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Jimmy Woodard Garrell Foundation

Accepts applications Whiteville, North Carolina · EIN 562174021

Jimmy Woodard Garrell Foundation is a private foundation in Whiteville, North Carolina. In tax year 2024 it gave $1.1 million in 15 grants; the typical grant was $15,000 and the largest $348,444. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2024 was up from $1.0 million the year before.

13% of its 2024 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$1.0 million14$23.7 million
2024$1.1 million15$26.5 million

How to apply

ContactTerray F Suggs
609 S Franklin Street, Whiteville, NC 28472
Phone or email(910) 641-0105, ts@suggscpa.com
What to submitWritten letter request

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Jimmy Woodard Garrell Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to North Carolina.

StateGrantsAmount
North Carolina13$1.1 million
Connecticut1$2,500
Georgia1$200

Grants paid in 2024

All 15 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
South Columbus High School
Tabor City, NC
Support of another public charity$348,444
North Carolina Community Foundation
Raleigh, NC
Religion$300,000
Tabor City School
Tabor City, NC
Educationeducation$121,800
Williams Township School
Whiteville, NC
Education$120,000
Nakina Middle School
Nakina, NC
Education$60,000
Old Dock Elementary School
Whiteville, NC
Education$60,000
Town of Tabor City
Tabor City, NC
Education$25,000
Tabor City Baptist Church
Tabor City, NC
Religion$15,000
Tabor City Committe of 100
Tabor City, NC
In support of another charity$5,000
Guidepost Foundation
Danbury, CT
Religion$2,500
Lower Cape Fear Hospice
Wilmington, NC
In support of another charity$2,500
Southeastern Community College
Whiteville, NC
Educational$2,500
The Educational Foundation
Chapel Hill, NC
Educational$2,500
Mathew 25 Center
Burgaw, NC
In support of another charity$1,000
In Touch Ministries
Atlanta, GA
Religion$200

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Jimmy Woodard Garrell Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Jimmy Woodard Garrell Foundation give?

$1.1 million in tax year 2024, across 15 grants, with a typical grant of $15,000.

Who runs Jimmy Woodard Garrell Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Terray Suggs (Director, President), Gloria Fowler (Director, Executive Director) and Dennis Worley (Director, Vice President).

What does Jimmy Woodard Garrell Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and faith communities.

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