How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Frank Berry
109 Stonehearth Dr
Columbia, SC 29223
(800) 260-3143
- Form and materials
- Download the application from the website. Complete the application and send with a copy of your transcription. Three letters of recommendation (cannot be from a relative), financial information (previus form 1040) and a 500 word or less essay explaining your future goals. Any additional information you feel will help us make a decision.
- Deadlines
- July 15
- Restrictions
- Gpa must be 2.5 or higher
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$43,000
- Grants listed
- 16
- Assets, end of year
- $663,914
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Tax year 2024
$30,000
- Grants listed
- 17
- Assets, end of year
- $657,350
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Tax year 2023
$30,000
- Grants listed
- 16
- Assets, end of year
- $696,321
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Tax year 2022
$50,500
- Grants listed
- 18
- Assets, end of year
- $760,841
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Tax year 2021
$56,500
- Grants listed
- 13
- Assets, end of year
- $947,157
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Tax year 2020
$32,500
- Grants listed
- 18
- Assets, end of year
- $941,569
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Tax year 2019
$40,000
- Grants listed
- 17
- Assets, end of year
- $895,461
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Tax year 2018
$59,500
- Grants listed
- 31
- Assets, end of year
- $833,816
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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NC A&T State UniversityGreensboro, NC
Scholarship
$6,000 -
Prairie View A&M UniversityPrairie View, TX
Scholarship
$4,000 -
Tougaloo CollegeTougaloo, MS
Scholarship
$4,000 -
East Carolina UniversityGreenville, NC
scholarship
$4,000 -
Wake Forest UniversityWinstonsalem, NC
Scholarship
$2,500 -
UNC Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC
Scholarship
$2,500 -
University of MississippiUniversity, MS
Scholarship
$2,000 -
Appalachian State UniversityBoone, NC
Scholarship
$2,000 -
Butler UniversityIndianapolis, IN
Scholarship
$2,000 -
Western Carolina UniversityCullowhee, NC
Scholarship
$2,000 -
Savannah State UniversitySavannah, GA
Scholarship
$2,000 -
NC Central UniversityDurham, NC
Scholarship
$2,000 -
Mt Sinai Baptist ChurchCatawba, NC
scholarship
$2,000 -
Alabama A&M UniversityNorma, AL
scholarship
$2,000 -
UNC-CharlotteCharlotte, NC
scholarship
$2,000 -
University of Southern MississippiUniversity, MS
scholarship
$2,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Education3 grants $8,500100% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- North Carolina9 grants $25,000
- Mississippi3 grants $8,000
- Texas1 grant $4,000
- Alabama1 grant $2,000
- Georgia1 grant $2,000
- Indiana1 grant $2,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Ericia TurnerVice President Hours 0Pay $0
- Rosslyn BerrySecretary Hours 0Pay $0
- Melinda TurnerExecutive Committee Hours 0Pay $0
- Juanda TurnerExecutive Committee Hours 0Pay $0
- Jessica TurnerExecutive Committee Hours 0Pay $0
- Tamyia TurnerExecutive Committee Hours 0Pay $0
- Frank BerryExecutive Committee Hours 0Pay $0
The return
More foundations
- Private foundations in North Carolina
- Private foundations in Conover
- Foundations that fund education in North Carolina
Similar foundations
Same main cause (education), giving between a quarter and four times this foundation’s where possible, nearby first.
- The Dunvegan Foundation of the Clan McLeod USA Inc 18 grants Accepts applications $43,000 giving
- Mer Foundation 4 grants Preselected only $41,250 giving
- Zack D Owens & Martha Anderson Owens Trust 1 grant Preselected only $44,830 giving
- Redgates Foundation 16 grants Accepts applications $45,000 giving
- Chief John Alfred Tahquette Educational 7 grants Preselected only $41,000 giving