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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 31-1813445

The Jelly Foundation

A private foundation in Carrboro, NC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $6,000 paid in grants.

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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $6,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $200,443
  • Tax year 2024

    $5,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $99,322
  • Tax year 2023

    $5,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $93,942
  • Tax year 2022

    $5,200

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $86,119
  • Tax year 2021

    $4,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $112,201
  • Tax year 2020

    $6,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $102,473

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Chamber Orchestra of the TriangleDurham, NC

    The chamber orchestra of the triangle's foremost objective is to present performances of extraordinary quality, including works rarely performed. A core goal of the orchestra is to create performance and educational opportunities for some of the nation's most talented emerging musicians.

    $1,000
  2. Cora Food PantryPo Box, NC

    Ccora provides nutritious food to community members facing food insecurity. Our ultimate goal at cora is to build a community without hunger by collecting and purchasing healthy food for distribution through our food pantry, related programs, and network of local partners.

    $1,000
  3. Family Reading PartnersIthaca, NY

    To support the family reading partnership a non-profit community organization that promotes early literacy.

    $1,000
  4. Healing Pines Respite IncChapel Hill, NC

    To help provide respite for woman with cancer

    $1,000
  5. Noor El-SalamHygiene, CO

    Our mission is to educate refugee and marginalized children in lebanon who are unable to attend school within the country, and provide humanitarian relief to lebanese communities suffering from lack of electricity, food, and clean water.

    $1,000
  6. Porch Chapel Hill-CarrboroChapel Hill, NC

    Christmas house is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization that provides gifts for more than 900 local children, all from families referred to us by local school social workers as being most in need of assistance.

    $500
  7. Christmas House IncChapel Hill, NC

    Fighting hunger by mobilizing neighbors, building community, and providing fresh, healthy food.

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $1,00040% of the total
  2. International aid1 grant $1,00040% of the total
  3. Food and agriculture1 grant $50020% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina5 grants $4,000
  2. Colorado1 grant $1,000
  3. New York1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Sarah FroeberVICE PRES./SECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0
  • Eric NussbaumerPRESIDENT/TREASURER Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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