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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 64-0853619

Hardeman-Steele Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Greenwood, MS. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 12 grants and $119,500 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 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

    $119,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,016,876
  • Tax year 2023

    $141,600

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,096,037
  • Tax year 2022

    $165,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,097,510
  • Tax year 2021

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,215,009
  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,107,630
  • Tax year 2019

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,027,978
  • Tax year 2018

    $40,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $988,507

Grants paid in 2024

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Greenwood Leflore EducationalGreenwood, MS

    Unrestricted

    $35,000
  2. Greenwood Leflore EducationalGreenwood, MS

    Unrestricted

    $30,260
  3. Leflore County 4HGreenwood, MS

    It is youth organization that helps the youth to learn about animals.

    $10,400
  4. Locus BenedictusGreenwood, MS

    The organization helps people deal with crisis situations such as poverty and addiction.

    $10,000
  5. Killebrew Ag FoundationMadison, MS

    Unrestricted

    $7,500
  6. Community Food PantryGreenwood, MS

    The food pantry is a community organization that helps feed the greenwood community

    $5,000
  7. Southern Mutts Rescue IncGreenwood, MS

    The organization adopts, fosters, and rescues animals in the Greenwood community.

    $5,000
  8. Leflore County Humane SocietyGreenwood, MS

    The organization adopts, fosters, and rescues animals in the Greenwood community.

    $5,000
  9. Greenwood Mentoring GroupGreenwood, MS

    This is organization mentoring and helping the children of the Greenwood Community with school work and provide them a stable environment to go after school to get help with their studies.

    $5,000
  10. Greenwood Leflore EducationalGreenwood, MS

    Unrestricted

    $2,900
  11. Greenwood MS Cemetery AssociationGreenwood, MS

    Unrestricted

    $2,000
  12. Our Little Roses Foreign Mission SocietyMiami, FL

    Unrestricted

    $1,440

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $68,16082% of the total
  2. Religion1 grant $10,00012% of the total
  3. Animals1 grant $5,0006% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Mississippi11 grants $118,060
  2. Florida1 grant $1,440

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

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

  • Eleanor AcostaPresident Hours 0Pay $0
  • Sanford C ThomasDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Perry M WhitesDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jody AcostaDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Brad AldridgeDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Thomas M FlanaganDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Anna Lott JefcoatSecretary/Treasurer Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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