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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-0873610

Bernice R Shanklin Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Jacksonville Beach, FL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 21 grants and $215,000 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Charles Shanklin
22 10th Avenue South Unit B
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
(850) 897-4378
Form and materials
Written request
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $215,000

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $2,807,863

  • Tax year 2024

    $250,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,832,911

  • Tax year 2023

    $151,000

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $2,900,313

  • Tax year 2022

    $140,000

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $2,973,683

  • Tax year 2021

    $160,000

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $3,130,528

  • Tax year 2020

    $165,000

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $2,921,044

  • Tax year 2019

    $160,500

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $3,000,420

  • Tax year 2018

    $287,941

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $3,140,514

Grants paid in 2025

21 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Children in CrisisFt Walton BCH, FL

    General

    $20,000
  2. Shepherd ChurchBaker, FL

    General

    $15,000
  3. Union County Care TrainMarysville, OH

    General

    $15,000
  4. Embrace Florida KidsPace, FL

    General

    $12,500
  5. Sanctuary CollectiveColumbus, OH

    General

    $12,500
  6. Cancer FreezeFlorala, AL

    General

    $10,000
  7. City HarvestBrooklyn, NY

    General

    $10,000
  8. Community Housing Coalition of Madison CoMarshall, NC

    General

    $10,000
  9. Corefi - Concerned Residents for Improvement IncVieques, PR

    General

    $10,000
  10. Mid Ohio Food CollectiveGrove City, OH

    General

    $10,000
  11. Panhandle Equine RescueCantonment, FL

    General

    $10,000
  12. Second Harvest Food Bank of Central FloridaOrlando, FL

    General

    $10,000
  13. Support Our Scholars (sos)Maitland, FL

    General

    $10,000
  14. Union County FoundationMarysville, OH

    General

    $10,000
  15. Union County Humane SocietyMarysville, OH

    General

    $10,000
  16. Vieques Historical Trust Scholarship ProgramVieques, PR

    General

    $10,000
  17. Vieques Humane SocietyVieques, PR

    General

    $10,000
  18. Our Community TablePalm City, FL

    General

    $7,500
  19. Partnership for Extraordinary MindsChevy Chase, MD

    General

    $5,000
  20. The Foundation Academy Studio SchoolJacksonville, FL

    General

    $5,000
  21. Pilots to the RescueBrooklyn, NY

    General

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services3 grants $40,00039% of the total
  2. Animals3 grants $22,50022% of the total
  3. Education2 grants $15,00015% of the total
  4. Health2 grants $15,00015% of the total
  5. Food and agriculture1 grant $10,00010% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Florida8 grants $90,000
  2. Ohio5 grants $57,500
  3. Puerto Rico3 grants $30,000
  4. New York2 grants $12,500
  5. Alabama1 grant $10,000
  6. North Carolina1 grant $10,000
  7. Maryland1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Charles R ShanklinTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ann E ShanklinTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Thomas E ShanklinTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jean C BrooksTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

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