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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 26-0886415

Make A Difference Fund

A private foundation in Rocky Mount, NC. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 10 grants and $247,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 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 2024

    $247,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,884,760

  • Tax year 2023

    $263,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $3,014,831

  • Tax year 2022

    $166,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $3,184,572

  • Tax year 2021

    $260,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $3,213,952

  • Tax year 2020

    $215,032

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $3,472,589

  • Tax year 2019

    $243,350

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $3,500,738

  • Tax year 2018

    $168,750

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $3,626,198

Grants paid in 2024

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Educational Foundation Inc - University of North CarolinaChapel Hill, NC

    General support

    $201,000
  2. The Trinity ForumMC Lean, VA

    General support

    $15,000
  3. Be Loud Sophie FoundationChapel Hill, NC

    General support

    $10,000
  4. City of Refuge FoundationRocky Mount, NC

    General support

    $10,000
  5. The Morehead-Cain Scholarship FoundationChapel Hill, NC

    General support

    $5,000
  6. Alex's Lemonade Stand FoundationWynnewood, PA

    General support

    $3,000
  7. Ecsu Foundation for Johnny PfefferkomElizabeth City, NC

    General support

    $1,000
  8. Guilford County Sports Hall of FameGreensboro, NC

    General support

    $1,000
  9. Peacemakers of Rocky MountRocky Mount, NC

    General support

    $1,000
  10. NC Community FoundationRaleigh, NC

    General support

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $15,00041% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $10,00027% of the total
  3. Youth development1 grant $10,00027% of the total
  4. Human services1 grant $1,0003% of the total
  5. Sports and recreation1 grant $1,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina8 grants $229,500
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $15,000
  3. Pennsylvania1 grant $3,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • E Wayne GibsonMANAGER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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