Magnolia Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
Magnolia Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund is a public charity based in Mobile, Alabama. Formed in 1986, it exists to fund the perpetual care of Magnolia Cemetery.
Magnolia Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund at a glance
In short: Magnolia Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund reported $386K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $385,807 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- +21.7% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $10,118,107
- +10.4% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $547,601
- -4.4% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $526,659
- -4.1% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $456,789
- +17.5% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Magnolia Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
- Contact
Mailing address: PO Box 6383, Mobile, AL 36660
Phone: (251) 432-8672
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Magnolia Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
2 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 1 grant of 2 (50%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $160K (2019) to $386K (2025). In 2025 it reported $386K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Friends of Magnolia Cemetery I Mobile, AL | Maintain Magnolia Cemetery | $250,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $10,118,107 | $547,601 | $456,789 | $385,807 | Total only | $526,659 |
| 2024 | $9,163,175 | $572,969 | $388,912 | $317,000 | Total only | $549,339 |
| 2023 | $8,979,118 | $367,300 | $269,592 | $200,000 | Total only | $358,367 |
| 2022 | $8,713,626 | $386,790 | $317,537 | $250,000 | 1 | $373,849 |
| 2021 | $8,644,373 | $1,157,850 | $307,710 | $230,000 | 1 | $1,145,033 |
| 2020 | $7,794,233 | $254,594 | $268,274 | $190,000 | 1 | $235,040 |
| 2019 | $7,807,913 | $367,981 | $233,684 | $160,000 | Total only | $356,620 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The organization states its mission is “to fund the perpetual care of Magnolia Cemetery.” Its filing describes the trust’s purpose as preserving and investing funds to provide income for that care.
A listed recipient, Friends of Magnolia Cemetery Inc., describes its own mission as “cemetery maintenance, restoration, and improvements.” That is the grantee’s stated mission, not the fund’s.
Grantmaking
The available filing data lists zero grants for each of 2023, 2024, and 2025. Separately, Friends of Magnolia Cemetery Inc. received $250,000 from the fund in 2022. The available information does not establish the fund’s total giving or typical grant size for that year.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Douglas Kearley as president; Thomas C McGehee as vice president; Garrett Alexander Powe as treasurer; Samuel Feibelman as recording secretary; and Mimi C Lyons as corresponding secretary. Board members listed are Elissa E Watkins, Samuel Travis Winter, Selwyn Turner, David Toifel, and John Holmes Smith IV.
Magnolia Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund is led by DOUGLAS B KEARLEY Sr., President since 2024 (on filings since 2019); none of the 37 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
DOUGLAS B KEARLEY Sr.
President
Board Member → Corresponding Secretary, 2023
Corresponding Secretary → President, 2024
On filings since 2019
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Charles U. Walters
Executive Director
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Allen Ladd
Board Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Campbell Rayford
Board Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cart Blackwell
Board Member
Recording Secretary → President, 2021
President → Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David L. Toifel
Board Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
George Oswalt
Board Member
Board Member → Vice President, 2022
Vice President → Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jane H. Dukes
Board Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John D. Peebles
Board Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
JOHN S RUTHERFORD Jr.
Board Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Selwyn Turner
Board Member
Board Member → Vice President, 2021
Vice President → Board Member, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephen McNair
Board Member
Board Member → Recording Secreary, 2021
Recording Secreary → Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David S. Rose
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Holmes Smith IV
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Louise McClelland
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Summer Adams
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bruner Binion
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John F. Otts
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary Herndon Nordmann
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sallye R. Irvine
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Liz Helmsing
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Bestor Drew
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Garrett Alexander Powe
Treasurer
Board Member → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Peggy Toomey Hammann
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Aj Dupree
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dina Blankenship
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
First Horizon Bank Trustee
By Marianne Terry Its Vice
By Marianne Terry Its Vice President → By Marianne Terry Its Vice, 2025
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Kyla Levins
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Pratt Patterson
Board Member
Recording Secretary → Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Samuel Feibelman Jr.
Recording Secretary
Board Member → Recording Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Samuel Travis Winter
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Thomas C. McGehee
Vice President
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elissa E. Watkins
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ellie Edwards
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark R. Halseth
Cemetery Manager
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mimi C. Lyons
Corresponding Secretary
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
William Slaton
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (26)
- Former: Janet Savage (2019–2024) — Executive Director
- Former: William P. Rodgers (2019–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Paula Watkins (2022–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Nedra Simpson Crosby (2023–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Amelia C. Lyons (2024) — Corresponding Secretary
- Former: J. Guy Helmsing (2024) — Board Member
- Former: Willson McClelland (2024) — Board Member
- Former: D. Pratt Paterson (2019–2023) — Recording Secretary
- Former: Joseph Ringhofer (2019–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Tommy McGehee (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Margaret M. Fowler (2020–2023) — Board Member
- Former: First Horizon Bank (2021–2023) — By Marianne Terry Its Vice Pr
- Former: Joseph Dupree (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Amelia M. Bell (2019–2022) — Corresponding Secretary
- Former: Charles E. Christmas (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Joan Christmas (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Michael Berson (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: William Peebles (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: William R. Seifert III (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: A JOSEPH Dupree (2019–2020) — Treasurer
- Former: BRAGG VAN ANTWERP Jr. (2019–2020) — Vice President
- Former: JOHN P C MCCALL Jr. (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Regions Bank (2019–2020) — By Roger Cole Its Vice President
- Former: William M. Lyon (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: WYTHE L WHITING Sr. (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Lucy McVay (2019) — Board Member
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Magnolia Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
How much does Magnolia Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund give each year?
Magnolia Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund reported $386K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it reported $317K in grants paid.
How large is Magnolia Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund?
Magnolia Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund reported $10.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $548K.
What does Magnolia Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund fund?
The organization states its mission is “to fund the perpetual care of Magnolia Cemetery.” Its filing describes the trust’s purpose as preserving and investing funds to provide income for that care. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Magnolia Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund?
Magnolia Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Magnolia Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund's EIN?
Magnolia Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 63-6148130. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 10, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 4, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 22, 2023)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 6, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 30, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 27, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 18, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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