Funding search · EIN 843968495 · Shoal Creek, AL

The Ferguson Family Charitable

Name: The Ferguson Family Charitable grants, 2022–2025
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.

49
grants reported: $350,740
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

What they fund

purprose building equipment improvements speech therapy

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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.

7 grants matching “purprose” · $98,950

$25,000
Real Island Volunteer Fire Department · Equality, AL · 2025
General purprose
$25,000
Wesley Biblical Seminary · Ridgeland, MS · 2024
General purprose
$25,000
Real Island Volunteer Fire Department · Equality, AL · 2024
General purprose
$10,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2024
General purprose
$7,700
Raleigh Avenue Baptist Church · Homewood, AL · 2024
General purprose
$1,250
Quarterbacking Children'S Health Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General purprose
$5,000
Wesley Biblical Seminary · Ridgeland, MS · 2023
General purprose

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Real Island Volunteer Fire Department2 grants · $50,000
Friends of the Vinson Cemetery4 grants · $37,000
Wesley Biblical Seminary2 grants · $30,000
Big Oak Ranch4 grants · $26,000
Children'S Harbor4 grants · $26,000
Jimmie Hale Mission4 grants · $26,000
Methodist Children'S Homes of Ms1 grant · $22,000
The Exceptional Foundation4 grants · $21,000
The Foundry Ministries4 grants · $21,000
American Heart Association3 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$41,000

2022

$71,790

2023

$119,950

2024

$118,000

2025

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

$28,000
Friends of the Vinson Cemetery · Ohatchee, AL · 2025
General purpose
$25,000
Real Island Volunteer Fire Department · Equality, AL · 2025
General purprose
$25,000
Real Island Volunteer Fire Department · Equality, AL · 2024
General purprose
$25,000
Wesley Biblical Seminary · Ridgeland, MS · 2024
General purprose
$22,000
Methodist Children'S Homes of Ms · Jackson, MS · 2023
Building improvements
$11,000
Children'S Harbor · Alexander City, AL · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Big Oak Ranch · Springville, AL · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
Jimmie Hale Mission · Birmingham, AL · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
Partners in Excellence Fund (Mra) · Madison, MS · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
Sozo Children · Birmingham, AL · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
The Exceptional Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2024
General purprose
$10,000
Big Oak Ranch · Gadsden, AL · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Jimmie Hale Mission · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
The Foundry Ministries · Bessemer, AL · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Bridgeways · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General purpose
$7,700
Raleigh Avenue Baptist Church · Homewood, AL · 2024
General purprose
$7,000
Friends of the Vinson Cemetery · Bessemer, AL · 2022
General purpose
$6,790
The Little Light House · Jackson, MS · 2023
Speech therapy equipment
$5,000
Children'S Harbor · Eclectic, AL · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
The Foundry Ministries · Bessemer, AL · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
American Heart Association · Mountain Brook, AL · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Childcare Resources · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Children'S Harbor · Alexander City, AL · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
The Exceptional Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
American Heart Association · Mountain Brook, AL · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Big Oak Ranch · Gadsden, AL · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Children'S Harbor · Alexander City, AL · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Jimmie Hale Mission · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
The Exceptional Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
The Foundry Ministries · Bessemer, AL · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Wesley Biblical Seminary · Ridgeland, MS · 2023
General purprose
$5,000
American Heart Association · Mountain Brook, AL · 2022
General purpose
$2,500
Rainbow Omega · Eastaboga, AL · 2023
General purpose
$2,500
The Mustard Seed · Brandon, MS · 2023
General purpose
$1,250
Quarterbacking Children'S Health Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General purprose
$1,000
Friends of the Vinson Cemetery · Bessemer, AL · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Childcare Resources · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Friends of the Vinson Cemetery · Bessemer, AL · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Hand in Paw · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Big Oak Ranch · Gadsden, AL · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Childcare Resources · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Hand in Paw · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Jimmie Hale Mission · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
The Arc Central Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
The Exceptional Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
The Foundry Ministries · Bessemer, AL · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
The Mustard Seed · Brandon, MS · 2022
General purpose

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