Ernest L Kurth Jr Charitable Foundation

• The foundation states a preference for 501(c)(3) organisations based in or benefiting Angelina County, Texas, so check that your work is in or clearly benefits that area before writing, and ask the trustee if you are unsure.
• About 8 in 10 of its grants fall between $20,000 and $100,000, with a median of $50,000, though its largest grant was $155,000, so that band is typical rather than a ceiling and a request near $50,000 sits in the middle of its pattern.
• Because 88% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had funded in earlier years, relationships with the trustee matter, so make a careful first enquiry rather than a cold request.
• Ask the trustee for the application and guidelines by emailing tx.philanthropic@bofa.com; the filing gives no deadlines, so ask the trustee when it is best to apply.
• Its largest recorded purpose is unrestricted general support, though it also funds education, youth programmes, animal care, palliative care and homebuilding, so say clearly whether you are seeking general or project support.

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

• Angelina College · Upgrade faculty office
  $147,0002024 tax year
• Beth & Horace Stubblefield Learning Center · Summer program support
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Habitat for Humanity International · Unrestricted general
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Pregnancy Help Center of Lufkin · Unrestricted general
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Women's Shelter of East Texas · Unrestricted general
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Texas Forestry Museum · Unrestricted general
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Lufkin Neighborhood Strong · Renovation projects;
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Humane Society Angelina County · Unrestricted general
  $80,0002024 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.