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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-5217323

The Promise Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Wilmington, NC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $26,500 paid in grants.

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

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $26,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $30,684
  • Tax year 2024

    $6,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $42,685
  • Tax year 2023

    $1,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $36,847
  • Tax year 2022

    $2,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $37,655
  • Tax year 2021

    $22,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $40,017
  • Tax year 2020

    $19,770

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $60,602
  • Tax year 2019

    $23,958

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $80,035
  • Tax year 2018

    $39,951

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $116,058

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Good Deeds of Wilmington LLCWilmington, NC

    Provide affordablehousing for teachers

    $25,000
  2. Food Bank of Central & Eastern NCWilmington, NC

    Provide food & advance long term solutionsfor hunger relief

    $1,000
  3. Nourish NCTampa, FL

    Feeding hungry kidsin New HanoverCounty, NC

    $500

Where the money goes

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina2 grants $26,000
  2. Florida1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Denise MVincentPresident Hours 2Pay $0
  • Benjamin VincentVice-Pres. Hours 1Pay $0
  • Katherine NicholasSecretary Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jon T VincentTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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  4. The Leon Algernon Dunn Jr & Pattie McCay Dunn Family FoundationRocky Mount, NC 13 grants Accepts applications $26,350 giving
  5. The Copwood Hill FoundationSouthport, NC 3 grants Preselected only $26,300 giving