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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 56-2115096

The Zelnak Private Foundation

A private foundation in Raleigh, NC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $550,000 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

    $550,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $897,873

  • Tax year 2024

    $750,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,403,053

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,065,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,070,867

  • Tax year 2022

    $595,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,262,214

  • Tax year 2021

    $550,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,245,303

  • Tax year 2020

    $870,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,358,775

  • Tax year 2019

    $245,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,525,846

  • Tax year 2018

    $835,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,676,870

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Ncsu FoundationRaleigh, NC

    Charitable general support

    $320,000
  2. Raleigh Police Department FTNRaleigh, NC

    Charitable general support

    $100,000
  3. Carolina BalletRaleigh, NC

    Charitable general support

    $60,000
  4. Hayes Barton Baptist ChurchRaleigh, NC

    Charitable general support

    $60,000
  5. Georgia Tech FoundationAtlanta, GA

    Charitable general support

    $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 culture1 grant $60,00086% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $10,00014% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina4 grants $540,000
  2. Georgia1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Stephen P Zelnak JrTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Judy D ZelnakTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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