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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-2599981

Make A Difference Foundation

A private foundation in Ridgeland, MS. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $159,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $159,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $480,787

  • Tax year 2024

    $108,750

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $585,575

  • Tax year 2023

    $169,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $689,448

  • Tax year 2022

    $183,600

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $826,935

  • Tax year 2021

    $300,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $662,819

  • Tax year 2020

    $437,700

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $754,619

  • Tax year 2019

    $760,300

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $837,723

  • Tax year 2018

    $1,136,700

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $1,144,702

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Kappa Alpha Order Educational FoundColumbus, OH

    Charitable

    $100,000
  2. Latino Action FoundationAda, OK

    Charitable

    $25,000
  3. The Wilson Research FoundationJackson, MS

    Charitable

    $12,000
  4. Friends of Childrens HospitalFlowood, MS

    Charitable

    $10,000
  5. St Dominic Health Services FoundatJackson, MS

    Charitable

    $5,000
  6. First Presbyterian Day SchoolJackson, MS

    Charitable

    $4,000
  7. Young Life Urban MS 18Jackson, MS

    Charitable

    $2,500
  8. French Camp AcademyFrench Camp, MS

    Charitable

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $25,00053% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $12,50026% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $10,00021% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio1 grant $100,000
  2. Mississippi6 grants $34,000
  3. Oklahoma1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Wirt A Yerger IIIPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Linda B YergerVICE-PRES Hours 0Pay $0
  • Linda B YergerSEC/TREASURE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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