Funding search · EIN 640601824 · Columbus, MS
The Herman and Hazel Owen Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 40
- grants reported
- $212,762
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $3,500
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Helping Hands4 grants · $102,380
- Last House On the Block4 grants · $33,000
- Golden Triangle Homeless Coalition4 grants · $21,000
- Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen of Lowndes County4 grants · $17,000
- Good Samaritan Medical Clinic4 grants · $13,000
- Salvation Army4 grants · $10,000
- Fathers in the Field1 grant · $4,000
- Camp Rising Sun1 grant · $3,000
- Life Choices Crisis Pregnancy Center1 grant · $2,000
- Medical Bill - Hallie Heller - Columbus Ortho Clinic1 grant · $1,645
Giving over time
Grant history
All 40 reported grants, largest first.
- $26,880
Helping Hands · Columbus, MS · 2022
Indigent care
- $25,500
Helping Hands · Columbus, MS · 2024
Indigent care
- $25,000
Helping Hands · Columbus, MS · 2025
Indigent care
- $25,000
Helping Hands · Columbus, MS · 2023
Indigent care
- $10,000
Last House On the Block · Columbus, MS · 2025
Further their exempt purpose
- $9,000
Last House On the Block · Columbus, MS · 2022
Indigent care
- $8,000
Last House On the Block · Columbus, MS · 2023
Indigent care
- $6,000
Golden Triangle Homeless Coalition · Columbus, MS · 2025
Indigent care
- $6,000
Golden Triangle Homeless Coalition · Columbus, MS · 2024
Indigent care
- $6,000
Last House On the Block · Columbus, MS · 2024
Indigent care
- $5,000
Good Samaritan Medical Clinic · Columbus, MS · 2025
Indigent care
- $5,000
Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen of Lowndes County · Columbus, MS · 2025
Indigent care
- $5,000
Golden Triangle Homeless Coalition · Columbus, MS · 2022
Indigent care
- $4,000
Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen of Lowndes County · Columbus, MS · 2024
Indigent care
- $4,000
Golden Triangle Homeless Coalition · Columbus, MS · 2023
Indigent care
- $4,000
Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen of Lowndes County · Columbus, MS · 2023
Indigent care
- $4,000
Fathers in the Field · Caledonia, MS · 2022
Indigent care
- $4,000
Good Samaritan Medical Clinic · Columbus, MS · 2022
Indigent care
- $4,000
Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen of Lowndes County · Columbus, MS · 2022
Indigent care
- $4,000
Salvation Army · Columbus, MS · 2022
Indigent care
- $3,000
Camp Rising Sun · Columbus, MS · 2025
Further their exempt purpose
- $2,000
Salvation Army · Columbus, MS · 2025
Indigent care
- $2,000
Good Samaritan Medical Clinic · Columbus, MS · 2024
Indigent care
- $2,000
Salvation Army · Columbus, MS · 2024
Indigent care
- $2,000
Good Samaritan Medical Clinic · Columbus, MS · 2023
Indigent care
- $2,000
Salvation Army · Columbus, MS · 2023
Indigent care
- $2,000
Life Choices Crisis Pregnancy Center · Columbus, MS · 2022
Indigent care
- $1,645
Medical Bill - Hallie Heller - Columbus Ortho Clinic · Columbus, MS · 2024
Indigent care
- $1,000
Boys and Girls of Lowndes County · Starkville, MS · 2025
Further their exempt purpose
- $1,000
Columbus Lowndes Habitat for Humanity · Columbus, MS · 2025
Further their exempt purpose
- $675
Rent Help - Hallie Heller - Karen Taylor · Myrtle, MS · 2024
Indigent care
- $500
Crossroads Sober Living · Columbus, MS · 2025
Further their exempt purpose
- $500
Lasunna Cooper · Columbus, MS · 2025
Indigent care
- $500
National Fire Safety Council · Michigan Center, MI · 2025
Further their exempt purpose
- $462
Utility Help - Nikki Taylor - Starkville Lp Gas · Starkville, MS · 2022
Indigent care
- $300
National Fire Safety Council · Michigan Center, MI · 2024
Indigent care
- $200
100 Women Who Care · Columbus, MS · 2025
Indigent care
- $200
100 Women Who Care · Columbus, MS · 2024
Indigent care
- $200
100 Women Who Care · Columbus, MS · 2023
Indigent care
- $200
100 Women Who Care · Columbus, MS · 2022
Indigent care
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Similar purposes
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Similar grant size
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