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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 88-4410925

Charlies Choice Foundation

A private foundation in Bruceton Mills, WV. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 35 grants and $65,000 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

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

1 return on file

Tax year 2024 is the only return we have read for this foundation so far.

  • Tax year 2024

    $65,000

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $5,100

Grants paid in 2024

35 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Tenngreen Land ConservancyNashville, TN

    General operating

    $10,000
  2. Wissahickon Mills FoundationPhiladelphia, PA

    General operating

    $5,000
  3. Sweet Briar CollegeSweet Briar, VA

    General operating

    $5,000
  4. Wvu FoundationMorgantown, WV

    General operating

    $5,000
  5. Friends of the CheatKingwood, WV

    General operating

    $5,000
  6. Prectory SchoolPomfret, CT

    General operating

    $5,000
  7. Brooks SchoolNorth Andover, MA

    General operating

    $5,000
  8. Wilderness SocietyWashington, DC

    General operating

    $1,000
  9. Habitat for HumanityHillsboro, OR

    General operating

    $1,000
  10. Planned ParenthoodVienna, WV

    General operating

    $1,000
  11. Nature ConservancyArlington, VA

    General operating

    $1,000
  12. Pantry Plus MoreMorgantown, WV

    General operating

    $1,000
  13. West Virginia Rivers CoalitionElkings, WV

    General operating

    $1,000
  14. West Virginia Highlands ConservancyNitro, WV

    General operating

    $1,000
  15. Appalachian Mountain ClubCharlestown, MA

    General operating

    $1,000
  16. PhilabundancePhiladelphia, PA

    General operating

    $1,000
  17. ACLUNew York, NY

    General operating

    $1,000
  18. Outdoor AllianceWashington, DC

    General operating

    $1,000
  19. Buffalo Field CampaignW Yellowstone, MT

    General operating

    $1,000
  20. American RiversWashington, DC

    General operating

    $1,000
  21. Mountain State SpotlightCharleston, WV

    General operating

    $1,000
  22. One Eluthera FoundationClemson, SC

    General operating

    $1,000
  23. Nature ConservancyArlington, VA

    General operating

    $1,000
  24. Society for the Protection of NH ForestsConcord, NH

    General operating

    $1,000
  25. Trust for Public LandSan Francisco, CA

    General operating

    $1,000
  26. The Conservation FundArlington, VA

    General operating

    $1,000
  27. Buffalo Field CampaignW Yellowstone, MT

    General operating

    $1,000
  28. Food for PrestonKingwood, WV

    General operating

    $1,000
  29. Friends of BlackwaterCambridge, MD

    General operating

    $1,000
  30. Sierra ClubOakland, CA

    General operating

    $500
  31. Southern Poverty Law CenterMontgomery, AL

    General operating

    $500
  32. Mono Lake CommitteeLee Vining, CA

    General operating

    $500
  33. West Virginia Public BroadcastingCharleston, WV

    General operating

    $500
  34. West Virginia Caring HospiceFairmount, WV

    General operating

    $500
  35. Potomac ConservancyBethesda, MD

    General operating

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment11 grants $14,50036% of the total
  2. Sports and recreation1 grant $10,00025% of the total
  3. Arts and culture3 grants $6,50016% of the total
  4. Education1 grant $5,00012% of the total
  5. Food and agriculture2 grants $2,0005% of the total
  6. Human services1 grant $1,0002% of the total
  7. 2 other causes2 grants $1,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. West Virginia11 grants $17,500
  2. Tennessee1 grant $10,000
  3. Pennsylvania3 grants $7,000
  4. Virginia2 grants $6,000
  5. Connecticut1 grant $5,000
  6. Massachusetts1 grant $5,000
  7. District of Columbia3 grants $3,000
  8. Montana2 grants $2,000
  9. U.S. Virgin Islands2 grants $2,000
  10. California2 grants $1,500

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Charles WalbridgeTRUSTEE Hours 20Pay $0

The return

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