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Taste of the South
Washington, DC · EIN 52-1343458. Reported 62 grants totalling $2,634,779 to 62 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Taste of the South, the IRS classifies it as a federated giving programme -- a United Way, Jewish federation, Community Chest or similar (NTEE T70Z).
- How spread out its giving is. 62 distinct organizations, with 16% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 0% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $14,791. Half of what it reported fell between $7,860 and $26,789; the smallest was $5,263 and the largest $413,156. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book Harvest | Durham, NC | $413,156 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Center for Women and Families Inc | Louisville, KY | $367,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gulf Coast Center for Ecotourism & Sustainability | Gulf Shores, AL | $352,974 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mental Illness Recovery Center Inc | Columbia, SC | $323,252 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bridge Steps | Dallas, TX | $247,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ferst Readers Inc | Madison, GA | $46,525 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kates Club Inc | Brookhaven, GA | $41,979 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Everybody Wins D C Inc | Washington, DC | $37,560 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Oasis Counseling for Women and Children | Birmingham, AL | $30,778 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment Safe Inc | Washington, DC | $30,608 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Governors Early Literacy Foundation | Nashville, TN | $30,255 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Active Minds Inc | Washington, DC | $29,387 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Women Moving on Inc | Decatur, GA | $29,096 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Samaritan Inns Inc | Washington, DC | $28,314 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Operation Shoestring Inc | Jackson, MS | $27,557 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Womens Shelter of South Texas | Corp Christi, TX | $26,789 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Literacy United | Fort Worth, TX | $25,847 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dyslexia Reseource Center | Columbia, SC | $24,995 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Safe Passage Inc | Rock Hill, SC | $24,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| NAMI National | Arlington, VA | $24,266 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mental Health America of Central Carolinas Inc | Charlotte, NC | $22,583 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Small Magic | Birmingham, AL | $21,908 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kids Hub | Hattiesburg, MS | $20,498 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wilderness Leadership & Learning Inc | Washington, DC | $20,170 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Music Health Alliance Inc | Nashville, TN | $18,575 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Center for Violence Prevention | Pearl, MS | $17,795 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Inc | Tuscaloosa, AL | $17,663 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Womens Fund of East Tenenssee | Knoxville, TN | $16,438 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Keep Texas Beautiful Inc | Austin, TX | $16,099 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Day Ranch Inc | Verona, KY | $15,930 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Louisville Nature Center Inc | Louisville, KY | $15,223 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ar Kids Read | Little Rock, AR | $14,359 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Katawba Valley Land Tr | Lancaster, SC | $13,892 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Elizas Helping Hands Inc | Winston Salem, NC | $13,829 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central Savannah River Land Trust Inc | Evans, GA | $13,302 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Turn the Page Kc Inc | Kansas City, MO | $12,625 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Reading Is Fundamental of Northern Virginia Inc | Arlington, VA | $11,929 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Women Resource Center of Manatee Inc | Bradenton, FL | $10,852 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women & Children First the Center Against Family Violence | Little Rock, AR | $10,798 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mississippi Wildlife Federation | Jackson, MS | $10,672 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cancer Retreat Centers Inc | Richmond, VA | $10,243 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tennessee State Parks Conservancy | Nashville, TN | $9,909 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| I Would Rather Be Reading | Louisville, KY | $9,109 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Childrens Advocacy Center of Bentonco | Rogers, AR | $8,897 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Davis Direction Foundation Inc | Marietta, GA | $8,579 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oasis a Safe Haven for Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence | Lake Charles, LA | $8,384 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Start the Adventure in Reading Inc | New Orleans, LA | $7,860 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| True North of Columbia Inc | Columbia, MO | $7,804 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Faces and Voices of Recovery Greenville | Greenville, SC | $7,458 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sing Out and Read Inc | Largo, FL | $7,412 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Buffalo River Stewardship Foundation Ltd | Ponca, AR | $6,908 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childrens Coalition for Northeast Louisiana | Monroe, LA | $6,893 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Drug Education Council Inc | Mobile, AL | $6,453 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grace House of Memphis Tennessee | Memphis, TN | $6,299 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harris House Foundation | Saint Charles, MO | $6,218 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Step | Harrisonburg, VA | $5,614 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Land Savers United | Roanoke, VA | $5,585 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Missouri Mental Health Foundation Inc | Jefferson Cty, MO | $5,530 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Giving Grove | Kansas City, MO | $5,492 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Here Tomorrow Inc | Neptune Beach, FL | $5,410 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The North Carolina Native Plant Society Inc | Greensboro, NC | $5,331 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marine Discovery Center Inc | New Smyrna, FL | $5,263 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
0 of 62 (0%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Book Harvest Inc
FOR GENERAL USE BY THE EXEMPT ORGANIZATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 48 of 62 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | $311,071 | $7,458 |
| 2022 | 8 | $96,452 | $11,987 |
| 2023 | 19 | $971,938 | $13,892 |
| 2024 | 14 | $564,221 | $19,536 |
| 2025 | 14 | $691,097 | $23,451 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
17% of its giving went to organizations in North Carolina. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $14,791 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in North Carolina.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Taste of the South's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 2826, Washington, DC, 20013.
EIN 52-1343458 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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