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Hardaway Foundation Incorporated

Accepts applications Columbus, Georgia · EIN 586033161

Hardaway Foundation Incorporated is a private foundation in Columbus, Georgia. In tax year 2025 it gave $1.1 million in 1 grant; the typical grant was $1.1 million and the largest $1.1 million. 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 $158,626 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$106,00019$2.6 million
2024$158,62623$2.9 million
2025$1.1 million1$0

How to apply

ContactAdam Pease
PO Box 1360, Columbus, GA 31902-1360
Phone or email(706) 322-3274
What to submitApplications will be provided to all qualified applicants
DeadlinesAugust 31
RestrictionsScholarships are restricted to graduates of Hardaway High School in Columbus, Georgia

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Hardaway Foundation Incorporated funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Georgia.

StateGrantsAmount
Georgia1$1.1 million

Grants paid in 2025

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Community Foundation of the Chattahochee Valley
Columbus, GA
Donation$1.1 million

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Hardaway Foundation Incorporated accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: August 31.

How much does Hardaway Foundation Incorporated give?

$1.1 million in tax year 2025, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $1.1 million.

Who runs Hardaway Foundation Incorporated?

Its 2025 filing lists Mary Lu Lampton (President & Chairman), Page Hardaway Flournoy (Trustee), Susannah Hardaway (Trustee) and Ann Hardaway Lampton (Trustee) among 8 officers and trustees.

What does Hardaway Foundation Incorporated fund?

Based on its grants, mainly community development.

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