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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 64-0441776

Silver Cross Home

A private foundation in Brookhaven, MS. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 18 grants and $230,546 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 30, 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

    $230,546

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $3,890,981
  • Tax year 2023

    $217,028

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $3,766,614
  • Tax year 2022

    $207,199

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $3,393,783
  • Tax year 2021

    $218,379

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $3,251,709
  • Tax year 2020

    $206,174

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $3,692,286
  • Tax year 2019

    $200,454

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $3,506,968
  • Tax year 2018

    $195,852

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $3,448,313

Grants paid in 2024

18 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    Operations of camp

    $25,000
  2. Crisis Pregnancy Center SW MSMcComb, MS

    Assistance for mothers

    $25,000
  3. Ferst Readers IncMadison, GA

    Literacy program for kids

    $25,000
  4. Individual

    Christian love for needy

    $20,000
  5. Individual

    Scholarships & end fund

    $20,000
  6. Crsis Pregnancy Center Law CoSilver Creek, MS

    Office equipment

    $20,000
  7. Individual

    Education assistance

    $12,500
  8. KDMC FoundationBrookhaven, MS

    Think pink

    $10,000
  9. Anchored Christian Grief CampBrookhaven, MS

    Grief counsel

    $10,000
  10. Childrens Advocacy CenterMcComb, MS

    Child advocacy

    $10,000
  11. Lincoln Co Baptist AssociationBrookhaven, MS

    Foster closet

    $10,000
  12. Easthaven Baptist ChurchBrookhaven, MS

    Shine the night event

    $10,000
  13. Lawrence County Historical SocietyMonticello, MS

    Depot renovation

    $8,998
  14. Flamingo Day FoundationFlowood, MS

    Research

    $8,998
  15. First Baptist ChurchBrookhaven, MS

    Operation christmas child

    $8,500
  16. Individual

    Food for hungry children

    $4,000
  17. Lincoln County Historical SocietyBrookhaven, MS

    Renovation

    $1,350
  18. Individual

    Books for infants

    $1,200

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services2 grants $35,00080% of the total
  2. Public affairs1 grant $8,99820% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Mississippi11 grants $122,846
  2. Georgia1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

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

  • Sylvia BuieVICE CHAIR P Hours 0Pay $0
  • Kelly CalcoteBOARD MEMBER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Sharon AllenTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jenny AllenSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0
  • Carol GaryBOARD MEMBER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Harriet ProffittCHAIR PERSON Hours 0Pay $0
  • Bonnie PalmerBOARD MEMBER Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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