Funding search · EIN 721372393 · Dothan, AL

John H Watson Charitable Foundation

Name: John H Watson Charitable Foundation 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.

99
grants reported: $5.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $11,000
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.

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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.

Top recipients

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

Auburn University4 grants · $3.0M
Evergreen Presbyterian Church4 grants · $667,000
Wiregrass Pets1 grant · $250,000
Alabama Media Foundation2 grants · $250,000
Various Other Tax-Exempt Organizations (Contributions of 2500 Or Less)4 grants · $228,500
Providence Christian School2 grants · $225,000
1819 News Llc1 grant · $125,000
Alabama Policy Institute1 grant · $125,000
Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind3 grants · $105,000
Houston Academy1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$1.4M

2022

$1.6M

2023

$1.4M

2024

$1.6M

2025

Grant history

All 99 reported grants, largest first.

$1.0M
Auburn University · Auburn, AL · 2025
Charitable
$1.0M
Auburn University · Auburn, AL · 2023
Charitable
$501,000
Auburn University · Auburn, AL · 2022
Charitable
$500,000
Auburn University · Auburn, AL · 2024
Charitable
$250,000
Wiregrass Pets · Dothan, AL · 2022
Charitable
$240,000
Evergreen Presbyterian Church · Dothan, AL · 2022
Charitable
$200,000
Providence Christian School · Dothan, AL · 2024
Charitable
$147,000
Evergreen Presbyterian Church · Dothan, AL · 2025
Charitable
$140,000
Evergreen Presbyterian Church · Dothan, AL · 2024
Charitable
$140,000
Evergreen Presbyterian Church · Dothan, AL · 2023
Charitable
$125,000
Alabama Media Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2025
Charitable
$125,000
Alabama Media Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Charitable
$125,000
1819 News Llc · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Charitable
$125,000
Alabama Policy Institute · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Charitable
$100,000
Houston Academy · Dothan, AL · 2023
Charitable
$97,300
Various Other Tax-Exempt Organizations (Contributions of 2500 Or Less) · Dothan, AL · 2022
Charitable
$60,450
Various Other Tax-Exempt Organizations (Contributions of 2500 Or Less) · Dothan, AL · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind · Talladega, AL · 2023
Charitable
$38,900
Various Other Tax-Exempt Organizations (Contributions of 2500 Or Less) · Dothan, AL · 2024
Charitable
$35,000
Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind · Talladega, AL · 2024
Charitable
$32,000
Dothan Rotary · Dothan, AL · 2022
Charitable
$31,850
Various Other Tax-Exempt Organizations (Contributions of 2500 Or Less) · Dothan, AL · 2025
Charitable
$30,000
Child Advocacy Center · Dothan, AL · 2025
Charitable
$25,500
Vivian B Adams School · Ozark, AL · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Wiregrass Hope Group · Dothan, AL · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Child Advocacy Center · Dothan, AL · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Dale County 200 · Ozark, AL · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Vivian B Adams School · Ozark, AL · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Wiregrass Hope Group · Dothan, AL · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Providence Christian School · Dothan, AL · 2022
Charitable
$20,500
Newton Lodge · Newton, AL · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind · Talladega, AL · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Chrysalis a Home for Girls · Dothan, AL · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Dothan Rotary Foundation · Fairhope, AL · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Friends of Army Aviation · Dothan, AL · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Hawk - Houston Center · Dothan, AL · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Dothan Rotary Foundation · Fairhope, AL · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Friends of Army Aviation · Dothan, AL · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Hawk - Houston Center · Dothan, AL · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Landmark Park · Dothan, AL · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Alabama Network of Family Resource Centers · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Economic Development Partnership of Al · Birmingham, AL · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
Alabama Prolife Coalition Education Fund · Gurley, AL · 2023
Charitable
$14,500
St Jude'S Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Charitable
$12,500
Boys & Girls Club of Ozark · Ozark, AL · 2024
Charitable
$12,000
Boys & Girls Club of Ozark · Ozark, AL · 2025
Charitable
$12,000
Se Health · Dothan, AL · 2022
Charitable
$11,500
Acts Church Christian Center · Dothan, AL · 2025
Charitable
$11,000
Childrens of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Alabama Network of Family Resource Centers · Montgomery, AL · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Girls Inc of Dothan · Dothan, AL · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Salvation Army · Dothan, AL · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Se Health · Dothan, AL · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Alabama Network of Family Resource Centers · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Girls Inc of Dothan · Dothan, AL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Se Health · Dothan, AL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Alabama Network of Family Resource Centers · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Friends of Army Aviation · Dothan, AL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Wiregrass Hope Group · Dothan, AL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Agape Christian · Alexandria, AL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Friends of Army Aviation · Dothan, AL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Wallace Community College · Dothan, AL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Wiregrass Hope Group · Dothan, AL · 2022
Charitable
$8,000
St Judes · Memphis, TN · 2022
Charitable
$7,950
Dothan Tuesday Rotary Club · Dothan, AL · 2025
Charitable
$7,500
Child Advocacy Center · Dothan, AL · 2023
Charitable
$7,500
Dothan Area Botanical Gardens · Dothan, AL · 2023
Charitable
$7,000
Calcutta Mercy · Griffin, GA · 2022
Charitable
$7,000
Hawk Houston Youth · Dothan, AL · 2022
Charitable
$6,500
Se Al Child Adv · Dothan, AL · 2022
Charitable
$6,000
Dothan Area Botanical Gardens · Dothan, AL · 2025
Charitable
$6,000
Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2022
Charitable
$5,500
Wiregrass Area Food Bank · Dothan, AL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
St Joseph'S Indian School · Chamberlain, SD · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
St Jude'S Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Wallace Community College · Dothan, AL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
City of Ozark · Ozark, AL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Dothan Area Botanical Gardens · Dothan, AL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Se Al Child Adv · Dothan, AL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Wiregrass Area Food Bank · Dothan, AL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Calcutta Mercy · Griffin, GA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Network 211 · Springfield, MO · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Alabama State Games- Asf Foundation · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Dothan Area Botanical Gardens · Dothan, AL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Global University · Springfield, MO · 2022
Charitable
$4,850
Dothan Tuesday Rotary Club · Dothan, AL · 2024
Charitable
$4,100
Dothan Tuesday Rotary Club · Dothan, AL · 2023
Charitable
$4,000
Special Olympics Alabama · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Charitable
$4,000
Wiregrass Area Food Bank · Dothan, AL · 2023
Charitable
$4,000
Smile a Mile · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Charitable
$3,500
Wiregrass Humane Society · Dothan, AL · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Dothan Rescue Mission · Dothan, AL · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Dothan Rescue Mission · Dothan, AL · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
Salvation Army · Dothan, AL · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Dothan Rescue Mission · Dothan, AL · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
University of Alabama- Cancer Center · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Charitable

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