExempt undercode sec 501(c)(3)$50,000
McDaniel Tichenor House
Monroe, GA
Promote Activitiesexempt undercode sec 501(c)(3)$25,000
Valor Academy
Sheridan, WY
Promote Activites$11,000
Grace Commons Church
Boulder, CO
Promote ActivitiesExempt undercode sec 501(c)(3)$10,000
Summit Middle School
Boulder, CO
Promote Activities Exempt under code sec 501(c)(3)$10,000
Woman's & Children's Alliance
Boise, ID
Promote Activites$10,000
Big Horn Equestrian Center
Sheridan, WY
Promote ActivitiesExempt under code sec 501(c)(3)$5,000
Butterfly Dreams Farm
Watkinsville, GA
Promote Activities Exempt under code sec 501(c)(3)$5,000
Walton County Boys & Girls Club
Madison, GA
Promote ActivitesExempt undercode sec 501(c)(3)$5,000
Bogus Basin Recreation Assoc
Boise, ID
Promote ActivitesExempt undercode sec 501(c)(3)$5,000
Horse Rescue Relief and Retirment Fund
Cumming, GA
Promote Activites$5,000
Madison County Habitat for Humanity
Athens, GA
Promote Activites$5,000
Meningioma mommas
Highlands Ranch, CO
Promote Activites$5,000
Monroe Museum
Monroe, GA
Promote Activites$5,000
Food Bank of NE Geogia
Athens, GA
Promote ActivitiesExempt undercode sec 501(c)(3)$4,000
Athenspets
Athens, GA
Promote ActivitiesExempt underCode sec 501(c)(3)$2,500
Coastal Georgia Historical Society
St Simons Island, GA
Promote ActivitiesExempt undercode sec 501(c)(3)$2,500
Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter
Danielsville, GA
Promote ActivitiesExempt undercode sec 501(c)(3)$2,500
Second Harvest of South Georgia
Valdosta, GA
Promote activitiesExempt undercode sec 501(c)(3)$2,000
Special Olympics Georgia
Valdosta, GA
Promote Activites$2,000
The Brinton Museum
Big Horn, WY
Promote Activites$2,000
Both Hands Foundation
Brentwood, TN
Promote ActivitiesExemp under code sec 501(c)(3)$1,000
Fairview Orchestra Booster Club
Boulder, CO
Promote Activities Exempt undercode sec 501(c)(3)$1,000
Comer Baptist Church
Comer, GA
Promote ActivitesExempt undercode sec 501(c)(3)$750
National Fire Safety Council
Michigan Center, MI
Promote Activitiesexempt undercode sec 501(c)(3)$250
The Salvation Army Athens
Athens, GA
Promote Activites$100

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Felker Family Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Felker Family Foundation Inc give?

$176,600 in tax year 2025, across 26 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Felker Family Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Mary Woodson Felker (Director), G Stephen Felker (Director) and G Stephen Felker Jr (Director).

What does Felker Family Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, youth programs and faith communities.

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