Open Foundations · Alabama

Bradley-murphy Forestry Natural Resources Extension Tr

Birmingham, Alabama · EIN 581976609. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $3.9M across 8 grants in 2025, a median of $75K each.

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$3.9M
paid in 2025
8
grants paid
$75K
median grant
100%
to first-time recipients
$338
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
LEE LAECHELT
Address
PO BOX 361434, BIRMINGHAM, AL, 35236
Phone
2059103262
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
ONLINE APPLICATION
Submission deadline
SEPTEMBER 1ST
Restrictions on awards
LIMITED TO FORESTRY

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202621359349104262. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

education

Biggest grants in 2025

All 8 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Afoa Education FundAL$1,717,325EDUCATION
2Pfit Association of Consulting ForestersVA$1,717,300EDUCATION
3Afoa Education FundAL$298,665EDUCATION
4University of Georgia Research Foundation IncGA$120,000LOOKING INTO MARKETS FOR PULP TREES
5Capba Supporting Small LandownersAL$29,700PRESCRIBED BURNING
6Hayes D BrownAL$11,450EDUCATION
7Billy LaecheltAL$7,560EDUCATION
8ForestersearchcomAL$4,280ADVERTISING

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20204$140K
20213$90K
20223$106K
20233$73K
20241$41K
2025 (partial year)8$3.9M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Alabama75%
Virginia13%
Georgia13%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Dr Mark D SmithSEC/TRUST MEMBER · 2025
Larkin H WadeTRUST MEMBER · 2025
Melisa V Love RfacfVICE CHAIR · 2025
Mitch CoffeeTRUST MEMBER · 2025
R Lee Leachelt RfCHAIRMAN · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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