Carson-Myre Charitable Foundation

• Carson-Myre Charitable Foundation funds Christian ministry, Christian education and Christian outreach, together with limited cultural grants for organisations in the region around Paducah, KY, which is also its stated geographic focus, so organisations should check their work fits before applying, especially for cultural projects, which must also meet its other charter criteria.
• Applicants must hold a tax identification number and federal non-profit, tax-exempt agency status.
• A realistic request is modest: about eight in ten of its 337 grants fall between $10,000 and $100,000, with a median grant of $25,000, although the largest grant was about $1,950,000 and half of its grants were $25,000 or less.
• Applications are accepted by email as PDF files, with fixed deadlines of 15 January, 15 April, 15 July and 15 October for consideration in those respective periods.
• With 96% of its grant dollars going to organisations it had also funded the previous year, the foundation looks relationship-led, favouring continued support of existing grantees, and it says it favours organisations with a reasonable history or expectation of success, a solid operational plan, and excellent leadership, expecting grantees to be accessible for evaluation with measurable effectiveness.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center · Sponsor & support cultural events
  $1,270,0002023 tax year
• Baptist Health Paducah Foundation · Support new heart center
  $1,100,0002023 tax year
• French Africian Christian Education Foundation Inc · Give aid and gospel message to needy
  $300,0002023 tax year
• First Baptist Church · Christian ministry
  $300,0002023 tax year
• Paducah Symphony Orchestra · Sponsor & support cultural events
  $300,0002023 tax year
• Market House Theatre · Local educational plays
  $225,0002023 tax year
• World Missions and Evangelism (Full Gospel Fellowship of Churches) · Christian ministry - overseas ministry
  $200,0002023 tax year
• Mercy Health Foundation-Lourdes · Christian ministry - chaplain for palliative care
  $200,0002023 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.