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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 63-0955085

James Rushton I Foundation

A private foundation in Birmingham, AL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $1.5 million 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $1,539,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $32,028,097

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,425,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $31,777,215

  • Tax year 2023

    $784,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $32,005,393

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Community Foundation of Greater BirminghamBirmingham, AL

    Provide funding to nonprofits creating impact, empowering the people and organizations that best understand how to serve their communities with the resources they need.

    $750,000
  2. James Rushton Early Learning CenterBirmingham, AL

    Support for the operation of a child development center for ages 6 weeks to 3 years old to provide affordable day care to low income parents to facilitate their ability to be in the work force rather than on government subsidies. Tuition is based on the parents income.

    $707,000
  3. Jones Valley Teaching Farm (Smithsonian Institute)Birmingham, AL

    Cooperative work toward establishment of a mutual support community; includes activities to bolster community pride and involvement for the Metropolitan Garden residents and former residents who are included in the Ambit of the Hope VI project.

    $55,000
  4. Childcare Resource CenterBirmingham, AL

    To provide quality care and education to children.

    $20,000
  5. Impact AlabamaBirmingham, AL

    To activate recent college graduates to address consequences of poverty.

    $5,000
  6. Voices for Alabama's ChildrenMontgomery, AL

    To speak for the well-being of Alabama's children through research, public awareness, and advocacy.

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $707,000100% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $2,500<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Alabama6 grants $1,539,500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Deakins Ford RushtonPresident Hours 40Pay $95,000
  • Gail B RushtonDirector Hours 0.8Pay $0
  • James RushtonDirector Hours 0.8Pay $0

The return

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