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Harold Warren Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Dewy Rose, Georgia · EIN 273033642

Harold Warren Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Dewy Rose, Georgia. In tax year 2025 it gave $170,000 in 59 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $35,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was down from $173,500 the year before.

42% 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$132,00063$5.3 million
2024$173,50077$5.7 million
2025$170,00059$6.0 million

How to apply

ContactWade A Gaines
969 Coldwater Creek Rd, Dewy Rose, GA 30634
Phone or email(706) 376-9773
What to submitWritten applications are obtained from school counselors and include the student's name, address, school they plan to attend and the course of study, grade point average, transcript, and a teacher recommendation.
DeadlinesApplications must be submitted by march 15th of each year.
RestrictionsApplicants must be seniors attending hart county high school or barnes academy with an overall grade point average of 3.0 or higher planning to attend an approved university, college or technical school.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Harold Warren Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Georgia.

StateGrantsAmount
Georgia59$170,000

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 59 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Savannah River Productions
Lavonia, GA
General support$35,000
Hart County High School
Hartwell, GA
General support$31,500
Hartwell First Methodist Church
Hartwell, GA
General support$27,000
Hart County Middle School
Hartwell, GA
General support$8,000
Habitat for Humanity
Hartwell, GA
General support$5,000
Hart Partnerscis of Hart County Inc
Hartwell, GA
General support$5,000
Elbert County Food Ministry
Elberton, GA
General support$2,500
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Hartwell, GA
General support$2,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$2,000
Bell Family YMCA
Hartwell, GA
General support$2,000
Hart County Community Theatre
Hartwell, GA
General support$2,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Hartwell Elementary School
Hartwell, GA
General support$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000
Individual
GA
Education scholarship$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Harold Warren Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Applications must be submitted by march 15th of each year.

How much does Harold Warren Charitable Trust give?

$170,000 in tax year 2025, across 59 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs Harold Warren Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Wade A Gaines (Trustee), Kevin T Gaines (Trustee) and Gregory W Gaines (Trustee).

What does Harold Warren Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and faith communities.

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