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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-4631229

Rust Family Foundation

A private foundation in Lumberton, NC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 14 grants and $220,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $220,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $4,160,289

  • Tax year 2024

    $136,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $4,153,285

  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $932

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,757

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,757

  • Tax year 2020

    $400

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,757

  • Tax year 2019

    $12,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $277

Grants paid in 2025

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Pure Water InitiativeMarietta, GA

    General Donation

    $30,000
  2. Robeson County Church and Community CenterLumberton, NC

    General Donation

    $30,000
  3. Camp KudzuAtlanta, GA

    General Donation

    $25,000
  4. Amani SasaJacksonville, FL

    General Donation

    $24,000
  5. Pivot MinistriesWinstonSalem, NC

    General Donation

    $23,000
  6. Overflow FoundationAiken, SC

    General Donation

    $20,000
  7. Slice 325Raleigh, NC

    General Donation

    $20,000
  8. Lumberton Christian Care CenterLumberton, NC

    General Donation

    $15,000
  9. Recovery CafeGreensboro, NC

    General Donation

    $10,000
  10. Campbell University Divinity SchoolBuies Creek, NC

    General Donation

    $5,000
  11. First Baptist Church of ClemmonsClemmons, NC

    General Donation

    $5,000
  12. India Vision InitiativePittsboro, NC

    General Donation

    $5,000
  13. Providence Baptist ChurchHendersonville, NC

    General Donation

    $5,000
  14. Robeson County Partnership for ChildrenLumberton, NC

    General Donation

    $3,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. International aid3 grants $59,00038% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $30,00019% of the total
  3. Youth development1 grant $25,00016% of the total
  4. Food and agriculture1 grant $20,00013% of the total
  5. Mental health1 grant $20,00013% of the total
  6. Education1 grant $3,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina10 grants $121,000
  2. Georgia2 grants $55,000
  3. Florida1 grant $24,000
  4. South Carolina1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Kenneth RustPresident Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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