How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Wade A Gaines
969 Coldwater Creek Rd
Dewy Rose, GA 30634
(706) 376-9773
n/a - Form and materials
- Written applications are obtained from school counselors and include the student's name, address, school they plan to attend and the course of study, grade point average, transcript, and a teacher recommendation.
- Deadlines
- Applications must be submitted by march 15th of each year.
- Restrictions
- Applicants must be seniors attending hart county high school or barnes academy with an overall grade point average of 3.0 or higher planning to attend an approved university, college or technical school.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$170,000
- Grants listed
- 59
- Assets, end of year
- $4,042,895
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Tax year 2024
$173,500
- Grants listed
- 77
- Assets, end of year
- $4,019,625
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Tax year 2023
$132,000
- Grants listed
- 63
- Assets, end of year
- $4,148,727
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Tax year 2022
$200,100
- Grants listed
- 82
- Assets, end of year
- $4,233,333
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Tax year 2021
$171,700
- Grants listed
- 67
- Assets, end of year
- $4,343,871
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Tax year 2020
$305,350
- Grants listed
- 88
- Assets, end of year
- $4,429,185
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.
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Savannah River ProductionsLavonia, GA
General support
$35,000 -
Hart County High SchoolHartwell, GA
General support
$31,500 -
Hartwell First Methodist ChurchHartwell, GA
General support
$27,000 -
Hart County Middle SchoolHartwell, GA
General support
$8,000 -
Habitat for HumanityHartwell, GA
General support
$5,000 -
Hart Partnerscis of Hart County IncHartwell, GA
General support
$5,000 -
Elbert County Food MinistryElberton, GA
General support
$2,500 -
Fellowship of Christian AthletesKansas City, MO
General support
$2,000 -
Individual
Education scholarship
$2,000 -
Bell Family YMCAHartwell, GA
General support
$2,000 -
Hart County Community TheatreHartwell, GA
General support
$2,000 -
Individual
Education scholarship
$1,000 -
Individual
Education scholarship
$1,000 -
Individual
Education scholarship
$1,000 -
Individual
Education scholarship
$1,000 -
Individual
Education scholarship
$1,000 -
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Education scholarship
$1,000 -
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Education scholarship
$1,000 -
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$1,000 -
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$1,000 -
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$1,000 -
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$1,000 -
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$1,000 -
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$1,000 -
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$1,000 -
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$1,000 -
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$1,000 -
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$1,000 -
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$1,000 -
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$1,000 -
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$1,000 -
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Education scholarship
$1,000 -
Individual
Education scholarship
$1,000 -
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Education scholarship
$1,000 -
Individual
Education scholarship
$1,000 -
Hartwell Elementary SchoolHartwell, GA
General support
$1,000 -
Individual
Education scholarship
$1,000 -
Individual
Education scholarship
$1,000 -
Individual
Education scholarship
$1,000 -
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Education scholarship
$1,000 -
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Education scholarship
$1,000 -
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Education scholarship
$1,000 -
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Education scholarship
$1,000 -
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$1,000 -
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$1,000 -
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$1,000 -
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Education scholarship
$1,000 -
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Education scholarship
$1,000 -
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$1,000 -
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Education scholarship
$1,000 -
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Education scholarship
$1,000 -
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Education scholarship
$1,000 -
Individual
Education scholarship
$1,000 -
Individual
Education scholarship
$1,000 -
Individual
Education scholarship
$1,000 -
Individual
Education scholarship
$1,000 -
Individual
Education scholarship
$1,000 -
Individual
Education scholarship
$1,000 -
Hart County Literacy CouncilHartwell, GA
General support
$1,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Arts and culture1 grant $35,00095% of the total
- Youth development1 grant $2,0005% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Georgia12 grants $122,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Wade A GainesTRUSTEE Hours 12Pay $65,000
- Kevin T GainesTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $10,000
- Gregory W GainesTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $10,000
The return
More foundations
- Private foundations in Georgia
- Private foundations in Dewy Rose
- Foundations that fund arts and culture in Georgia
- Foundations that fund youth development in Georgia
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Same main cause (arts and culture), giving between a quarter and four times this foundation’s where possible, nearby first.
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- Okefenoke Rural Electric Membership Corporation Foundation Inc 40 grants Preselected only $171,862 giving
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- Brigadoon Foundation Inc 3 grants Preselected only $160,000 giving