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The Yocum Foundation

Accepts applications Fort Thomas, Kentucky · EIN 311572005

The Yocum Foundation is a private foundation in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. In tax year 2024 it gave $4,500 in 6 grants; the typical grant was $450 and the largest $1,500. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $5,000 the year before.

0% of its 2024 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$5,0006$15,874
2024$4,5006$18,616

How to apply

ContactThomas R Yocum
55 Elsmar Ave, Ft Thomas, KY 41075
Phone or email(513) 616-6719

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Yocum Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Kentucky.

StateGrantsAmount
Kentucky4$1,500
New York1$1,500
Ohio1$1,500

Grants paid in 2024

All 6 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Doctors Without Borders
New York, NY
General Support$1,500
Cincinnati Kharkiv Sister City
Cincinnati, OH
General Support$1,500
The Methosdist Childrens Home of Northern KY
Nicholasville, KY
General Support$600
Fairhaven Rescue Mission
Covington, KY
General Support$300
Welcome House
Covington, KY
General Support$300
Emergency Shelter Of Northern KY
Covington, KY
General Support$300

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Yocum Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Yocum Foundation give?

$4,500 in tax year 2024, across 6 grants, with a typical grant of $450.

Who runs The Yocum Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Mr Mantai Messmer (Trustee), Mr Ghebre Tzeghai (Trustee) and Mr Thomas R Yocum (Chariman/Trustee).

What does The Yocum Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly housing and homelessness.

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