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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-2354370

Julia Terrill Thomas Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Sea Island, GA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 21 grants and $635,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $635,000

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $12,025,675

  • Tax year 2023

    $590,000

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $12,247,621

  • Tax year 2022

    $700,000

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $12,558,428

  • Tax year 2021

    $558,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $12,977,817

  • Tax year 2020

    $585,000

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $13,180,262

  • Tax year 2019

    $538,000

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $13,573,309

  • Tax year 2018

    $575,500

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $13,952,048

Grants paid in 2024

21 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Boys Girls Club of Southeast GeorgiBrunswick, GA

    DARIEN BOYS & GIRLS CENTER & TEEN CENTER ($75k) AND PLAYGROUND ($34k)

    $109,000
  2. Frederica AcademySt Simons Is, GA

    Pavillion for outdoor functions, education & stage

    $100,000
  3. College of Coastal Ga FoundationBrunswick, GA

    Capital support for renovations to the downtown facility for culinary program

    $100,000
  4. Golden Isles YMCA FoundationBrunswick, GA

    Capital support to reinforce the structure of the outdoor pool

    $75,000
  5. Gathering PlaceBrunswick, GA

    Support for daily on-site prog mentoring HS students. Professional development, job placement, financial MGMT and leadership skills taught

    $35,000
  6. Map InternationalBrunswick, GA

    Forklift for adjacent warehouse

    $25,000
  7. Epworth by the SeaSt Simons Is, GA

    Outdoor pavillion with adjacent outdoor amphitheater

    $25,000
  8. Star Foundation IncBrunswick, GA

    Support for facility relocation and materials to do community outreach for student enrollment

    $22,000
  9. Coastal Pines Technical College FDNBrunswick, GA

    Scholarship support for 40 students in glynn county

    $20,000
  10. Hospice of the Golden IslesBrunswick, GA

    Server & cameras to manage entire campus

    $15,000
  11. Golden Isles Youth OrchestraBrunswick, GA

    Capital support for instruments to expand classes

    $15,000
  12. Adoption-ShareBrunswick, GA

    Support for expansion of program into glynn county to place children in permanent homes

    $15,000
  13. St Francis Xavier Catholic SchoolBrunswick, GA

    Window blinds for 13 educational rooms facing east in the new school facility & 2 defibrillators

    $12,000
  14. Coastal Georgia Historical SocietySt Simons Is, GA

    Restoration of historical gazebo at lighthouse museum lawn

    $10,000
  15. Humane Society of South Coastal GeoBrunswick, GA

    Refurbish the outdoor trail encircling property for dogs to receive exercise

    $10,000
  16. Individual

    Support for flooring throughout facility in halls and lobby areas

    $10,000
  17. Safe Harbor Children's Center IncBrunswick, GA

    8 passenger van-transportation to jobs & afterschool activities

    $10,000
  18. Individual

    Repairs for roofing on facility

    $10,000
  19. Individual

    For research, draft structural plans, and begin site preparation for a replica of a furnished and functioning living-histyory home/store

    $8,000
  20. Casa GlynnBrunswick, GA

    Capital support for new phone and computer system, cabinets, furnishings & background security

    $5,000
  21. Glynn Community Crisis Center IncBrunswick, GA

    Capital support for shelter kitchen with stove and refrigerator appliances for kitchen area

    $4,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Human services4 grants $115,00035% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $100,00030% of the total
  3. Religion2 grants $60,00018% of the total
  4. Arts and culture2 grants $25,0008% of the total
  5. International aid1 grant $25,0008% of the total
  6. Civil rights1 grant $5,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Georgia18 grants $607,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • James D Benefield JrDirector Hours 5Pay $62,212
  • Rees M SumerfordDirector Hours 5Pay $62,212

The return

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