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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 41-6526908

Helen M Nelson Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Mobile, AL. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $86,774 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $86,774

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,476,662

  • Tax year 2023

    $79,908

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,468,136

  • Tax year 2022

    $47,590

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,456,681

  • Tax year 2021

    $44,830

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,450,524

  • Tax year 2020

    $80,340

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,479,370

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

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

  1. Exchange Club Family CenterMobile, AL

    Prevent child abuse

    $21,693
  2. Penelope HouseMobile, AL

    Support abused spouses & kids

    $21,693
  3. Individual

    Scholarships for the needy

    $17,355
  4. University of South AlabamaMobile, AL

    Scholarships for the needy

    $17,355
  5. United Way of South West AlabamaMobile, AL

    Unrestricted charitable use

    $4,339
  6. The Community FoundationMobile, AL

    Unrestricted charitable use

    $4,339

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services2 grants $43,386100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Alabama5 grants $69,419

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Michael D LanganTRUSTEE Hours 10Pay $9,000

The return

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