Open Foundations · South Carolina

The Mcalister Foundation

Laurens, South Carolina · EIN 571112302. 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 $445K across 18 grants in 2024, a median of $6K each.

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$445K
paid in 2024
18
grants paid
$6K
median grant
44%
to first-time recipients
$7.5M
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
A DIAL MCALISTER JR
Address
330 CHURCH STREET, LAURENS, SC, 29360
Phone
8649840581
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE IN WRITING AND SPECIFY TYPE OF NEED.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202522049349100307. 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.

families

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 18 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Scholarships - See Attached SchSC$190,240HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS
2First United Methodist ChurchSC$65,000FOR CHURCH OPERATIONS
3Laurens Family YmcaSC$65,000FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR LOCAL YMCA OPERATIONS
4Hospice of Laurens CountySC$30,000QUALITY OF LIFE FOR DYING PATIENTS
5Clinton Family YmcaSC$20,000FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR LOCAL YMCA OPERATIONS
6Laurens Co Memorial HomeSC$20,000HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME SENIORS
7Laurens County Future ScholarsSC$10,000TO ASSIST NEEDY STUDENTS WITH TUITION
8Laurens County MuseumSC$7,500COUNTY MUSEUM OPERATIONS
9Straight StreetSC$7,000YOUTH OUTREACH AND RECREATIONS
10Bridging the Gap AdvocacySC$5,000AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING ANDSUMMER ENRICHMENT PROG
11Habitat for HumanitySC$5,000AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES
12Laurens Co Baptist Crisis CenterSC$5,000FOOD AND CLOTHING FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
13Laurens County Rotary ClubSC$5,000BACKPACK PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS
14Family Promise of Laurens CountySC$3,000AID TO FAMILIES IN CRISIS
15Good Shepherd Free ClinicSC$2,000FREE MEDICAL CARE

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202011$326K
202113$325K
202215$401K
202316$424K
202418$445K

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
South Carolina100%

Who decides

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

Albert D Mcalister Jr TrusteeDIRECTOR · 2024
Albert D Mcalister Sr TrusteeDIRECTOR · 2024
Camille McalisterDIRECTOR · 2024
James a Coleman TrusteeDIRECTOR · 2024
Katie M Forsyth TrusteeDIRECTOR · 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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