Filed as: BENJAMIN & ROBERTA RUSSELL FOUNDATION INC · Private foundation · EIN 63-0393126

Benjamin & Roberta Russell Educational & Charitable Fdn Inc

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Alexander City, AL

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Tax year 2025 (period ending 2025-12-31) · Filed with IRS 2026 · Data as of 2026-10-24 · View filing on ProPublica · Source: IRS e-file object 202621329349102437
Total assets (EOY)$14,298,559
Grants paid$867,891
Typical (median) grant$6,000
Grants listed37
Giving in home state (AL)99%

Grant size distribution

RangeGrants
Under $5K13
$5K–$25K16
$25K–$100K4
$100K+4

Smallest $1,000 · Largest $150,000

Geographic focus

AL
99%
OK
0%
GA
0%
FL
0%
TN
0%
MS
0%

Common purposes

scholarshipscontributionscholarship

Giving history

Tax yearContributions paidTotal assetsGrants listed
2023$806,500$14,255,54834
2025$867,891$14,298,55937

Years shown are the filings ingested so far; more years are added as additional IRS batches are processed.

How to apply

This foundation checked Part XV line 2 of its 990-PF: it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Source: 990-PF Part XV line 2, tax year 2025.

Top recipients (tax year 2025)

RecipientLocationPurposeAmount
Russell Hospital Foundation IncALEXANDER CITY, ALCONTRIBUTION$150,000
Auburn UniversityAUBURN, ALSCHOLARSHIPS$111,000
Alexander City Board Of EducationALEXANDER CITY, ALCONTRIBUTION$100,000
Childrens Harbor IncALEXANDER CITY, ALCONTRIBUTION$100,000
Southern Preparatory AcademyCAMPHILL, ALCONTRIBUTION$74,191
Arise IncALEXANDER CITY, ALCONTRIBUTION$40,000
University Of AlabamaUNIVERSITY, ALSCHOLARSHIPS$35,200
Benjamin Russell High SchoolALEXANDER CITY, ALCONTRIBUTION$31,000
Southern Union Community CollegeOPELIKE, ALSCHOLARSHIPS$21,000
University Of Alabama-BirminghamBIRMINGHAM, ALSCHOLARSHIPS$21,000
Jacksonville State UniversityJACKSONVILLE, ALSCHOLARSHIPS$18,000
Main Street Alexander City IncALEXANDER CITY, ALCONTRIBUTION$17,000
Troy UniversityTROY, ALSCHOLARSHIPS$16,000
Camp AsscaJACKSONS GAP, ALCONTRIBUTION$15,000
Lake Martin Humane SocietyALEXANDER CITY, ALCONTRIBUTION$15,000
Central Al Community CollegeALEXANDER CITY, ALSCHOLARSHIPS$12,500
Alexander City Schools Education FdALEXANDER CITY, ALCONTRIBUTION$12,000
Alexander City Meals On WheelsALEXANDER CITY, ALCONTRIBUTION$10,000
Auburn University At MontgomeryMONTGOMERY, ALSCHOLARSHIPS$6,000
University Of South AlabamaMOBILE, ALSCHOLARSHIPS$6,000
Backpack Buddies IncALEXANDER CITY, ALCONTRIBUTION$5,000
Coosa County Dept Of Human ResourceROCKFORD, ALCONTRIBUTION$5,000
Tallapoosa Co Dept Of Human ResourcDADEVILLE, ALCONTRIBUTION$5,000
Alex City Theatre IiALEXANDER CITY, ALCONTRIBUTION$5,000
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M CollegeMIAMI, OKSCHOLARSHIPS$3,000
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