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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 58-2546170

Ben Jackson Foundation

A private foundation in Thomasville, GA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $22,150 paid in grants.

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

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

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $22,150

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $336,104
  • Tax year 2024

    $18,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $339,061
  • Tax year 2023

    $33,040

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $345,515
  • Tax year 2022

    $28,500

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $365,785
  • Tax year 2021

    $36,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $379,399
  • Tax year 2020

    $22,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $405,140
  • Tax year 2019

    $23,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $401,037
  • Tax year 2018

    $23,600

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $401,917

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

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

  1. Fellowship of Christian AthletesKansas City, MO

    Religious Donation

    $10,000
  2. Individual

    Scholarship

    $7,300
  3. Valdosta State UniversityValdosta, GA

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  4. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  5. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  6. Truett McConnell UniversityCleveland, GA

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  7. Abraham Baldwin Agri CollegeTifton, GA

    Scholarship

    $850

Where the money goes

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

  1. Youth development1 grant $10,00091% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $1,0009% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Missouri1 grant $10,000
  2. Georgia3 grants $2,850

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Harold JacksonPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Patsy JacksonSecretary/Treas Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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