J Edwin Treakle Foundation Inc
Invitation OnlyGloucester, Virginia · EIN 54-6051620 · Private foundation
Grants paid (2025)$325K
Organizations funded37
Typical grant$3,000
Total assets$8.7M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $1,000 and $10,000.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2025 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
0% of grants went outside Virginia.
Grants paid in tax year 2025
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Rescue | Bena, VA | Maintenance of equipment, education, and audit, etc. | $54,000 |
| Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad | Gloucester, VA | Fund equipment to meet virginia mandated regulations on use and storage of meds used by medics | $54,000 |
| Mathews Volunteer Fire Department | Mathews, VA | Buy fire fighting equipment. | $27,000 |
| Mathews Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc | Mathews, VA | Buy turn out gear for new members. | $27,000 |
| Gloucester-Mathews Free Clinic | Gloucester, VA | Support of dental clinic. | $25,000 |
| Friends of Gloucester County Library | Gloucester, VA | Buy books, periodicals, and other library materials for patrons | $20,000 |
| Mathews Memorial Library | Mathews, VA | Buy books, software, computers, improvement to library, staff development, promote literacy | $20,000 |
| Hands Across Mathews | Mathews, VA | Help needy families with food, fuel, clothing, shelter, home repairs. | $10,000 |
| Rappahannock Community College Educational Foundation Inc | Warsaw, VA | Fund 7 merit scholarships of $1,000 each. | $10,000 |
| Samaritan Group the | White Marsh, VA | Help needy in gloucester with rent, utilities, transportation, and medical bills. | $10,000 |
| Salvation Army Gloucester Service Center | Hayes, VA | Help needy in gloucester & mathews. | $9,000 |
| Christopher Newport University Education Foundation | Newport News, VA | Scholarships for gloucester or mathews students | $8,000 |
| Gloucester United Emergency Shelter Team | Gloucester, VA | Pay for motel vouchers for homeless | $8,000 |
| Bread for Life Community Food Pantry | Gloucester, VA | Purchase food to give away and buy fuel for box truck | $6,000 |
| Gloucester County 4-H | Gloucester, VA | Provide scholarships to 4-H camp for needy kids and teen counselors | $5,000 |
| Mathews High School Crew | Mathews, VA | Cover rising costs of team rowing | $3,400 |
| Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast | Chesapeake, VA | Fund two roof replacements at camp burke's mill pond | $3,000 |
| Mathews County Triad Inc | Mathews, VA | Pay for medical alert units for 6 indigent seniors. | $3,000 |
| Reading Is Fundamental - Botetourt Elementary School | Gloucester, VA | Buy books to give away 3 times a year. | $3,000 |
| Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation | Gloucester, VA | Buy security system to protect building from fire, intrusions, and burglary. | $3,000 |
| Animal Care Society | Bena, VA | Pay for maintenance, calibration, recruitment, education, audit | $2,000 |
| Gloucester Co Public Schools Educational | Gloucester, VA | Pay for students to participate in advance level competitions | $2,000 |
| Mathews County Historical Museum | Hallieford, VA | Cover costs of putting on musical "crickets on a hill" for 250th birthday of USA | $2,000 |
| Ware Academy | Gloucester, VA | Buy playaway audiobooks for library | $2,000 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula | Newport News, VA | Offset program and staffing expenses of gloucester unit | $1,000 |
| Children's Hos of the King's Daughters | Norfolk, VA | Support reach out & read program | $1,000 |
| Court House Players | Gloucester, VA | Fund children's summer camp budget | $1,000 |
| The Degood Foundation | Newport News, VA | Expand imagination library program in gloucester and mathews | $1,000 |
| Mathews Baptist Church | Hudgins, VA | Maintain cemetery lots where treakle's parents and family are buried. | $600 |
| Bethel Church of Mathews | Mathews, VA | Repair payground equipment and buy new refrigerator. | $500 |
| First Baptist Church | Mathews, VA | Assist with operating expenses of church | $500 |
| First Morning Star Baptist Church | Bena, VA | Fund all pro dad breakfasts. | $500 |
| Gwynn's Island Civic League for Gwynn's Island Cemetery Fund | Hudgins, VA | Maintain gwynn's island cemetery. | $500 |
| Haynes Cemetery Inc | Moon, VA | Perpetual care fund for cemetery. | $500 |
| Historic Christ Church Inc Foundation for | Irvington, VA | Support summer speaker series | $500 |
| Peartree Cemetery Association | Moon, VA | Maintain cemetery. | $500 |
| West Mathews Community League | Mathews, VA | Buy one custom window for building. | $500 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $325,000 | 37 |
| 2024 | $300,000 | 35 |
| 2023 | $225,000 | 39 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2025, filed Aug 14, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202602269349101100
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 54-6051620
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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