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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 46-6121125

Stanton & Ernestine Bennett Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Raleigh, NC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $50,000 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

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $637,980
  • Tax year 2024

    $47,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $685,703
  • Tax year 2023

    $45,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $709,728
  • Tax year 2022

    $45,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $751,525
  • Tax year 2021

    $43,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $786,113
  • Tax year 2020

    $37,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $812,858
  • Tax year 2019

    $45,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $842,806
  • Tax year 2018

    $45,310

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $839,825

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Intercultural Development Research InstituteLake Oswego, OR

    Support of the program mission of support and new research in intercultural development.

    $42,000
  2. Sound ExperiencePort Townsend, WA

    Support of the organization program fostering environmental sustainability, youth development and maritime careers through shipboard programs aboard the schooner adventuress on the waters of the salish sea.

    $8,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $42,00084% of the total
  2. Science and technology1 grant $8,00016% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Oregon1 grant $42,000
  2. Washington1 grant $8,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Milton BennettTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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