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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 26-2511733

C3 Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Raleigh, NC. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $946,220 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

    $946,220

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $6,287,130

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,863,400

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $7,133,269

  • Tax year 2022

    $746,312

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $7,015,569

  • Tax year 2021

    $40,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $9,707,235

  • Tax year 2020

    $333,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $7,859,509

  • Tax year 2019

    $302,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $8,104,950

  • Tax year 2018

    $2,212,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $4,083,580

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Veterans Life CenterRaleigh, NC

    General operating support

    $300,000
  2. St Davids SchoolRaleigh, NC

    General operating support

    $250,000
  3. North Carolina Zoological Society IncAsheboro, NC

    General operating support

    $200,000
  4. Chapel and York US Foundation Inc at Capital One National AssociationNew York City, NY

    General operating support

    $87,887
  5. The Young Mens Christian Association of the Triangle AreaRaleigh, NC

    General operating support

    $58,333
  6. SPCA of Wake County IncRaleigh, NC

    General operating support

    $50,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Housing and shelter1 grant $300,00038% of the total
  2. Animals2 grants $250,00031% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $250,00031% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina5 grants $858,333
  2. New York1 grant $87,887

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Lisa R PoolePRESIDENT Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Lonnie C Poole IIIVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Nancy HallTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Chelsea PooleTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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