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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 72-6019174

Poindexter Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Shreveport, LA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 22 grants and $126,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Contact person, phone, mailing address and application materials on file. See them with a plan.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $126,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $2,218,016
  • Tax year 2023

    $111,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $1,853,628
  • Tax year 2022

    $99,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $1,795,497
  • Tax year 2021

    $107,391

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $1,847,772
  • Tax year 2020

    $113,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $1,881,108
  • Tax year 2019

    $112,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $1,969,516
  • Tax year 2018

    $108,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $1,956,089
  • Tax year 2017

    $113,500

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $2,025,622

Grants paid in 2024

22 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Christian Service ProgramShreveport, LA

    General fund

    $15,000
  2. Culver Educational FoundationCulver, IN

    General fund

    $15,000
  3. Make A Wish Foundation of LouisianaMetairie, LA

    General fund

    $15,000
  4. Lsus FoundationShreveport, LA

    Endowed professorship

    $10,000
  5. Providence HouseShreveport, LA

    General fund

    $10,000
  6. Gingerbread HouseShreveport, LA

    General fund

    $8,000
  7. Biomedical Research Foundation of LouisianaShreveport, LA

    General fund

    $7,000
  8. Centenary CollegeShreveport, LA

    General fund

    $5,000
  9. Community RenewalShreveport, LA

    General fund

    $5,000
  10. Food Bank of Northwest LAShreveport, LA

    General fund

    $5,000
  11. Heart of HopeKeithville, LA

    General fund

    $5,000
  12. Ronald McDonald House Charities of ArLittle Rock, AR

    General fund

    $5,000
  13. St Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis, TN

    General fund

    $5,000
  14. Dogs IncPalmetto, FL

    Scholarship

    $3,000
  15. Shriners Hospital for ChildrenShreveport, LA

    General fund

    $3,000
  16. Common Ground Community IncShreveport, LA

    Public charity

    $2,500
  17. Boy Scouts of AmericaShreveport, LA

    General fund

    $2,000
  18. The Glen Connections for LifeShreveport, LA

    General fund

    $2,000
  19. Catholic Charities of N LouisianaShreveport, LA

    General fund

    $1,000
  20. Evergreen Life ServicesHaughton, LA

    Public charity

    $1,000
  21. Volunteers of America of North LouisianaShreveport, LA

    General fund

    $1,000
  22. Special Olympics LouisianaCovington, LA

    General fund

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Community development2 grants $15,00031% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $15,00031% of the total
  3. Mental health1 grant $8,00016% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $5,00010% of the total
  5. Human services1 grant $3,0006% of the total
  6. Environment1 grant $2,5005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Louisiana18 grants $98,000
  2. Indiana1 grant $15,000
  3. Arkansas1 grant $5,000
  4. Tennessee1 grant $5,000
  5. Florida1 grant $3,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Phillip R Haley JrDIR/SEC-TREAS Hours 1Pay $0
  • John M ShueyDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Mary E ChrisDIRECTOR/PRESIDENT Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Robert Mark ChrisDIRECTOR/VICE PRESIDENT Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

More foundations

Similar foundations

Same main cause (community development), giving between a quarter and four times this foundation’s where possible, nearby first.

  1. Arthur and Joyce Trowbridge FoundationShreveport, LA 10 grants Accepts applications $283,000 giving
  2. H E Storer Charitable FoundationShreveport, LA 16 grants Preselected only $53,298 giving
  3. The Atkins-Crawford FoundationShreveport, LA 2 grants Preselected only $300,000 giving
  4. The Powers Foundation IncShreveport, LA 39 grants Preselected only $322,450 giving
  5. The Jess Merkle FoundationShreveport, LA 7 grants Preselected only $395,000 giving