Open Foundations · Mississippi

Sonedna Foundation

Oxford, Mississippi · EIN 640838346. 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 $959K across 9 grants in 2024, a median of $32K each.

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$959K
paid in 2024
9
grants paid
$32K
median grant
38%
to first-time recipients
$6.0M
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
MORGANA FREEMAN
Address
35, CHARLESTON, MS, 38921
Phone
6623139883
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
NO SET FORM
Submission deadline
NO SET DEADLINES
Restrictions on awards
AWARDS MUST ALL FALL WITHIN THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202532549349101113. 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.

purpose- education

Biggest grants in 2024

All 9 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Mississippi Early Learning Alliance (mela)MS$500,000HELP WITH MS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
2Charleston ElementaryMS$218,047HELP WITH MS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
3West TellahatchieMS$100,810GENERAL PURPOSE- EDUCATION
4Institute of Community ServicesMS$86,986DAY CARE CENTER
5Teacher StipendgrantsMS$31,756GENERAL PURPOSE- EDUCATION
6Aspen InstituteDC$11,000GENERAL PURPOSE- EDUCATION
7Rezilient KidzCO$3,853GENERAL PURPOSE- EDUCATION
8Dollywood FoundationTN$3,584GENERAL PURPOSE
9Ms Head Start AssocationMS$2,800GENERAL PURPOSE- EDUCATION

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
201911$1.4M
20204$1.2M
20212$1.4M
20222$1.3M
20235$737K
20249$959K

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Mississippi67%
District of Columbia11%
Colorado11%
Tennessee11%

Who decides

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

Alexis FreemanDIRECTOR · 2024
Angela Hilliard HaroldDIRECTOR · 2024
Kim MosesDIRECTOR · 2024
Morgan FreemanPRESIDENT · 2024
Morgana FreemanVICE PRESIDENT · 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.

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