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Joe Ridley Whitmeyer Memorial Trust

Accepts applications New Orleans, Louisiana · EIN 742126693

Joe Ridley Whitmeyer Memorial Trust is a private foundation in New Orleans, Louisiana. In tax year 2025 it gave $5,200 in 1 grant; the typical grant was $5,200 and the largest $5,200. 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 $5,243 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$11,3361$141,564
2024$5,2431$144,307
2025$5,2001$152,072

How to apply

ContactColmesneil Isd
610 West Elder, Colmesneil, TX 75938
Phone or email(409) 837-5757
What to submitAll members of each graduating class of colmesneil high school are eligible, and recipients are selected by a five person committee appointed by colmesneil high school.
RestrictionsBeneficiary must be a graduating senior at colmesneil high school registered for further education.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Joe Ridley Whitmeyer Memorial Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas1$5,200

Grants paid in 2025

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Colmesneil Independent School District
Colmesneil, TX
General support$5,200

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Joe Ridley Whitmeyer Memorial Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Joe Ridley Whitmeyer Memorial Trust give?

$5,200 in tax year 2025, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $5,200.

Who runs Joe Ridley Whitmeyer Memorial Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Hancock Whitney Bank (Trustee).

What does Joe Ridley Whitmeyer Memorial Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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