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Walton & Ada Thompson Charitable Foundat

Accepts applications Madison, Virginia · EIN 883623706

Walton & Ada Thompson Charitable Foundat is a private foundation in Madison, Virginia. In tax year 2024 it gave $1.0 million in 8 grants; the typical grant was $100,000 and the largest $306,000. 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$0
2024$1.0 million8$14.5 million

How to apply

ContactSteve Grayson
PO Box 392, Madison, VA 22727
Phone or email(540) 820-7307
What to submitApplications should be by letter. The application should include a description of the organization and state the nature of the request.
RestrictionsNone; grants are made to charitable organizations which qualify as exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Walton & Ada Thompson Charitable Foundat funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Virginia.

StateGrantsAmount
Virginia8$1.0 million

Grants paid in 2024

All 8 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Madison American Legion Home Inc
Madison, VA
General purpose of donee$306,000
Logos Classical Academy
Lorton, VA
General purpose of donee$200,000
Nuvum Baptist Church
Reva, VA
General purpose of donee$135,000
Holistic Haitian Alliance
Bridgewater, VA
General purpose of donee$100,000
Rapidan Baptist Church
Madison, VA
General purpose of donee$100,000
Mt Zion Baptist Church
Oakpark, VA
General purpose of donee$80,000
WPRZ 881 Praise Communications Inc
Culpeper, VA
General purpose of donee$75,000
Brightwood Ruritan Club
Brightwood, VA
General purpose of donee$50,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Walton & Ada Thompson Charitable Foundat accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Walton & Ada Thompson Charitable Foundat give?

$1.0 million in tax year 2024, across 8 grants, with a typical grant of $100,000.

Who runs Walton & Ada Thompson Charitable Foundat?

Its 2024 filing lists Steve Grayson (Trustee), Matthew Charles Paige (Trustee) and G Howard Curtis (Trustee).

What does Walton & Ada Thompson Charitable Foundat fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities.

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