How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Elze Epps Treasurer
P O Box 261936
Plano, TX 750261936
(404) 345-9434
[email protected] - Form and materials
- No specific forms
- Deadlines
- Open
- Restrictions
- None
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$126,192
- Grants listed
- 21
- Assets, end of year
- $1,076,924
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Tax year 2024
$228,157
- Grants listed
- 30
- Assets, end of year
- $1,079,249
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Tax year 2023
$235,847
- Grants listed
- 20
- Assets, end of year
- $1,155,020
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Tax year 2022
$173,870
- Grants listed
- 17
- Assets, end of year
- $1,127,116
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Tax year 2021
$109,025
- Grants listed
- 16
- Assets, end of year
- $1,226,148
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Tax year 2020
$98,917
- Grants listed
- 11
- Assets, end of year
- $1,133,332
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Tax year 2019
$67,602
- Grants listed
- 8
- Assets, end of year
- $921,210
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Tax year 2018
$58,959
- Grants listed
- 9
- Assets, end of year
- $844,079
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.
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Individual
General
$13,750 -
Individual
General
$10,625 -
Florida Am UniversityTallahassee, FL
General
$10,250 -
Individual
General
$10,000 -
Morehouse CollegeAtlanta, GA
General
$10,000 -
Individual
General
$10,000 -
Ross Perot STEM ProgramTexarkana, TX
General
$8,625 -
Bill Dickey Scholarship Assoc 2025Phoenix, AZ
General
$7,500 -
George Mason UniversityFairfax, VA
General
$5,000 -
Johnson STEM Activity Ctr IncAtlanta, GA
General
$5,000 -
Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH
General
$5,000 -
University of Ca-RiversideRiverside, CA
General
$5,000 -
Spelman CollegeAtl, GA
General
$5,000 -
Louisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, LA
General
$5,000 -
University of North TexasDenton, TX
General
$5,000 -
Legacy LadiesCalabasas, CA
General
$3,000 -
Howard UniversityWashington, DC
General
$2,992 -
H V Hawkins JC Johnson FDNByron Center, MI
General
$1,300 -
Atlanta Public SchoolsAtlanta, GA
General
$1,150 -
Individual
General
$1,000 -
Bethel Ame ChurchDes Moines, IA
General
$1,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Education3 grants $12,99281% of the total
- Human services1 grant $3,00019% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Georgia4 grants $21,150
- Texas2 grants $13,625
- Florida1 grant $10,250
- California2 grants $8,000
- Arizona1 grant $7,500
- Louisiana1 grant $5,000
- Ohio1 grant $5,000
- Pennsylvania1 grant $5,000
- District of Columbia1 grant $2,992
- Michigan1 grant $1,300
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Elze EppsTREAS Hours 3Pay $0
- Mel SmithPAST CHAIRMAN Hours 0Pay $0
- Bruce TrotterCHAIRMAN Hours 2Pay $0
- Don WoffordSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
- James CastilloFOUNDING MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
- James WinestockBOARD MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
- William LewisBOARD MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
- Morman CarmichaelPAST CHAIRMAN Hours 1Pay $0
- Eric LeufroyBOARD MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
- Douglas SmallsBOARD MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
- Myron WilliamsVICE CHAIRMAN Hours 1Pay $0
- Gary MaysASST SECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
The return
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