Homer Skelton Charitable Foundation
Wilmington, DE · EIN 62-1578268. Reported 79 grants totalling $4,289,254 to 35 organizations 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. Homer Skelton Charitable 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 $12,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $4,480 and $19,000; the smallest was $300 and the largest $1,433,577. 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. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desoto County Dream Center | Horn Lake, MS | $1,935,658 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Heartland Hands Food Pantry | Horn Lake, MS | $754,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Light the Way Ministry | Ozark, MO | $316,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Compel Church | Olive Branch, MS | $274,521 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Concord Academy | Memphis, TN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Life Fellowship Church | Olive Branch, MS | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sav-a-Life of Desoto County | Southaven, MS | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northpoint Christian School Inc | Southaven, MS | $73,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Memphis Union Mission | Memphis, TN | $72,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Care Pregnancy Resource Center | Southaven, MS | $71,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Agape Child and Family Services Inc | Memphis, TN | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Desoto County School District | Hernando, MS | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Olive Branch Community Emergency Food Ministry Inc | Olive Branch, MS | $48,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Streets Ministries Inc | Memphis, TN | $47,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hope House Day Care ( HIV Children) | Memphis, TN | $30,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hope House Day Care Center Inc | Memphis, TN | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Gr Memphis | Memphis, TN | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Srvs - Special Kids & Families | Memphis, TN | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis | Memphis, TN | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Srvs Group Home I Inc | Memphis, TN | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Joni and Friends | Agoura Hills, CA | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Confidential Care Mobile Ministry Inc | Atoka, TN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Joni and Friends Mississippi | Ridgeland, MS | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Heartland Hands | Horn Lake, MS | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jocko Valley Baptist Church | Arlee, MT | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Longview Heights Baptist Church | Olive Branch, MS | $9,480 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Shepherds Haven Ministries Inc | Arlington, TN | $9,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Carewheels Foundation | Arlington, TN | $9,160 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Carewheels | Arlington, TN | $8,985 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Life Choices Pregnancy Care Center Inc | Columbus, MS | $6,900 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Life Choices | Memphis, TN | $6,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes-Desoto County | Southaven, MS | $6,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sacred Hearts Southern Missions | Olive Branch, MS | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Kansas City, MO | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Believing Church Inc | Memphis, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
28 of 35 (80%) 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 94%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Heartland Hands Food Pantry
FOOD FOR THE NEEDY - BUILDING PURCHASE TO HOUSE FOOD PANTRY - Compel Church
TEACHER APPRECIATION FOR DESOTO COUNTY MISSISSIPPI TEACHERS, WORKERS & PRINCIPALS - Concord Academy
SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES - Life Fellowship Church
OUTREACH MINISTRIES FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, TEACHERS AND THE ELDERLY - Desoto County Dream Center Inc
BACKPACKS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, TECH FEES FOR NEEDY CHILDREN IN DESOTO COUNTY MISSISSIPPI - Northpoint Christian School Inc
Annual Fund - playground and athletics
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 39 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 | $1,009,300 | $12,000 |
| 2022 | 20 | $625,666 | $12,000 |
| 2023 | 18 | $1,752,757 | $11,500 |
| 2024 | 25 | $901,531 | $12,000 |
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.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 80% of this one's giving went to organizations in Mississippi. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $12,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Mississippi.
- 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 Homer Skelton Charitable Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Foundation Source 501 Silverside Rd, Wilmington, DE, 19809. 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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