Open Foundations · Mississippi

Leo Seal Family Foundation

Bay St Louis, Mississippi · EIN 721373522. 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 $563K across 62 grants in 2024, a median of $9K each.

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$563K
paid in 2024
62
grants paid
$9K
median grant
21%
to first-time recipients
$11.6M
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
LEO W SEAL JR FAMILY FOUNDATION
Address
PO BOX 3720, BAY ST LOUIS, MS, 39521
Phone
2286414505
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS
Submission deadline
NO DEADLINES
Restrictions on awards
THE LEO SEAL FAMILY FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1997 BY LONGTIME HANCOCK BANK PRESIDENT LEO W. SEAL, JR., WHO DEMONSTRATED SELFLESSNESS AMID BOTH PROSPERITY AND CATASTROPHE TO ENSURE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR COUNTLESS CITIZENS OF THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST. SUBMISSIONS ARE REVIEWED TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO OTHER IRC SECTION 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS THAT OPERATE EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, RELIGIOUS, LITERARY, AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202503219349105710. 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.

educational outreachcommunity youthchristian outreachpromotion culturalcommunity outreacharts culturesheltermedical

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 62 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Louisiana Music & Heritage ExperienceLA$50,000PROMOTION OF CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL AWARENESS
2City of Bay St Louis MississippiMS$48,557CITY NEEDS
3Feeding the Gulf CoastAL$20,000FOOD/SHELTER COMMUNITY OUTREACH
4Hancock Health Foundation theMS$20,000SUPPORT OF HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
5United Way of South MississippiMS$20,000COMMUNITY & DISASTER RELIEF
6Bethesda Free Clinic (bethesda Free Health Clinic of D'iberville)MS$15,000MEDICAL SERVICES FOR HOMELESS
7Hancock Youth Leadership AcademyMS$15,000EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH
8Loaves and FishesMS$15,000SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM
9St Vincent De Paul Community PharmacyMS$15,000SUPPORT OF MEDICAL SUPPLY PROGRAM FOR HOMELESS
10The Arts Hancock CountyMS$15,000SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION
11Coast Guard FoundationCT$12,000SUPPORT OF FOUNDATION
12Hogs for the CauseLA$11,867HEALTH
13Bwyc Community Sailing Foundation IncMS$10,000EDUCATION/COMMUNITY YOUTH PROGRAM/OLYMPIC SPORT
14Catch-a-dream FoundationMS$10,000HUNTING AND FISHING EXPERIENCES TO CHILDREN 18 YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER WHO HAVE A LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS
15Del Rendon Foundation theMS$10,000EDUCATION

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202071$588K
202164$571K
202268$681K
202360$518K
202462$563K

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Mississippi76%
Louisiana11%
Alabama2%
Connecticut2%
South Carolina2%

Who decides

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

Clay WagnerVICE PRESIDENT · 2024
John BaxterVICE PRESIDENT · 2024
Leo W Seal IiiPRESIDENT · 2024
Wallace Lee SealSECRETARY/TREASURER · 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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