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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 58-6369886

The Train Foundation

A private foundation in St Marys, GA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 35 grants and $16,940 paid in grants.

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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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
John C Train
803 Seminole
St Marys, GA 31558
(912) 576-6775
Form and materials
Online Form
Deadlines
6/15/2024
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $16,940

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $542,078

  • Tax year 2024

    $20,587

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $453,737

  • Tax year 2023

    $8,500

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $438,925

  • Tax year 2022

    $16,650

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $372,858

  • Tax year 2021

    $10,994

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $259,282

  • Tax year 2020

    $11,715

    Grants listed
    37
    Assets, end of year
    $207,677

  • Tax year 2019

    $11,520

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $220,755

  • Tax year 2018

    $8,203

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $139,853

Grants paid in 2025

35 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    General

    $4,420
  2. St Pauls Episcopal ChurchMacon, GA

    General Fund

    $3,675
  3. Saint Peter ChurchFernandina Beach, FL

    Help with Church

    $3,080
  4. King of Peace Episcopal ChurchKingsland, GA

    General Fund

    $1,025
  5. The Colony FoundationNew Haven, CT

    General

    $550
  6. Episcopal High SchoolAlexandria, VA

    General

    $550
  7. Individual

    General Fund

    $500
  8. Center for Sustainable CoastSt Simons Is, GA

    General

    $450
  9. St Marys Little TheaterSaint Marys, GA

    General

    $350
  10. Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT

    General

    $250
  11. The Nature ConservancyArlington, VA

    General

    $175
  12. Individual

    General

    $170
  13. Environmental Defense FundNew York, NY

    General

    $150
  14. Individual

    General

    $150
  15. Ocean ConservancyWashington, DC

    General

    $125
  16. Wilderness SocietyWashington, DC

    General

    $125
  17. Individual

    General Fund

    $125
  18. Cato InstituteWashington, DC

    General

    $100
  19. Florida Wildlife FederationTallahassee, FL

    General

    $90
  20. Individual

    General

    $90
  21. Riverbanks SocietyColumbia, SC

    General

    $80
  22. Berkeley Divinity SchoolNew Haven, CT

    General

    $75
  23. Sierra ClubOakland, CA

    General Fund

    $75
  24. Humane World for AnimalsGaithersburg, MD

    General Fund

    $70
  25. Defenders of WildlifeWashington, DC

    General

    $50
  26. Individual

    General

    $50
  27. Glynn Envir CoalitionBrunswick, GA

    General

    $50
  28. Individual

    General

    $50
  29. Inside Climate NewsBrooklyn, NY

    General

    $50
  30. Individual

    General

    $50
  31. St Marys RiverkeeperKingsland, GA

    General Fund

    $50
  32. Individual

    General Fund

    $50
  33. Individual

    General

    $30
  34. National Park FoundationWashington, DC

    General

    $30
  35. St Johns Episcopal ChurchStamford, CT

    General Fund

    $30

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment5 grants $90053% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $35021% of the total
  3. Animals4 grants $29017% of the total
  4. Public affairs1 grant $1006% of the total
  5. Social science1 grant $503% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Georgia6 grants $5,600
  2. Florida2 grants $3,170
  3. Connecticut4 grants $905
  4. Virginia2 grants $725
  5. District of Columbia7 grants $650
  6. South Carolina1 grant $80
  7. California1 grant $75
  8. New York1 grant $50

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • Debra CraigTrustee Hours 0Pay $0
  • Louise T MancillTrustee Hours 0Pay $0
  • John C TrainTrustee Hours 0Pay $0
  • Virginia SpeirsTrustee Hours 0Pay $0
  • Louise T SpeirsTrustee Hours 0Pay $0
  • Elizabeth M SpeirsTrustee Hours 0Pay $0

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