Crampton Trust #1255000731
Mobile, AL · EIN 63-6181261. Reported 207 grants totalling $5,039,407 to 91 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Crampton Trust #1255000731 did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $1,500 and the largest $110,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Explore Center Inc | Mobile, AL | $400,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of South Alabama College of Medicine | Mobile, AL | $371,533 | 7 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ums-Wright Preparatory School | Mobile, AL | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Mobile Museum of Art | Mobile, AL | $270,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Bayshore Christian School Foundation Inc | Fairhope, AL | $250,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of South Alabama | Mobile, AL | $214,089 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Infirmary Foundation | Mobile, AL | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Victory Health Partners | Mobile, AL | $195,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Spring Hill College | Mobile, AL | $157,947 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Wilmer Hall Childrens Home | Mobile, AL | $128,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Coastal Alabama Partnership | Mobile, AL | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico | Mobile, AL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The University of Mobile | Mobile, AL | $100,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dumas Wesley Community Center | Mobile, AL | $98,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation | Mobile, AL | $95,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fuse Project | Mobile, AL | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mulherin Custodial Home | Mobile, AL | $90,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Salvation Army of Coastal Alabama | Mobile, AL | $86,008 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Big Brothers Big Sister of Central Gulf Coast | Mobile, AL | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| St Lukes Episcopal School | Mobile, AL | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ransom Ministries | Chickasaw, AL | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Young Life Mobile | Mobile, AL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy Inc | Mobile, AL | $56,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Alabama School of Mathematics and Science Foundation | Mobile, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Big Brothers Big Sister of South Alabama | Mobile, AL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Child Advocasy Center Inc | Mobile, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Senior Citizens Services Bca Via Health Fitness and Enrichment Ctr | Mobile, AL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| St Ignatius Catholic School | Mobile, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St James Episcopal Church and School | Fairhope, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Pauls Episcopal School | Mobile, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Core Project | Mobile, AL | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Bellingrath Gardens and Home Foundation | Theodore, AL | $44,069 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| First Light Community of Mobile | Mobile, AL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mckemie Place | Mobile, AL | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southeastern Diabetes Education Services Inc | Hoover, AL | $40,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| United Way of Southwest Alabama Inc | Mobile, AL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Mobile, AL | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mobile Symphony | Mobile, AL | $35,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Senior Citizens Services Inc | Mobile, AL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bellingrath Gardens and Home Fdn Inc | Theodore, AL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| CASA Mobile Inc | Mobile, AL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Light of the Village | Bay Minette, AL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mobile County Board of Health | Mobile, AL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Museum of Mobile | Mobile, AL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alabama Kidney Foundation | Mobile, AL | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Gulf Health Hospitals Inc Dba Thomas Hospital | Fairhope, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Light of the Village Ministry | Prichard, AL | $25,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Baldwin Infirmary Foundation | Bay Minette, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Prichard Preparatory School | Mobile, AL | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Salvation Army | Mobile, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Veterans Recovery Resources | Mobile, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young Life | Mobile, AL | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Salvation Army of Coastal Alabama Area Command | Mobile, AL | $22,253 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mobile Opera | Mobile, AL | $22,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Most Pure Heart of Mary School | Mobile, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Providence Hospital Foundation | Mobile, AL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shoulder of the Central Gulf Coast Inc | Daphne, AL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Shoulder | Spanish Fort, AL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Community Foundation of South Alabama | Mobile, AL | $15,008 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Association of Retarded Citizens of Baldwin County | Loxley, AL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Feeding the Gulf Coast | Theodore, AL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mobile Area Council Boy Scouts of America | Mobile, AL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rapahope Children's Retreat Foundation | Mobile, AL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Mobile Inc | Mobile, AL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Mobile, AL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baldwin Family Violence Shelter | Robertsdale, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beckwith Camp and Conference Center | Fairhope, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Goodwill Gulf Coast | Mobile, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Little Flower School | Mobile, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mercy Life of Alabama | Mobile, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Nature Conservancy in Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thomas Hospital Foundation | Fairhope, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Waterfront Rescue Mission | Mobile, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wings of Life Recovery | Mobile, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Crittenton Youth Services | Mobile, AL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama Inc | Mobile, AL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mobile Ballet Inc | Mobile, AL | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Breast Cancer Research Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Child Advocacy Center | Mobile, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Christ United Methodist Church | Mobile, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Services for Vision Rehabilitation Inc | Mobile, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Distinguish Young Women | Mobile, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fairhope Point Clear Rotary Youth Program Inc | Point Clear, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Government Street United Methodist Church | Mobile, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Boxing Academy | Mobile, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities | Mobile, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Learning Tree Inc | Mobile, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mobile Medical Museum | Mobile, AL | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dance Without Limits Foundation | Mobile, AL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mobile Arts Council Inc | Mobile, AL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
47 of 91 (52%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 62%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- University of South Alabama
CRAMPTON SCHOLARS PROGRAM - Explore Center Inc
UPGRADE CRAMPTON GALLERY HANDS-ON HALL AND OPERATING EXPENSES - Infirmary Foundation
ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM AT MOBILE INFIRMARY - Mobile Museum of Art
60TH ANNIVERSARY DONATION - REVISITING THE RESPONSVE EYE - University of South Alabama College of Medicine
MEDICAL STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS - Ums-Wright Preparatory School
NEW CAFETERIA & RELATED BUILDING SPACE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 103 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | $1,018,597 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 42 | $1,103,260 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 38 | $977,831 | $16,289 |
| 2024 | 40 | $934,308 | $15,000 |
| 2025 | 39 | $1,005,411 | $18,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
100% of its giving went to organizations in Alabama. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Alabama.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Crampton Trust #1255000731's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: P O Drawer 1628, Mobile, AL, 36633. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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