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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 54-1398809

Ben Conley Charitable & Education Foundation

A private foundation in Kilmarnock, VA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 28 grants and $142,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 30, 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
Kemp Gaskill
PO Box 1419
Kilmarnock, VA 22482
(804) 435-4243
Form and materials
None
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 2024

    $142,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $2,580,085
  • Tax year 2023

    $154,900

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $2,465,689
  • Tax year 2022

    $135,285

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $2,167,075
  • Tax year 2021

    $131,500

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $2,153,751
  • Tax year 2020

    $117,899

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $2,610,641
  • Tax year 2019

    $84,500

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $2,456,783
  • Tax year 2018

    $80,839

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $2,263,083
  • Tax year 2017

    $76,000

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $1,742,957

Grants paid in 2024

28 grants, largest first

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

  1. Boys and Girls ClubKilmarnock, VA

    Safety, education

    $15,000
  2. Individual

    Education

    $10,500
  3. Northern Neck YMCAKilmarnock, VA

    Health

    $10,000
  4. Individual

    [individual] BANK

    $8,000
  5. Individual

    [individual]

    $8,000
  6. Lancaster County Youth ClubKilmarnock, VA

    Youth support

    $8,000
  7. University of LynchburgLynchburg, VA

    Education

    $7,000
  8. Individual

    Education

    $7,000
  9. Lancaster Community LibraryKilmarnock, VA

    Education

    $5,000
  10. Individual

    [individual]

    $5,000
  11. Lancaster Historical SocietyLancaster, VA

    Education

    $4,000
  12. Charities 1000 and BelowKilmarnock, VA

    Various

    $3,750
  13. Christopher Newport UniversityNewport News, VA

    Education

    $3,500
  14. East Carolina UniversityGreenville, NC

    Education

    $3,500
  15. Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, FL

    Education

    $3,500
  16. High Point UniversityHigh Point, NC

    Education

    $3,500
  17. Montana UniversityMissoula, MT

    Education

    $3,500
  18. Norfolk State UniversityNorfolk, VA

    Education

    $3,500
  19. Individual

    Education

    $3,500
  20. Randolph Macon CollegeAshland, VA

    Education

    $3,500
  21. Shenandoah UniversityWinchester, VA

    Education

    $3,500
  22. Virginia State UniversityPetersburg, VA

    Education

    $3,500
  23. Individual

    Advocacy program

    $3,000
  24. Individual

    Humanitarian

    $3,000
  25. Individual

    Emergency services

    $3,000
  26. Morattico Baptist ChurchKilmarnock, VA

    Religious

    $2,750
  27. The Bay CenterKilmarnock, VA

    Elderly support

    $2,000
  28. Wicomico Baptist ChurchWicomico, VA

    Religious

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education4 grants $17,50083% of the total
  2. Community development1 grant $3,50017% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Virginia15 grants $77,000
  2. North Carolina2 grants $7,000
  3. Florida1 grant $3,500
  4. Montana1 grant $3,500

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • James ConleyVICE PRES. Hours 2Pay $0
  • Jean H LightDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Vera LeeTREASURER Hours 2Pay $0
  • C Welby SaundersDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • C Dwight ClarkePRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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