Hearin - Chandler Foundation
Mobile, AL · EIN 63-6075470. Reported 250 grants totalling $9,888,500 to 116 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Hearin - Chandler Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $395,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christ Church Cathedral | Mobile, AL | $1,315,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Paul's Episcopal School | Mobile, AL | $575,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mardi Gras Park | Mobile, AL | $520,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Ignatius Catholic Parish | Mobile, AL | $460,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Historic Restoration Society Inc | Mobile, AL | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mississippi Heritage Trust | Jackson, MS | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $320,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce | Mobile, AL | $310,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dumas Wesley Community Center | Mobile, AL | $270,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alabama School of Math and Science | Mobile, AL | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mobile Law Enforcement Foundation | Mobile, AL | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New England Historic Geneologal Society | Boston, MA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Society of 1868 | Mobile, AL | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mobile Carnival Association | Mobile, AL | $190,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alabama Coastal Foundation | Mobile, AL | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Barton Academy | Mobile, AL | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mulherin Custodial Home | Mobile, AL | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Francis at the Point Anglican Church | Point Clear, AL | $150,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Society of 1842 | Mobile, AL | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alabama Shakespeare Festival | Montgomery, AL | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mobile's Singing Children | Mobile, AL | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Infirmary Foundation | Mobile, AL | $106,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Eastern Shore Recovery Foundation | Daphne, AL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Main Street Mobile | Mobile, AL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mobile Museum of Art | Mobile, AL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mobile Symphony | Mobile, AL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Mary Parish | Mobile, AL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Society of the Cincinnati | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Nh | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St John's Episcopal Church | Montgomery, AL | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Country Club Estates Neighborhood Association | Mobile, AL | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baldwin County Youth Orchestra | Fairhope, AL | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Broad Street Restoration Society Inc | Mobile, AL | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Classical Ballet of Mobile Inc | Mobile, AL | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Safe Harbor Animal Coalition | Foley, AL | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Mobile | Mobile, AL | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dauphin Island Sea Lab | Dauphin Island, AL | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Atlanta, GA | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Ackerville Baptist Church | Mobile, AL | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Perdue Hill - Claiborne Foundation Inc | Perdue Hill, AL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Paul's Episcopal School Foundation | Mobie, AL | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Alabama Forest Resources Center | Mobile, AL | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Vestry St Frances at the Pt Anglican Church | Point Clear, AL | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bellingrath Gardens and Home | Theodore, AL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Magnolia Cemetery Inc | Mobile, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Government Street United Methodist Church | Mobile, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| L'arche Mobile Inc | Mobile, AL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mobile Carnival Associationoperating | Mobile, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Mary's Catholic Hcurch | Mobile, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Village of Spring Hill | Mobile, AL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Cancer Society | Mobile, AL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Mobile, AL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fairhope Film Festival | Fairhope, AL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mckemie Place | Mobile, AL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters So - Ala YMCA | Mobile, AL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America Council | Mobile, AL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mobile Kappa League | Mobile, AL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pascagoula Pride | Pascagoula, MS | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Victory Health Partners | Mobile, AL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Waterfront Rescue Mission | Mobile, AL | $26,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| African Universal Church | Daphne, AL | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Ancestors New England Historic Genealogical Society | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church | Mobile, AL | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community of Mobile Inc | Mobile, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Light of Mobile | Mobile, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mobile Botanical Gardens | Mobile, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mobile Opera | Mobile, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Purrfect Partners of Mobile | Mobile, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Cahaba Foundation | Selma, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Walter Anderson Museum of Art | Ocean Springs, MS | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| William Carey University - Lee Tingle Scholarship | Hattiesburg, MS | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wilmer Hall | Mobile, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| La Pointe-Krebs Foundation Inc | Pascagoula, MS | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy | Mobile, AL | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alabama Kidney Foundation | Birmingham, AL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Archeological Studies USA | Mobile, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dauphin Restoration Society | Mobile, AL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Distinguished Young Women | Mobile, AL | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Historic Mobile Preservation Society | Mobile, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Home of Grace | Eight Mile, AL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lillian Recreational Park | Lillian, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mobile Carnival Association Floral | Mobile, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parkinson Association of Alabama Inc | Birmingham, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Providence Festival of Flowers | Mobile, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Save a Stray | Mobile, AL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Senior Citizens Services (viva) | Mobile, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Shoulder | Daphne, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Via Health Fitness and Enrichment Center | Mobile, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Mobile, AL | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Little Sisters of the Poor | Mobile, AL | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Crittenton Youth Services | Mobile, AL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| History Museum of Mobile | Mobile, AL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jackson County Civic Action Committee Inc | Moss Point, MS | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mary's Shelter | Elberta, AL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Prichard Preparatory School | Mobile, AL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Cerebral Palsy of Mobile | Mobile, AL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Mobile, AL | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ocean Habitats Inc | Micanopy, FL | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Lukes Episcopal School | Mobile, AL | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ackerville Baptist Church of Christ | Pine Apple, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Services for Vision Rehab (csvr) | Mobile, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Contact Archeology Inc | Pensacola, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Feeding the Gulf Coast | Theodore, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Light of the Village | Bay Minette, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rapahope | Mobile, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Restore Mobile | Mobile, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Centre | Daphne, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Angel Flight | Leesburg, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope Boxing Academy | Mobile, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mobile Medical Museum | Mobile, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Providence Hospital Foundation | Mobile, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Assistance League of Mobile | Mobile, AL | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Daughters of Charity - Province of St Louise | St Louis, MO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Resurrection Catholic School | Daphne, AL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ums-Wright Preparatory School | Mobile, AL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uss Alabama Battleship | Mobile, AL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
68 of 116 (59%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 68%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 112 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49 | $2,203,000 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 71 | $2,685,000 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 64 | $2,525,500 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 66 | $2,475,000 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Hearin - Chandler Foundation has 98 of them, worth $18.5M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Christ Church Cathedral | Mobile, AL | $1,200,000 |
| Christ Church Cathedral | Mobile, AL | $900,000 |
| Mississippi Heritage Trust | Jackson, MS | $700,000 |
| Mississippi Heritage Trust | Jackson, MS | $700,000 |
| St Ignatius Catholic Parish | Mobile, AL | $640,000 |
| Perdue Hill - Claiborne Foundation Inc | Perdue Hill, AL | $600,000 |
| Christ Church Cathedral | Mobile, AL | $600,000 |
| Nscda (national Society of the Colonial Dames of America) | Washington, DC | $600,000 |
| New England Historic Geneologal Society | Boston, MA | $550,000 |
| City of Mobile | Mobile, AL | $520,000 |
| St Ignatius Catholic Parish | Mobile, AL | $520,000 |
| Mississippi Heritage Trust | Jackson, MS | $500,000 |
| Mobile Museum of Art | Mobile, AL | $400,000 |
| St Ignatius Catholic Parish | Mobile, AL | $400,000 |
| Mississippi Heritage Trust | Jackson, MS | $400,000 |
Where its money goes
86% of its giving went to organizations in Alabama. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Alabama.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Hearin - Chandler Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: P O Box 450, Mobile, AL, 36601. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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