Open Foundations · Kentucky

Tom Musselman Foundation Inc

Louisville, Kentucky · EIN 261324568. 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 $739K across 22 grants in 2024, a median of $8K each.

All Kentucky foundations · All states

$739K
paid in 2024
22
grants paid
$8K
median grant
6%
to first-time recipients
$1.5M
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
THOMAS A MUSSELMAN SR
Address
C/O TOM MUSSELMAN FOUNDATION INC, LOUISVILLE, KY, 40205
Phone
5028999991
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
THERE IS NO FORM AT THIS TIME.
Submission deadline
THERE ARE NO GRANT SUBMISSION DEADLINES.
Restrictions on awards
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS ON GRANT AWARDS AT THIS TIME.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202543179349100709. 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 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

young

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 22 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1St Francis of Assisi ChurchKY$211,000TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE FUNDS FOR PARISH MINISTRIES
2University of LouisvilleKY$182,500TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND GOLF ACTIVITIES
3Sacred Heart AcademyKY$160,000TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG WOMEN
4St Xavier High SchoolKY$52,000TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG MEN
5Dare to Care Food BankKY$25,000TO PROVIDE FOOD TO THE HUNGRY IN THE COMMUNITY
6Pitt AcademyKY$16,432TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR TUITION ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS
7The American Red CrossDC$12,500TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR DISASTER RELIEF
8Catholic Education FoundationKY$12,000TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR TUITION ASSISTANCE TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL FAMILIES
9The Center for Great ApesFL$12,000TO PROVIDE SANCUARY FOR GREAT APES WHO HAVE BEEN RESCUED OR RETIRED
10Archdioceese of LouisvilleKY$10,000TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO BE USED AT CHURCHES IN THE LOUISVILLE AREA
11Cheyenne Mountain ZooCO$7,500TO SHARE THE WONDERS OF THE NATURAL WORLD WITH KIDS OF ALL AGES AND PROVIDING MEMORIES OF A LIFETIME
12Csz FoundationCT$7,500TO EMPOWER YOUNG ADULTS STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH
13Bellarmine UniversityKY$5,000TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
14Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy IncKY$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
15Nazareth Homes FoundationKY$5,000TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO PROVIDE HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES FOR ADULTS AND FAMILIES

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202013$206K
202116$204K
202224$212K
202319$328K
202422$739K

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Kentucky68%
District of Columbia9%
Florida9%
Colorado5%
Connecticut5%

Who decides

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

Chester MusselmanSECRETARY/DIRECTOR · 2024
Sharron Musselman-marcumTREASURER/DIRECTOR · 2024
Thomas a Musselman SrPRESIDENT/DIRECTOR · 2024

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.

Get matched against every grant these foundations actually paid

One foundation is a start. Civly Grant Matching reads your own filings, matches your programs against millions of paid grants by purpose, geography and grant size, and hands back every funder like this one with the deadline, the restrictions and the named trustees attached.

See Grant Matching