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Southern Culture Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Hazlehurst, Georgia · EIN 010633836

Southern Culture Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Hazlehurst, Georgia. In tax year 2024 it gave $41,000 in 12 grants; the typical grant was $1,750 and the largest $11,000. 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 $35,050 the year before.

50% 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$35,05014$818,692
2024$41,00012$833,118

How to apply

ContactKen W Smith
53 South Tallahassee Street, Hazlehurst, GA 31539
Phone or email(912) 375-7797
What to submitNone stated

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Southern Culture Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Georgia6$17,000
Alabama1$11,000
South Carolina2$7,750
North Carolina1$1,250
Maine1$1,000
Virginia1$1,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 12 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
The Abbeville Institute
Auburn, AL
Southern cultural heritage$11,000
The Cannonball House
Macon, GA
Southern cultural heritage$6,500
Friends of the Hunley
Charleston, SC
Southern cultural heritage$6,500
Washington Wilkes Historical FD
Washington, GA
Southern cultural heritage$4,000
Foxfire
Mountain City, GA
Couthern cultural heritage$2,000
Uncle Remus Museum
Eatonton, GA
Southern cultural heritage$2,000
Old Clinton Historical Society
Gray, GA
Southern cultural heritage$1,500
Museum at Market Hall
Charleston, SC
Southern cultural heritage$1,250
Friends of CSS Neusse Museum
Kinston, NC
Southern cultural heritage$1,250
Riddick's Folly House Museum
Suffolk, VA
Southern cultural heritage$1,000
Longstreet Society
Gainesville, GA
Southern cultural heritage$1,000
St George Historical Society
Tenants Harbor, ME
Southern cultural heritage$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Southern Culture Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Southern Culture Foundation Inc give?

$41,000 in tax year 2024, across 12 grants, with a typical grant of $1,750.

Who runs Southern Culture Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists D Mark Baxter (Secretary Tr), Ken W Smith (Chairman), Donald W Livingston PHD (Trustee) and Charles Kelly Barrow Sr (Trustee) among 6 officers and trustees.

What does Southern Culture Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture.

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