Curtis Finlay Foundation Inc
Brewton, AL · EIN 63-1080992. Reported 229 grants totalling $2,483,997 to 108 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. 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. Curtis Finlay Foundation Inc 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $900 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewton Public Library | Brewton, AL | $195,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Alabama Wildlife Federation | Millbrook, AL | $151,992 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brewton Area YMCA | Brewton, AL | $145,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| St Stephen's Episcopal Church | Brewton, AL | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pollard UMC | Brewton, AL | $115,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Town of Pollard | Pollard, AL | $95,978 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Escambia County Al Drug Court | Brewton, AL | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Tr Miller High School | Brewton, AL | $77,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| First UMC - Brewton | Brewton, AL | $75,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Jay High School | Jay, FL | $70,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wilmer Hall Children's Home | Mobile, AL | $65,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Christian Community Benevolent Fund | Brewton, AL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Escambia County Regional Child Advocacy Center | Brewton, AL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Pollard-Mccall Junior High School | Brewton, AL | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Fund of Brewton & East Brewton | Brewton, AL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Ws Neal High School | East Brewton, AL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| St Peter Baptist Church | Flomaton, AL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First Methodist Church of Brewton | Brewton, AL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Methodist Church - Brewton | Brewton, AL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Paws Crossed Rescue | Brewton, AL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Pollard Methodist Church | Brewton, AL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rottschafer Daycare Inc | Brewton, AL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| My Father's Arrows | Jay, FL | $27,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Escambia County Community Enabled Inc | Brewton, AL | $26,100 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Appleton Vfd | Brewton, AL | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Escambia County Fire & Rescue Squard Inc | East Brewton, AL | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Flomaton Public Library | Flomaton, AL | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Friendship Vfd | Flomaton, AL | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Lambeth Vfd | Flomaton, AL | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Mccall Vfd | Brewton, AL | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Roberts Vfd | Brewton, AL | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Christmas Project | Brewton, AL | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wallace Vfd | Brewton, AL | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Flomaton High School | Flomaton, AL | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brewton Council of the Arts | Brewton, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Paws Crossed Dog Rescue | Brewton, AL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rottschafer Day Care Inc | Brewton, AL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Escambia Co Sheriff's Office | Brewton, AL | $19,622 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Escambia County Sheriff's Office | Brewton, AL | $16,505 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Escambia County Habitat for Humanity | Brewton, AL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Historic Pollard Hillcrest Cemetary | Brewton, AL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pineview-Foshee Vfd | Brewton, AL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Maurice Catholic Church | Brewton, AL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Escambia Co Special Olympics | Brewton, AL | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| First Presbyterian Church | Brewton, AL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Garden Club of Brewton | Brewton, AL | $11,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Andrew Williamson | Brewton, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Escambia County Fire & Rescue Squad Inc | East Brewton, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fishers of Men Ministries | Century, FL | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jackson Flowers | Jay, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kayla Flowers | Jay, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lyon Jernigan | Brewton, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rider Lee Jernigan | Brewton, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Turtle Point Environmental Science Center | Flomaton, AL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Abigail Cave | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Amanda Selario | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Andrew Welch | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Anna Grace White | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Anna Kate Brittain | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Anna Marie Nicole Smith | Flomaton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ariell Fain | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Austin Long | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Brock Patterson | East Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Brooke Nicole Welch | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Caitlin Chavers | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Caleb Blackman | Jay, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Clayton Lang | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ella Catherine Hart | Flomaton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Escambia County Special Olympics | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ethan Bollenbacher | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fishers of Men Ministries - Alabama South | Century, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fishers of Men Ministries - Alabama South | Century, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Garrett Cave | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Grace Ruzic | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hannah Weaver | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hayden Hammond | Flomaton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jackson Merker | Albertville, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jackson Smith | Flomaton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jacob Ellis | Castleberry, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| James Hart IV | Flomaton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| James Weaver | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jordan Grantham | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Joseph Booker | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kaitlin Ellis | Castleberry, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Katherine Byrne | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kaylee Padgett | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kelli Kirkland | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lydia Hammac | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Madison Mccurdy | Jay, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Madison Mock | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Madison Moye | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Maggie Rowell | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mallory Diamond | Jay, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Margaret Anne Adams | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Margaret Ruzic | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mary Allison Peace | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mary Grace Milligan | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Matthew Morgan | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mattie White | Flomaton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Meghan Oglesby | Flomaton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Payton Baxter | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Robert Najor | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Robert Russell Smith III | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sarah Ann Hammac | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sarah Rose Aaron | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tori W Chaners | Brewton, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Claude Mccall Post No 79 of the American Legion Co Joe Dozier Adjutant | Brewton, AL | $3,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of East Brewton | East Brewton, AL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
41 of 108 (38%) 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 79%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
- Alabama Wildlife Federation
ESCAMBIA SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS - Brewton Area YMCA
MAINTENANCE FUND & BABE RUTH CONSTRUCTION PROJECT - First Methodist Church of Brewton
DISABILITY RAMPS PROJECT & COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY - First UMC - Brewton
COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY & DISABILITY RAMPS PROJECT - Tr Miller High School
TRACK TEAM & BAND PROGRAM - Pollard-Mccall Junior High School
IN MEMORIAM - HUGH JACKSON WHITE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 88 | $770,000 | $5,000 |
| 2021 | 37 | $455,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 36 | $435,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 34 | $418,500 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 34 | $405,497 | $10,000 |
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
94% 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 $5,000. 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 Curtis Finlay Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). 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: Po Box 298, Brewton, AL, 36427. 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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