Henson and Kirkland Charitable
Chatom, AL · EIN 45-6382709. Reported 124 grants totalling $2,383,898 to 51 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. Henson and Kirkland Charitable 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 $7,250. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $250,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County Board of Education | Chatom, AL | $495,671 | 13 | 5 | 2025 |
| Auburn University Foundation | Auburn, AL | $479,500 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Auburn University | Auburn, AL | $262,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Friends Center | Mcintosh, AL | $132,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross | Chatom, AL | $120,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Washington County Baptist Assoc | Chatom, AL | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Arc of Southwest Alabama | Chatom, AL | $87,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Gordonstoun American Foundation | Milton, NY | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Tibbie Baptist Church | Tibbie, AL | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Victory Health Partners | Mobile, AL | $55,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Pilots for Christ | Monroeville, AL | $45,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Mobile | Mobile, AL | $45,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Exceptional Foundation East Alabama | Auburn, AL | $39,227 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Regional Child Advocacy Center | Grove Hill, AL | $27,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Jude's Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Reach Global Ministries | Chatom, AL | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Washington County Baptist Association | Chatom, AL | $22,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Waterfront Rescue | Mobile, AL | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Washington County Volunteer Fire Dept | Chatom, AL | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kentucky State Treasurer | Frankfort, KY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washington County Extension | Chatom, AL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Alabama 4-H Club Foundation | Auburn, AL | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army Coastal Alabama | Mobile, AL | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dollywood Foundation | Sevierville, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salvation Army | Mobile, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tunnel to Towers | Staten Island, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington County 4-H | Chatom, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washington County Hospital & Nursing Home | Chatom, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Prestwick Preservation Society | Leroy, AL | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hope Outdoors | Chatom, AL | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Washington County History Museum | Chatom, AL | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Washington County Library | Chatom, AL | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Distinguished Young Women of Washington County | Chatom, AL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ahc Foundation | Southfield, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alabama Girls Ranch | Camp Hill, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Big House Foundation | Opelika, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chatom Baptist Church | Chatom, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chatom United Methodist Church | Chatom, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Finding Hope for FRRS1L | Ft Collins, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Giving Strength Inc | Fulton, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Magnolia Holiness Church | Mcintosh, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Town of Millry | Millry, AL | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Washington County Historical Society | Chatom, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Washington County Museum Assoc | Chatom, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Red Creek Volunteer Fire Dept | Millry, AL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Alabama Cooperative Extension System | Chatom, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cbsyo | Chatom, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Chatom | Chatom, AL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Washington County School Board | Chatom, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alabama Log a Load for Kids Foundation | Montgomery, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
26 of 51 (51%) 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.
- Auburn University Foundation
ROBERT E HENSON SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT - Auburn University
GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT - American Red Cross
GENERAL PURPOSES FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY, AL - Washington County Baptist Assoc
FOOD BANK AND WHEELCHAIR RAMP PROJECT MATERIALS - Kentucky State Treasurer
TEAM WESTERN KENTUCKY TORNADO RELIEF FUND - The Exceptional Foundation East Alabama
SCHOLARSHIP AND EVENT SPONSORSHIP
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 53 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 | 32 | $491,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 22 | $529,000 | $5,500 |
| 2023 | 21 | $454,808 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 28 | $440,423 | $5,750 |
| 2025 | 21 | $468,667 | $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
93% 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 $7,250. 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 Henson and Kirkland Charitable'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: Po Box 356, Chatom, AL, 36518. 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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