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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-0864365

The Contemporary Foundation

A private foundation in Greensboro, NC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $15,000 paid in grants.

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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

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,522,829

  • Tax year 2024

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,335,792

  • Tax year 2023

    $608,857

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $2,313,069

  • Tax year 2022

    $337,106

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $2,471,340

  • Tax year 2021

    $202,500

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $2,780,997

  • Tax year 2020

    $187,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,456,200

  • Tax year 2019

    $158,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,626,789

  • Tax year 2018

    $159,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $2,721,729

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Red Dog Farm Animal Rescue NetworkStokesdale, NC

    2025 support

    $10,000
  2. Authoracare CollectiveBurlington, NC

    2025 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. Animals1 grant $10,00067% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $5,00033% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina2 grants $15,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Dave StaubTRUSTEE Hours 40Pay $70,000
  • John WhisnantTRUSTEE Hours 40Pay $0
  • Ivan CanadaTRUSTEE Hours 40Pay $0

The return

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