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Providence Foundation

Accepts applications Jackson, Mississippi · EIN 640934113

Providence Foundation is a private foundation in Jackson, Mississippi. In tax year 2025 it gave $8,000 in 2 grants; the typical grant was $4,000 and the largest $7,500. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$3,0001$99,287
2024$00$104,063
2025$8,0002$98,021

How to apply

ContactJamie P McRee
P O Box 13688, Jackson, MS 39236
Phone or email(601) 594-4540

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Providence Foundation funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Virginia1$7,500
Tennessee1$500

Grants paid in 2025

All 2 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar, VA
General Unrestricted Support of the University$7,500
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
General Unrestricted Support of the University$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Providence Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Providence Foundation give?

$8,000 in tax year 2025, across 2 grants, with a typical grant of $4,000.

Who runs Providence Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Jamie P Martin McRee (Director) and Ernest B Martin III (Director).

What does Providence Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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