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Sharon and Claude B Pennington Family Foundation

Accepts applications Baton Rouge, Louisiana · EIN 815336145

Sharon and Claude B Pennington Family Foundation is a private foundation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In tax year 2024 it gave $3.1 million in 48 grants; the typical grant was $4,054 and the largest $1.3 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$00$32.8 million
2024$3.1 million48$37.4 million

How to apply

ContactBill Hodgkins
10343 Siegen Lane, Suite B1, Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Phone or email(225) 937-7593, bhodgkins@penningtonoil.com
RestrictionsTo be determined

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

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What Sharon and Claude B Pennington Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Louisiana47$3.1 million
Texas1$971

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 48 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
United Cajun Navy
Baton Rouge, LA
2024 annual gifts$1.3 million
West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office
Port Allen, LA
2024 annual gifts$618,030
East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office
Baton Rouge, LA
2024 annual gifts$338,638
East Baton Rouge District Attorney
Baton Rouge, LA
2024 annual gifts$260,000
Mount Zion Baptist Church II
Plaquemine, LA
Community outreach initiative$122,500
LSU Police Department
Baton Rouge, LA
Explosive ordiance k9$100,000
Iberville Christian Center
St Gabriel, LA
Motors course/swat equipment$69,345
City of Plaquemine Police Dept
Plaquemine, LA
Police equipment$50,000
The Emerge Center
Baton Rouge, LA
Gala presenting sponsorship 2024$50,000
18th Judicial Dist Attorneys Ofc
Plaquemine, LA
Flock camera$30,000
St John School
Plaquemine, LA
Art program: phase i, ii, and iii$30,000
St James Episcopal Day School
Baton Rouge, LA
The eras soiree: presenting sponsor$20,000
Capital Renaissance Intl School
Baton Rouge, LA
2024 gift$15,000
Companion Animal Alliance
Baton Rouge, LA
Fur ball 2024$15,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Baton Rouge, LA
Cap city finest/sleigh cystic fibros$13,000
University Laboratory School
Baton Rouge, LA
Vip lounge sponsor$12,000
Baton Rouge General Foundation
Baton Rouge, LA
Raise the barn sponsorship 2024$10,000
Foundation for Woman's
Baton Rouge, LA
Bust breast cancer$10,000
Bella Bowman Foundation
Baton Rouge, LA
Bella's ball 2024 silver sponsor$7,500
Capital Region Crime Stoppers
Baton Rouge, LA
Annual gift$5,000
Iris Domestic Violence Center
Baton Rouge, LA
Unmasking domestic violence$5,000
Knock Knock Children's Museum
Baton Rouge, LA
Storybook soiree sponorship$5,000
Our Lady of the Lake Foundation
Baton Rouge, LA
The big bash 2024$5,000
Douglas Manship Theatre
Baton Rouge, LA
2024 annual gift$5,000
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Found
Natchitoches, LA
2024 annual gift$3,109
City of Refuge Ministries
White Castle, LA
Core youth development$3,000
Envision Youth Group
Sunshine, LA
Summer youth outreach program$3,000
Higher Grounds Intl Worship Ctr
Plaquemine, LA
Youth activity center$3,000
Hope Community Outreach Ministries
Plaquemine, LA
Hope comm steam program$3,000
Mission Outreach for Christ Corp
White Castle, LA
Back to school barbecue$3,000
Mount Zion Inner City
Plaquemine, LA
Youth development$3,000
Mt Cyrene Baptist Church
Plaquemine, LA
Summer reading and math camp$3,000
Mt Zion Baptist Church 1
Plaquemine, LA
Zion one summer enrichment$3,000
Old Mt Olive Baptist Church
Grosse Tete, LA
Iberville outreach program$3,000
Point Pleasant Baptist Church
Plaquemine, LA
Ppbc summer enrichment$3,000
St John the Baptist Church
White Castle, LA
Ibervile outreach program$3,000
St John Baptist Church
Plaquemine, LA
Youth development$3,000
St Luke Family Christian Center
Plaquemine, LA
Summer enrichment program$3,000
True Hope Missionary Baptist
Plaquemine, LA
Youth summer program$3,000
We Are the Difference
Plaquemine, LA
Iberville outreach program$3,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Sharon and Claude B Pennington Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Sharon and Claude B Pennington Family Foundation give?

$3.1 million in tax year 2024, across 48 grants, with a typical grant of $4,054.

Who runs Sharon and Claude B Pennington Family Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Claude Pennington (Officer) and Sharon Pennington (Officer).

What does Sharon and Claude B Pennington Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities, community development and education.

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