Open Foundations · Mississippi

D a Biglane Foundation

Natchez, Mississippi · EIN 646028044. 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 $222K across 40 grants in 2025, a median of $5K each.

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$222K
paid in 2025
40
grants paid
$5K
median grant
36%
to first-time recipients
$1.1M
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
JAMES M BIGLANE
Address
75 MELROSE MONTEBELLO PARKWAY, NATCHEZ, MS, 39120
Phone
6014457000
Form the request should take
PAPER APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED ALONG WITH SCHOOL OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT.
Submission deadline
JUNE 1ST OF EACH YEAR
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202631779349100903. 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.

tuition

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 40 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Cathedral SchoolMS$20,000DONATION
2Coast Episcopal SchoolMS$10,000DONATION
3First Baptist ChurchMS$10,000DONATION
4Historic Natchez FoundationMS$10,000DONATION
5Jefferson Street United Methodist ChurchMS$10,000DONATION
6Parkway Baptist ChurchMS$10,000DONATION
7Alcorn FoundationMS$5,000DONATION
8Alison WebbLA$5,000TUITION
9Alyssa AucoinMS$5,000TUITION
10Bennett William GillyMS$5,000TUITION
11Brooke Ashley BaldwinMS$5,000TUITION
12Brooke CollierMS$5,000TUITION
13Damiya GrayMS$5,000TUITION
14Dylan BrocatoMS$5,000TUITION
15Emma LoomisLA$5,000TUITION

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202025$116K
202127$179K
202237$169K
202333$161K
202429$143K
2025 (partial year)40$222K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Mississippi80%
Louisiana20%

Who decides

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

James M BiglaneMANAGER · 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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