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Private foundations in Jackson, Mississippi

72 private foundations are based in Jackson. Together they paid $28.6 million in grants in their latest year, and 15 of them accept applications. The largest is Ergon Foundation Inc, with $10.8 million.

The 50 largest of 72 foundations in Jackson, by grants paid
FoundationGrants paidTypical grantAccepts applications
Ergon Foundation Inc$10.8 million$25,000No
The Luckyday Foundation$6.4 million$9,750Yes
Selby and Richard McRae Foundation$2.4 million$25,000No
Wheaton Foundation$2.3 million$18,000No
Van Devender Family Foundation$760,050$5,000No
The Joseph Treadwell Charitable Fdn$717,705$10,000No
Regions Foundation$575,000$22,500No
The Pruet Foundation$571,167$10,000No
Fountain Family Foundation$453,750$453,750No
James W Hood Family Foundation$347,500$6,000Yes
Charles Samuel Weems Trust$324,823$324,823No
The Eason and Ellen Leake Charitable Foundation$289,300$7,800No
The Noblitt Foundation$275,014$22,500No
DKC Foundation$200,000$20,000No
Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation$180,250$5,000No
Telos Foundation Inc$168,164$2,400No
Shanti Pandey MD and Suresh Chandra Foun$157,000$157,000No
Twordc Foundation$137,500$15,000Yes
Laura C Higdon Charitable Foundation$95,500$1,000Yes
First National Bank Charitable Foundation$87,804$1,500Yes
William B & Saramel Crooks Foundation$82,000$10,000No
Kent Richard Hofmann Foundation in$81,260$81,260Yes
Galaxie Foundation$70,000$5,000No
Mississippi Farm Bureau Young Farmer Scholarship Foundation$66,000$3,000No
R E Woolley UA Charitable Trust II Trustmark$62,500$12,500No
Better Life Foundation$62,000$13,500Yes
Forman Watkins & Krutz Charitable Foundation$54,019$1,000No
RV Powers Foundation$52,689$14,000No
Kenneth Werlein Wills Testamentary Trust$52,000$13,000No
A Terry Howe Tr UW FBO Fairhope UMC Trustmar$50,869$50,869No
Elizabeth McCarty Edwards Foundation$44,200$2,500No
Frances & Cooper Morrison Foundation$42,000$42,000No
All Saints Episcopal School Tr UTA Francis J$38,762$38,762No
Robert E Lake Foundation$38,380$38,380No
RH Green Foundation$33,500$11,167No
R H Goldsmith Real Estate Charitable Trust T$31,624$15,812No
Thelma B Nelson & Robert W Nelson Charitable$26,949$5,988No
Eloise Jones Trust UW Trustmark Trustee$25,333$10,133No
Carrie T & Thomas W Glover III Charitable Tr$25,300$7,500No
Howard & Mary Eliza McMillan Foundation$24,800$750No
Thomas S Huff Testamentary Trust Trustmark T$24,472$3,496No
St Paul's Catholic Church Trust UA Francis J$24,420$24,420No
J C Faulkner Charitable Trust Trustmark Trus$21,897$429No
Harless Foundation - Trustmark National Bank Agent$19,280$2,500No
Cecil C & Laura C Higdon Charitable Trust Tr$19,236$6,412No
Adrian & Marie Downing Educational Trust$17,800$1,000Yes
William A Coleman Trust UA DTD 04091986 Tr$17,094$8,047No
Lucian A & Jerri Jeter Harvey Foundation$16,298$500No
Homer & Lillian Smith Memorial Fund FBO St Pa$15,788$15,788No
Southern Historical Preservation Society$15,428$3,600Yes

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