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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 63-0792812

Barbara Ingalls Shook Foundation

A private foundation in Ashville, AL. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $200,006 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Aug 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $200,006

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2023

    $176,001

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $3,325,258

  • Tax year 2022

    $193,001

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $3,590,061

  • Tax year 2021

    $201,501

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $3,805,971

  • Tax year 2020

    $171,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $3,563,124

  • Tax year 2019

    $210,001

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,683,244

  • Tax year 2018

    $234,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $3,953,227

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. St Jude Childrens Research HospitalMemphis, TN

    Research and treatment for childhood cancers and other life-threatening diseases

    $100,000
  2. St Clair Childrens Advocacy Center IncPell City, AL

    To foster and enhance family development by coordinating services for children and families involved in child abuse

    $35,000
  3. St Clair County Day Program IncAshville, AL

    To provide counseling and academic remediation services for at-risk youth

    $35,000
  4. City of AshvilleAshville, AL

    For the preservation of rural town

    $30,000
  5. Charitable Contributions From PassthroughsBirmingham, AL

    Charitable contribution

    $6

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $100,00059% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $35,00021% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $35,00021% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Alabama4 grants $100,006
  2. Tennessee1 grant $100,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Elesabeth R ShookPRESIDENT Hours 15Pay $14,183
  • Nancy C HughesSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Angela DavidsonTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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