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Help the Elderly Live With Dignity Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Weatherby Lake, Missouri · EIN 911807344

Help the Elderly Live With Dignity Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Weatherby Lake, Missouri. In tax year 2025 it gave $16,322 in 11 grants; the typical grant was $1,094 and the largest $5,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was up from $14,407 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$23,69115$386,449
2024$14,40712$410,359
2025$16,32211$410,620

How to apply

ContactMara Garton
7603 NW Westside Dr, Weatherby Lake, MO 64152
Phone or email(816) 741-4455
What to submitThe board administers the process for selecting the recipients of grants for living assistance (rent, medications, food, etc). Requests are received from potential recipients and amounts are determined based on the need of the individual applicant. Most recipients are retirees who have no income aside from their pension, which are below the poverty level. The amount of aid granted to each individual is determined principally according to their need for medications. Other recipients include college students who work to support themselves but are unable to earn sufficiently for the tuition. Annual visits to each recipient and ongoing correspondence including some telephone conversations monitor their situation and needs.
RestrictionsThe foundation is established to provide living assistance to needy elderly persons of latvian origin. There are no specific restrictions other than demonstrated need.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Help the Elderly Live With Dignity Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its US grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Missouri. It also paid $10,322 in 9 grants to recipients outside the US.

StateGrantsAmount
Missouri1$5,000
Georgia1$1,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 11 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Champami Book Club
Weatherby Lake, MO
To build a park$5,000
IndividualMedicine/rent assistance$2,191
IndividualMedicine/rent assistance$1,313
IndividualMedicine/rent assistance$1,094
IndividualMedicine/rent assistance$1,094
IndividualMedicine/rent assistance$1,094
IndividualMedicine/rent assistance$1,094
IndividualMedicine/rent assistance$1,094
IndividualMedicine/rent assistance$1,094
Jeremy Katzenberger Memorial Triathalon FBO Sua Sponte Foundation
Savannah, GA
Assistance to rangers (1st ranger battalion) and their families$1,000
IndividualMedicine/rent assistance$254

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Help the Elderly Live With Dignity Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Help the Elderly Live With Dignity Foundation Inc give?

$16,322 in tax year 2025, across 11 grants, with a typical grant of $1,094.

Who runs Help the Elderly Live With Dignity Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Mara Garton (President), Nora K Jenkins (Secretary & Treasurer) and August G Grasis III (Vice President).

What does Help the Elderly Live With Dignity Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health and international.

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