Well Told Grants

Foundations / Louisiana

Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation

Accepts applications Lake Charles, Louisiana · EIN 237072892

Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation is a private foundation in Lake Charles, Louisiana. In tax year 2024 it gave $25,037 in 4 grants; the typical grant was $5,018 and the largest $10,000. 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 $122,420 the year before.

25% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$122,4205$104 million
2024$25,0374$105 million

How to apply

ContactWilliam Gray Stream Trustee The Mat
PO Box 40, Lake Charles, LA 70602-0040
Phone or email(337) 433-1057
What to submitWritten request stating name of organization, name of contact person and amount of request. Request should include the purposes for which a grant is to be used.
RestrictionsThe Foundation primarily promotes the study of art and assists in agricultural education.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Louisiana.

StateGrantsAmount
Louisiana3$20,037
Florida1$5,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 4 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
The Sowela Foundation
Lake Charles, LA
General Contribution$10,000
Calcasieu Parish Jr Livestock Show
Lake Charles, LA
General Contribution$5,037
Bridge House
New Orleans, LA
General Contribution$5,000
Florida State University Foundation
Tallahassee, FL
General Contribution$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation give?

$25,037 in tax year 2024, across 4 grants, with a typical grant of $5,018.

Who runs Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Harold H Stream III (Trustee- President / Chariman of Board), William Gray Stream (Trustee - Vice President) and Bruce N Kirkpatrick (Trustee - Secretary/Treasurer).

Similar foundations in Louisiana