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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-1608644

J L Maxwell Jr Foundation

A private foundation in Goldsboro, NC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $293,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Jun 30, 2026), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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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

    $293,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,119,518

  • Tax year 2024

    $261,800

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $2,143,723

  • Tax year 2023

    $252,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $2,294,846

  • Tax year 2022

    $267,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,340,595

  • Tax year 2021

    $230,800

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,453,774

  • Tax year 2020

    $210,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $2,533,312

  • Tax year 2019

    $212,250

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,579,650

  • Tax year 2018

    $220,250

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,658,952

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Salvation ArmyGoldsboro, NC

    Charitable

    $49,425
  2. St Paul Methodist ChurchGoldsboro, NC

    Religious

    $43,625
  3. United Way of Wayne CountyGoldsboro, NC

    Community charity

    $40,725
  4. Kitty Askins Hospice CenterGoldsboro, NC

    Medical charity

    $37,825
  5. Tuscarora Council Boy ScoutsGoldsboro, NC

    Education

    $29,100
  6. Davidson CollegeDavidson, NC

    Education

    $29,100
  7. UNC Medical Foundation of NCChapel Hill, NC

    Medical research

    $29,100
  8. Foundation of Wayne Community ColleGoldsboro, NC

    Education

    $19,900
  9. UNC Kenan Flagler Business SchoolChapel Hill, NC

    Education

    $8,200
  10. Wayne County Senior CenterGoldsboro, NC

    Community charity

    $3,600
  11. Wayne County Recovery CorporationLa Grange, NC

    Community charity

    $2,400

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 $40,72558% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $29,10042% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina11 grants $293,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • James L Maxwell IIIPRESIDENT Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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