The Solon and Martha Dixon Fd Grants

How to apply

This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.

Contact

Phillip G Jones President

Address

PO DRAWER 1375 ANDALUSIA, AL, 36420

Phone

(334) 343-0628

Deadlines

Requests to the foundation should be submitted on or before September 1st, November 30th, February 2

Application materials

A letter of request detailing the tax exempt purpose of the entity and the project being undertaken; who will benefit from the project; other entities who will be participating in the project; amount that the requesting entity will be contributing to the project and the amount which the entity will be requesting from this foundation. In the narrative describing the project, the entity should state the start-up date of the project and the estimated completion date of the project. The entity is to inform the foundation of the success of the project and provide appropriate pictures. In addition to the letter of request, the tax exempt entity should enclose the following documents: 1. List of the entity's current officers and board of directors. 2. Copy of entity's 501(c)(3) determination letter. 3. Entity's last year end financial statements. 4. Entity's last form 990 or form 990-ez submitted to the IRS.

Restrictions

The foundation's charitable purpose seeks to support and promote the cultivation and growth of forests as a natural resource, and to support and promote educational activities which develop and implement systematic forest management information for the production of timber products and at the same time promote conservation of such natural resources, and to foster ecological development of co-existence between timber resources and distributions of human, social and cultural patterns. The foundation also considers scientific and educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3). Priority is given to auburn university's college of forestry,wildlife and environment; southern preparatory academy; and government and related agencies, education systems and charitable entities, all within covington county, al.

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Where The Solon and Martha Dixon Fd gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (87 reported in all).

About this data

Figures are aggregated from The Solon and Martha Dixon Fd's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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