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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 46-1553948

The Byrne Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Morrisville, NC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $91,000 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

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

    $91,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $473,700
  • Tax year 2024

    $107,250

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $520,084
  • Tax year 2023

    $120,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,271,353
  • Tax year 2022

    $120,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,377,404
  • Tax year 2021

    $125,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,499,340
  • Tax year 2020

    $111,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,276,403
  • Tax year 2019

    $101,100

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,142,071
  • Tax year 2018

    $65,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,220,073

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    General operating fund

    $15,000
  2. Children's Flight of HopeRaleigh, NC

    General operating fund

    $15,000
  3. Exploris SchoolRaleigh, NC

    General operating fund

    $15,000
  4. Carolina's Golf FoundationDurham, NC

    General operating fund

    $15,000
  5. Crohn's Colitis Foundation of AmeriCharlotte, NC

    Research funding

    $10,000
  6. Individual

    General operating fund

    $5,000
  7. Individual

    General operating fund

    $5,000
  8. Duke UniversityDurham, NC

    Angel's special events revenue fund

    $5,000
  9. Individual

    General use

    $2,500
  10. Individual

    General operating fund

    $2,500
  11. American Heart AssociationDallas, TX

    General operating fund

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $20,00056% of the total
  2. Health2 grants $16,00044% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina6 grants $61,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Richard J ByrnePresident Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • James MortensonTreasurer Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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