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Form 990-PFTax year 2023EIN 58-2208308

Ben G Porter Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Macon, GA. Its return for tax year 2023 lists 3 grants and $145,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2023 (period ending Oct 15, 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 2023

    $145,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2023

    $36,649

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $82,558

  • Tax year 2022

    $10,351

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $84,350

  • Tax year 2021

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $89,786

  • Tax year 2020

    $12,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $86,277

Grants paid in 2023

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Middle Georgia State UniversityMacon, GA

    Scholarship fund

    $70,000
  2. Mercer UniversityMacon, GA

    General fund

    $70,000
  3. Keris KaresNewnan, GA

    General fund

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $70,00093% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $5,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Georgia3 grants $145,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Ray PippinDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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