Funding search · EIN 640907797 · Jackson, MS

William B & Saramel Crooks

Name: William B & Saramel Crooks grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

24
grants reported: $666,200
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Grant history

All 24 reported grants, largest first.

$340,000
Dream Note · Jackson, MS · 2023
Community improvement and education
$45,000
Music Makers Relief Foundation · Hillsborough, NC · 2022
Music education & preservation
$40,000
Dream Note · Jackson, MS · 2022
Community improvement and education
$25,000
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festiva · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Arts & music
$25,000
Southern Foodways Alliance · Oxford, MS · 2022
Preserve culinary history
$22,000
North Ms Hill Country Picnic · Potts Camp, MS · 2024
Provide opportunity to experience fo
$20,000
Mississippi Book Festival · Jackson, MS · 2024
Reading and literacy promotion
$20,000
Ms Book Festival · Jackson, MS · 2022
Literacy & education
$15,000
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festiva · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Arts & music
$15,000
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festiva · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Arts & music
$15,000
Yacnotopha Arts Council · Oxford, MS · 2022
Arts & music
$10,000
Juke Joint Festival · Clarksdale, MS · 2024
Arts and music
$10,000
North Ms Hill Country Picnic · Potts Camp, MS · 2023
Provide opportunity to experience fo
$10,000
Community Foundation of Ms · Jackson, MS · 2022
Arts & music
$10,000
Juke Joint Festival · Clarksdale, MS · 2022
Arts & music
$10,000
North Ms Hill Country Picnic · Potts Camp, MS · 2022
Provide opportunity to experience fo
$7,500
Community Foundation of Mississippi · Jackson, MS · 2024
Connect donors & communities
$5,000
Copper Canyon Press · Port Townsend, WA · 2024
Poetry publishing
$5,000
Mississippi Museum of Art · Jackson, MS · 2023
Arts & music
$5,000
Bumi Sehat · Barre, VT · 2022
Misc
$5,000
Save Our Brass Cultural Foundation · Asheville, NC · 2022
Arts & music
$3,000
Magic City Blues Society · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Blues music preservation
$2,500
Ballet Mississippi · Jackson, MS · 2024
Enhance ms cultural life
$1,200
Jones Valley Teaching Farm · North Birmingham, AL · 2022
Making community healthier

Who else funds this kind of work

Same state

Robert M Hearin Support Foundation71 grants · $52.6M
South Delta Planning &48 grants · $27.6M
Ergon Foundation588 grants · $43.7M

Similar grant size

The Ayco Charitable Foundation15,303 grants · $2.05B
Paypal Charitable Giving Fund32,081 grants · $1.40B
Seattle Foundation14,012 grants · $457.3M

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.