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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-2250552

Carter C Chinnis Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Henrico, VA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $240,000 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

    $240,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $992,796

  • Tax year 2024

    $40,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,008,714

  • Tax year 2023

    $90,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $617,740

  • Tax year 2022

    $27,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $544,749

  • Tax year 2021

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $558,316

  • Tax year 2020

    $44,950

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $594,034

  • Tax year 2019

    $65,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $647,492

  • Tax year 2018

    $110,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $722,781

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Muse Writers CenterNorfolk, VA

    Educational

    $50,000
  2. Tupelo PressNorth Adams, MA

    Non-Profit Publishing

    $40,000
  3. Tupelo PressNorth Adams, MA

    Non-Profit Publishing

    $40,000
  4. Healthy Harvest Food BankWarsaw, VA

    Fighting Hunger

    $25,000
  5. Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation IncWilliamsburg, VA

    Historical

    $25,000
  6. The Pushcart Prize Fellowships IncWainscott, NY

    Educational

    $25,000
  7. The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern ShoreNorfolk, VA

    Fighting Hunger

    $25,000
  8. Healthy Harvest Food BankWarsaw, VA

    Fighting Hunger

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture4 grants $130,00060% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $50,00023% of the total
  3. Food and agriculture2 grants $35,00016% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Virginia5 grants $135,000
  2. Maryland2 grants $80,000
  3. New York1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Connie FeltonPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ann S ChinnisVice President Hours 1Pay $0
  • Carter C Chinnis JrSecy/Treas Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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