FundersMississippi

T H Etheridge Trust

Flowood, MS · EIN 64-6207047. Reported 190 grants totalling $1,615,038 to 69 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$500median grant
$1,615,038granted, 2021-2024
69organizations funded
81%of grantees funded again the next year
$14.3Massets, latest filing

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. T H Etheridge Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $250 and $1,500; the smallest was $100 and the largest $250,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
109 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
58 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
9 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
6 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
7 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Palmer Home for ChildrenColumbus, MS$820,000442024
Northminster Baptist ChurchJackson, MS$424,883542024
Ms SymphonyJackson, MS$125,730442024
Mayo ClinicRochester, MN$67,500442024
St Andrews Episcopal SchoolRidgeland, MS$22,000442024
Magnolia Speech SchoolJackson, MS$13,500442024
Ms Center for Public PolicyJackson, MS$13,000442024
Hoover InstituteStanford, CA$12,000442024
Ms Museum of ArtJackson, MS$9,000442024
Habitat for HumanityJackson, MS$7,500442024
StewpotJackson, MS$6,500442024
The FieldNew York, NY$6,500442024
Naval Aviation Museum FoundationNas Pensacola, FL$6,000222023
Judicial WatchWashington, DC$4,250442024
Ms Baptist Health SystemsJackson, MS$3,500442024
The Mind CenterJackson, MS$3,500442024
Opera MississippiJackson, MS$3,400222024
International Ballet CompetitionJackson, MS$3,331112023
Wilson Research FoundationJackson, MS$3,250442024
University of Mississippi Medican Center Dept Or OncologyJackson, MS$3,000222024
Blair E Batson Children's HospitalJackson, MS$2,750332024
East Central Community CollegeDecatur, MS$2,750442024
Hospice MinistriesRidgeland, MS$2,750442024
Bayside Baptist Church-Family Life CenterChattanooga, TN$2,500112024
Deliver MeJackson, MS$2,500332024
Harmony Baptist ChurchCrystal Springs, MS$2,500112023
Mustard SeedFlowood, MS$2,500442024
Ojai Raptor CenterOak View, CA$2,350442024
Eudora Welty FoundationJackson, MS$2,000442024
Extra Table Administrative FundsHattiesburg, MS$2,000442024
French Camp AcademyFrench Camp, MS$2,000332023
Msu Fund for ExcellenceMs State, MS$2,000332023
National Wwii MuseumWashington, DC$2,000442024
Historic Natchez FoundationJackson, MS$1,750442024
Wildlife MississippiStoneville, MS$1,750332023
Century Club CharitiesRidgeland, MS$1,500112021
Ms Opera GuildJackson, MS$1,500332023
Newstage TheatreJackson, MS$1,500442024
Grace House ServicesJackson, MS$1,250332024
Revitalize MississippiJackson, MS$1,250112021
Trinity Baptist ChurchCarthage, MS$1,100442024
Delta WaterfowlBismarck, ND$1,000222023
Heritage FoundationWashington, DC$1,000332024
The NavigatorColorado Springs, CO$1,000442024
Cato InstituteWashington, DC$950332023
Children's Hospital of MississippiJackson, MS$750112022
Ms Heritage TrustJackson, MS$750332023
Park Place Baptist ChurchPearl, MS$750112024
Juvenile Diabetes FoundationJackson, MS$700442024
Tunnel to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY$664222024
Association of the US NavyAlexandria, VA$600442024
Central Florida FCAOrlando, FL$500112024
Cooperative Baptist FellowshipAtlanta, GA$500222022
Fellowship of Christian AthletesJackson, MS$500112023
Mississippi Fellowship of Christian AthletesRidgeland, MS$500222022
Ms Fellowship of Christian AthletesRidgeland, MS$500112024
Naval Historical FoundationWashington, DC$500222022
Salt and Light MinistriesLamar, MS$500112024
Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York, NY$420222022
Empower MississippiRidgeland, MS$400222024
Bookfriends - University Press of MississippiJackson, MS$300222022
Doctors Without BordersHagerstown, MD$300222024
Sanctuary Hospice HouseTupelo, MS$250112021
Tallowood Baptist ChurchDallas, TX$250112021
Metropolitan Musuem of ArtNew York, NY$210112024
Association of Naval AviationSpringfield, VA$200222022
Carthage Presbyterian ChurchCarthage, MS$200112022
First Presbyterian ChurchJackson, MS$150112022
St Mark's United Methodist ChurchBrandon, MS$150112023

52 of 69 (75%) 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 81%, 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 67 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
12 grants
Human Services
11 grants
Education
11 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
10 grants
Health Care
8 grants
Environment
4 grants
Housing & Shelter
3 grants
Animal Welfare
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202148$217,710$500
202248$382,410$500
202350$499,546$1,000
202444$515,372$1,000

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. 93% 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.

Mississippi
$1.5M
Minnesota
$68K
California
$14K
District of Columbia
$9K
New York
$8K
Florida
$6K
Tennessee
$2K
North Dakota
$1K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund15 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc13 shared recipientsCommunity Foundation for Mississippi10 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc9 shared recipientsRaymond James Charitable Endowment Fund9 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program9 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Mississippi.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 T H Etheridge Trust'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: One Little Creek Road, Flowood, MS, 39232. 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.

EIN 64-6207047 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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