How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Walter S Weems
PO Drawer 119
Jackson, MS 39205
(601) 960-6863
- Form and materials
- Letter outlining reason for need
- Deadlines
- None
- Restrictions
- None
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2024
$515,372
- Grants listed
- 44
- Assets, end of year
- $7,986,435
-
Tax year 2023
$499,546
- Grants listed
- 50
- Assets, end of year
- $8,206,416
-
Tax year 2022
$382,410
- Grants listed
- 48
- Assets, end of year
- $8,491,171
-
Tax year 2021
$217,710
- Grants listed
- 48
- Assets, end of year
- $8,595,459
-
Tax year 2020
$201,375
- Grants listed
- 45
- Assets, end of year
- $8,187,463
-
Tax year 2019
$232,770
- Grants listed
- 51
- Assets, end of year
- $5,665,036
-
Tax year 2018
$232,050
- Grants listed
- 50
- Assets, end of year
- $4,331,418
Grants paid in 2024
As listed on the return.
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Palmer Home for ChildrenLK Cormorant, MS
General operations of the organization
$225,000 -
Northminster Baptist ChurchJackson, MS
Building fund
$164,100 -
MS SymphonyJackson, MS
General operations of the organization
$45,730 -
Mayo ClinicRochester, MN
General operations of the organization
$25,000 -
St Andrews Episcopal SchoolRidgeland, MS
General operations of the organization
$8,000 -
Hoover InstituteStanford, CA
General operations of the organization
$5,000 -
Magnolia Speech SchoolMadison, MS
General operations of the organization
$5,000 -
MS Center for Public PolicyJackson, MS
General operations of the organization
$4,000 -
Habitat for HumanityJackson, MS
General operations of the organization
$3,000 -
MS Museum of ArtJackson, MS
General operations of the organization
$3,000 -
StewpotJackson, MS
General operations of the organization
$2,500 -
University of Mississippi Medican Center Dept or OncologyJackson, MS
General operations of the organization
$2,500 -
Bayside Baptist Church-Family Life CenterChattanooga, TN
General operations of the organization
$2,500 -
The FieldNew York, NY
General operations of the organization
$2,000 -
Opera MississippiJackson, MS
General operations of the organization
$1,600 -
Blair E Batson Children's HospitalJackson, MS
General operations of the organization
$1,000 -
Deliver MeJackson, MS
General operations of the organization
$1,000 -
East Central Community CollegeDecatur, MS
Scholarship
$1,000 -
Hospice MinistriesRidgeland, MS
General operations of the organization
$1,000 -
MS Baptist Health SystemsJackson, MS
General operations of the organization
$1,000 -
Mustard SeedFlowood, MS
General operations of the organization
$1,000 -
The Mind CenterJackson, MS
General operations of the organization
$1,000 -
Wilson Research FoundationJackson, MS
General operations of the organization
$1,000 -
Ojai Raptor CenterOak View, CA
General operations of the organization
$750 -
Park Place Baptist ChurchPearl, MS
General operations of the organization
$750 -
Tunnel to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY
General operations of the organization
$532 -
Eudora Welty FoundationJackson, MS
General operations of the organization
$500 -
Extra Table Administrative FundsHattiesburg, MS
General operations of the organization
$500 -
Grace House ServicesJackson, MS
General operations of the organization
$500 -
Historic Natchez FoundationJackson, MS
General operations of the organization
$500 -
Newstage TheatreJackson, MS
General operations of the organization
$500 -
Central Florida FcaOrlando, FL
General operations of the organization
$500 -
MS Fellowship of Christian AthletesRidgeland, MS
General operations of the organization
$500 -
Salt and Light MinistriesLamar, MS
General operations of the organization
$500 -
Judicial WatchWashington, DC
General operations of the organization
$400 -
Trinity Baptist ChurchCarthage, MS
General operations of the organization
$300 -
Heritage FoundationWashington, DC
General operations of the organization
$250 -
National Wwii MuseumWashington, DC
General operations of the organization
$250 -
NavigatorColorado Springs, CO
General operations of the organization
$250 -
Metropolitan Musuem of ArtNew York, NY
General operations of the organization
$210 -
Association of the US NavyAlexandria, VA
General operations of the organization
$200 -
Empower MississippiRidgeland, MS
General operations of the organization
$200 -
Juvenile Diabetes FoundationJackson, MS
General operations of the organization
$200 -
Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY
General operations of the organization
$150
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Human services2 grants $226,00096% of the total
- Health2 grants $5,2002% of the total
- Education2 grants $1,532<1% of the total
- Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $1,000<1% of the total
- Environment1 grant $750<1% of the total
- Public affairs2 grants $650<1% of the total
- 2 other causes2 grants $650<1% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Mississippi30 grants $477,380
- Minnesota1 grant $25,000
- California2 grants $5,750
- New York3 grants $2,742
- Tennessee1 grant $2,500
- District of Columbia3 grants $900
- Florida1 grant $500
- Colorado1 grant $250
- Virginia1 grant $200
- Maryland1 grant $150
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Tam H EtheridgeTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
- Nora Jane EtheridgeTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
The return
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