The Charles McClendon Scholarship Foundation focuses almost exclusively on student scholarships in the Baton Rouge/LSU community, with a strong emphasis on supporting student‑athletes through institutional giving as well as direct awards to individuals. Its grants combine one very large institutional commitment to LSU athletics with multiple smaller, targeted scholarships to named students, indicating a local, education‑and‑athletics orientation tied to LSU.
Concentrated giving: one dominant large institutional grant alongside several smaller, one‑off individual scholarships. Locally focused and education‑centric, favoring direct awards to named students and major support to a single core institution (LSU).
Charles Mcclendon Scholarship Foundation Inc centers its giving on LSU student-athletes and individual student scholarships, with one institutional grant dwarfing the rest of its recent awards. In 2025, the foundation gave $200,000 to LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation to support LSU student athletes on and off the field, showing a clear link between athletic support and student development. Alongside that large commitment, the foundation made a series of smaller scholarships to named students from Baton Rouge and nearby Louisiana communities, including Stephen Mahtook and Rohnny Halliburton. The pattern points to a local education-oriented funder that uses both institutional support and direct awards to reach students connected to LSU. Its recent grants also include scholarships to James Graves, James Gordon Simon, Dalton Melancon, Radiance Fuller, Sophie Hazard, and Deauna Houston. The mix of one major grant and multiple individual awards suggests a scholarship program built around both team-based support and personal assistance for students pursuing college opportunities.
A core focus is LSU student-athlete support. The foundation’s largest recent award was $200,000 to LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation for LSU student athletes on and off the field, indicating sustained attention to athletics tied to education. It also supports individual undergraduate scholarship recipients. Examples from 2025 include $12,000 to Stephen Mahtook and $6,600 to Rohnny Halliburton, both labeled as scholarships. The recent list shows additional named scholarships to James Graves, James Gordon Simon, Dalton Melancon, Radiance Fuller, Sophie Hazard, and Deauna Houston, which reinforces a grantmaking pattern centered on direct student assistance rather than broad programmatic funding. The purposes attached to these awards are simple and consistent: scholarship support for students connected to the Baton Rouge and LSU community.
The grant distribution is highly skewed: the 25th percentile is $4,000, the median is $4,600, and the 75th percentile is $12,000, with one outlier grant of $200,000. That spread shows a mix of small scholarships and one much larger institutional award. The recent grants are all in 2025, and the listed recipients are individual students plus one LSU-related institution, suggesting a scholarship-driven private foundation rather than a broad operating grantmaker. The foundation is a private foundation, does not make program-related investments, and the available record shows no recurring recipient names across the listed grants.
$240K
$2M
$250K
$278K
Sign up for a free Kindora account to access AI-generated insights into this funder's giving patterns, decision-makers, and fit signals.
Get Started FreeFree Kindora accounts unlock side-by-side comparisons with foundations that share this funder's focus areas and giving profile.
Get Started FreeSign up free to see how well your nonprofit fits this funder, get an AI-generated pitch, and unlock similar foundations.
Notable grantees: LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation, Stephen Mahtook (scholarship recipient), Rohnny Halliburton (scholarship recipient), Radiance Fuller (scholarship recipient)
All listed recent grants went to recipients in the United States. Louisiana recipients appear most often, with Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Monroe, St Joseph, and Prairieville all represented among the named grantees. The foundation also made one scholarship award to Deauna Houston in Fontane, CA, extending beyond Louisiana. The largest grant went to a Baton Rouge recipient, while several smaller scholarships stayed close to the LSU and Baton Rouge community.
Its recent giving is centered on LSU student-athlete support and scholarships for individual students. The clearest example is a $200,000 grant to LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation to support LSU student athletes on and off the field, paired with multiple smaller scholarship awards to named students.
Among the listed recent grants, the 25th percentile is $4,000, the median is $4,600, and the 75th percentile is $12,000. One grant stands apart at $200,000, so the foundation combines small scholarship awards with a much larger institutional gift.
It funds both. The recent grants include one institutional award to LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation and several direct scholarships to individual students, each labeled as a scholarship.
The listed grants all go to U.S. recipients. Louisiana is prominent, with recipient cities including Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Monroe, St Joseph, and Prairieville. There is also one scholarship to a recipient in Fontane, CA.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSU TIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION | BATON ROUGE, LA | $200,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT LSU STUDENT ATHLETES ON AND OFF THE FIELD |
| STEPHEN MAHTOOK | LAFAYETTE, LA | $12,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| ROHNNY HALLIBURTON | BATON ROUGE, LA | $6,600 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| JAMES GRAVES | MONROE, LA | $4,600 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| JAMES GORDON SIMON | BATON ROUGE, LA | $4,600 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| RADIANCE FULLER | PRAIRIEVILLE, LA | $4,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| DALTON MELANCON | ST JOSEPH, LA | $4,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| DEAUNA HOUSTON | FONTANE, CA | $2,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| SOPHIE HAZARD | METAIRIE, LA | $2,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
TO SUPPORT LSU STUDENT ATHLETES ON AND OFF THE FIELD
STEPHEN MAHTOOK
$12,000SCHOLARSHIP
ROHNNY HALLIBURTON
$6,600SCHOLARSHIP
JAMES GRAVES
$4,600SCHOLARSHIP
JAMES GORDON SIMON
$4,600SCHOLARSHIP
RADIANCE FULLER
$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
DALTON MELANCON
$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
DEAUNA HOUSTON
$2,000SCHOLARSHIP
SOPHIE HAZARD
$2,000SCHOLARSHIP