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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 74-2832533

Margaret Sue Rust Foundation

A private foundation in Rockport, TX. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 16 grants and $447,500 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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
Susie Bracht Black
PO Box 2659
Rockport, TX 78381
(361) 729-2321
Form and materials
No specific requirements
Deadlines
none
Restrictions
none

Assets and giving by year

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

    $447,500

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $6,673,265
  • Tax year 2023

    $436,606

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $6,673,094
  • Tax year 2022

    $426,275

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $6,714,298
  • Tax year 2021

    $484,622

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $6,824,565
  • Tax year 2020

    $404,500

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $6,322,547
  • Tax year 2019

    $383,060

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $6,134,170
  • Tax year 2018

    $402,493

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $6,257,415

Grants paid in 2024

16 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Rockport Fulton Education FoundationRockport, TX

    Fund GeneralScholarships

    $100,000
  2. Couastal Bend Community FoundationCorpus Christi, TX

    Grant matching

    $50,000
  3. Texas Maritime MuseumRockport, TX

    Fund Sea CampSea Camp

    $40,000
  4. Rockport Center for the ArtsRockport, TX

    Fund GeneralVarious Programs

    $40,000
  5. South TX Council Boy Scouts of AmericaCorpus Christi, TX

    Fund GeneralCapital Campain

    $25,000
  6. Rockport Cultural Arts DistrictRockport, TX

    Art project

    $25,000
  7. Childrens Coalition Aransas CountyRockport, TX

    Operations

    $25,000
  8. Rockport Little TheaterRockport, TX

    Capital campaign

    $25,000
  9. Rockport Fulton Good SamaritansRockport, TX

    Operations

    $25,000
  10. Coastal Bend Disaster Recovery GroupCorp Christi, TX

    Fund General

    $20,000
  11. Pregnancy Center of the Coastal BendRockport, TX

    Operations

    $15,000
  12. Friends of the History CenterRockport, TX

    Operations

    $15,000
  13. Camp AranzazuRockport, TX

    Camp costs

    $15,000
  14. Operation Santa ClausRockport, TX

    Fund generaloperations

    $10,000
  15. St Vincent DepaulRockport, TX

    Operations

    $10,000
  16. Another Chance RFTRockport, TX

    Operations

    $7,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture3 grants $90,00057% of the total
  2. Human services2 grants $40,00025% of the total
  3. Disaster relief and public safety1 grant $20,00013% of the total
  4. Animals1 grant $7,5005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas16 grants $447,500

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Mindy DurhamSecretary Hours 1Pay $0
  • Nicholas JohnsonTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0
  • John P JacksonDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Susie BlackPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Al JohnsonDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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