Funding search · EIN 582579831 · Columbus, GA

The Patton Foundation

Name: The Patton 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.

54
grants reported: $180,450
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
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

education missions care community arts disadvantaged disaster eduation

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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

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St Paul Church of Columbus2 grants · $45,900
St Paul United Methodist Church3 grants · $41,000
Columbus Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $25,000
Methodist Home of South Georgia1 grant · $5,000
Mercer University Foundation1 grant · $5,000
Tulane University Fund1 grant · $5,000
Columbus State University Foundation1 grant · $5,000
Love Worth Finding Ministries3 grants · $5,000
Pathway To Victory2 grants · $4,000
Schwob School of Music1 grant · $2,500

Giving over time

$25,500

2022

$22,500

2023

$49,900

2024

$82,550

2025

Grant history

All 54 reported grants, largest first.

$31,900
St Paul Church of Columbus · Columbus, GA · 2025
Missions, Operatons, Education
$16,000
St Paul United Methodist Church · Columbus, GA · 2022
Operations/Missions
$14,000
St Paul Church of Columbus · Columbus, GA · 2024
Education/Missions
$14,000
St Paul United Methodist Church · Columbus, GA · 2024
Education/Missions
$11,000
St Paul United Methodist Church · Columbus, GA · 2023
Operations/Missions
$10,000
Columbus Symphony Orchestra · Columbus, GA · 2025
Education, Operations
$5,000
Columbus State University Foundation · Columbus, GA · 2025
Honor Scholarships, Operations
$5,000
Mercer University Foundation · Macon, GA · 2025
Education, Operations
$5,000
Tulane University Fund · New Orleans, LA · 2025
Education, Operations
$5,000
Columbus Symphony Orchestra · Columbus, GA · 2024
Education/Arts
$5,000
Methodist Home of South Georgia · Macon, GA · 2024
Care for disadvantaged youth
$5,000
Columbus Symphony Orchestra · Columbus, GA · 2023
Operations/Education
$5,000
Columbus Symphony Orchestra · Columbus, GA · 2022
Operations/Education
$2,500
National Infantry Musuem Foundation · Columbus, GA · 2025
Education, Operations
$2,500
Schwob School of Music · Columbus, GA · 2024
Education/Operations
$2,500
Tulane University School of Medicine · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Operatios/Education
$2,000
Columbus Museum · Columbus, GA · 2025
Education, Operations
$2,000
Hillsdale College Foundation · Hillsdale, MI · 2025
Education, Operations
$2,000
Love Worth Finding Ministries · Memphis, TN · 2025
Missions, Operations
$2,000
Pathway To Victory · Dallas, TX · 2025
Missions, Education
$2,000
Pathway To Victory · Dallas, TX · 2024
Education/Missions
$2,000
Love Worth Finding Ministries · Memphis, TN · 2022
Missions
$1,500
Youth Orchestra Columbus Georgia · Columbus, GA · 2025
Education, Operations
$1,500
Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Education
$1,000
Brookstone Annual Fund · Columbus, GA · 2025
Education. Operations
$1,000
Cornerstone Chapel · Leesburg, VA · 2025
Eduation, Operations
$1,000
First Baptist Church of Columbus Ga · Columbus, GA · 2025
Missions, Operations
$1,000
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2025
Missions
$1,000
Historic Columbus · Columbus, GA · 2025
Education, Historic Preservation
$1,000
Intouch Ministries · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Missions, Operations
$1,000
Living Grace Church · Columbus, GA · 2025
Missions, Operations
$1,000
Muscogee County Library Foundation · Columbus, GA · 2025
Education, Operations
$1,000
Open Door Community House · Columbus, GA · 2025
Missions, Operation
$1,000
Rivercenter · Columbus, GA · 2025
Education, Operations
$1,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2025
Missions
$1,000
United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley · Columbus, GA · 2025
Charity Projects, Operations
$1,000
Valley Rescue Mission · Columbus, GA · 2025
Charity Projects, Operations
$1,000
First Baptist Church · Columbus, GA · 2024
Missions
$1,000
Living Grace Church · Columbus, GA · 2024
Education/Missions
$1,000
Love Worth Finding · Memphis, TN · 2024
EducationMissions
$1,000
Mercymed · Columbus, GA · 2024
Indigent Medical Care
$1,000
Muscogee County Library Foundation · Columbus, GA · 2024
Education
$1,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Disaster Relief
$1,000
Columbus State University · Columbus, GA · 2023
Operations/Education
$1,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2023
Operations/Education
$1,000
Love Worth Finding Ministries · Memphis, TN · 2023
Operations
$1,000
Pathway To Victory Ministries · Dallas, TX · 2023
Operations
$1,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2022
Operations/Education
$500
St Luke Church of Columbus · Columbus, GA · 2025
Missions
$500
Brookstone School Fund · Columbus, GA · 2024
Education
$500
United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley · Columbus, GA · 2024
Community Needs
$250
Historic Columbus Foundation · Columbus, GA · 2024
Education
$150
Midtown · Columbus, GA · 2025
Operations
$150
Midtown · Columbus, GA · 2024
Community Rehabilitation

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