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Form 990-PFTax year 2023EIN 22-3483048

The Owenoke Foundation

A private foundation in Sheldon, SC. Its return for tax year 2023 lists 41 grants and $750,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2023 (period ending Nov 30, 2024), 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 2023

    $750,000

    Grants listed
    41
    Assets, end of year
    $16,001,494

  • Tax year 2022

    $635,000

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $13,014,343

  • Tax year 2021

    $590,000

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $12,766,366

  • Tax year 2020

    $650,000

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $13,474,315

  • Tax year 2019

    $550,000

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $11,608,368

  • Tax year 2018

    $550,000

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $10,957,702

  • Tax year 2017

    $500,000

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $10,382,513

Grants paid in 2023

41 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Lutheran World ReliefBaltimore, MD

    General support

    $50,000
  2. St Paul's Lutheran ChurchDurham, NC

    General support

    $50,000
  3. Adirondack CouncilElizabethtown, NY

    General support

    $30,000
  4. Connecticut Children's Medical CenterHartford, CT

    General support

    $30,000
  5. St Michael's Lutheran ChurchNew Canaan, CT

    General support

    $30,000
  6. AmericaresStamford, CT

    General support

    $25,000
  7. Connecticut FoodshareWallingford, CT

    General support

    $25,000
  8. Habitat for Humanity of DurhamDurham, NC

    General support

    $25,000
  9. Lowcountry Food BankCharleston, SC

    General support

    $25,000
  10. New Canaan Group Home IncNew Canaan, CT

    General support

    $25,000
  11. Parktown Food HubDurham, NC

    General support

    $25,000
  12. Planned Parenthood South AtlanticRaleigh, NC

    General support

    $25,000
  13. Urban Ministries of DurhamDurham, NC

    General support

    $25,000
  14. Ami Kids BeaufortBeaufort, SC

    General support

    $23,000
  15. Good Neighbor Medical ClinicBeaufort, SC

    General support

    $20,000
  16. Hopeful HorizonsBeaufort, SC

    General support

    $20,000
  17. Lowcountry Habitat for HumanityBeaufort, SC

    General support

    $20,000
  18. Nature Conservancy of South CarolinaMt Pleasant, SC

    General support

    $20,000
  19. Planned Parenthood of Southern New EnglandNew Haven, CT

    General support

    $20,000
  20. V Foundation for Cancer ResearchCary, NC

    General support

    $20,000
  21. Chop FoundationPhiladelphia, PA

    General support

    $15,000
  22. Curtain CallStamford, CT

    General support

    $15,000
  23. Doctors Without BoardersHagerstown, MD

    General support

    $15,000
  24. Equal Justice InitiativeMontgomery, AL

    General support

    $15,000
  25. Fedcap Inc Maineveterans ForwardSouth Portland, ME

    General support

    $15,000
  26. Hands on HartfordHartford, CT

    General support

    $15,000
  27. Literacy Volunteers of Greater HartfordHartford, CT

    General support

    $15,000
  28. Save the ChildrenFairfield, CT

    General support

    $15,000
  29. CaracenWashington, DC

    General support

    $10,000
  30. Good Shepard Food Bank of Southern MaineAuburn, ME

    General support

    $10,000
  31. Port Royal Sound FoundationOkatie, SC

    General support

    $10,000
  32. Real Art WaysHartford, CT

    General support

    $10,000
  33. Ronald McDonald House Charities TriangeDurham, NC

    General support

    $10,000
  34. Scott Carter FoundationTulsa, OK

    General support

    $10,000
  35. Public Library Foundation of BeaufortBeaufort, SC

    General support

    $7,000
  36. First Presbyterian Church of New CanaanNew Canaan, CT

    General support

    $5,000
  37. Gala Hispanic TheaterWashington, DC

    General support

    $5,000
  38. Kingswood-Oxford SchoolWest Hartford, CT

    General support

    $5,000
  39. Mary's PlaceWindsor, CT

    General support

    $5,000
  40. Orange Congregations in MissionHillsborough, NC

    General support

    $5,000
  41. Piper Theatre ProductionsBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. International aid2 grants $65,00020% of the total
  2. Health2 grants $45,00014% of the total
  3. Environment2 grants $40,00012% of the total
  4. Human services2 grants $40,00012% of the total
  5. Arts and culture3 grants $30,0009% of the total
  6. Food and agriculture1 grant $25,0008% of the total
  7. 5 other causes6 grants $77,00024% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Connecticut14 grants $240,000
  2. North Carolina8 grants $185,000
  3. South Carolina8 grants $145,000
  4. Maryland2 grants $65,000
  5. New York2 grants $35,000
  6. Maine2 grants $25,000
  7. Alabama1 grant $15,000
  8. District of Columbia2 grants $15,000
  9. Pennsylvania1 grant $15,000
  10. Oklahoma1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Avery Rockefeller IIIPRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Mary RunestadSECRETARY AND DIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Monica RockefellerDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Rodney RunestadDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0

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