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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 56-2276733

The Eason Foundation

A private foundation in Durham, NC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $37,500 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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $37,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $229,910

  • Tax year 2024

    $52,500

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $110,592

  • Tax year 2023

    $21,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $61,154

  • Tax year 2022

    $76,250

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $56,323

  • Tax year 2021

    $102,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $35,124

  • Tax year 2020

    $99,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $54,030

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Durham Nativity SchoolDurham, NC

    General

    $17,500
  2. Urban Ministries of DurhamDurham, NC

    General

    $10,000
  3. Aware AffairsDallas, TX

    General

    $5,000
  4. Roaring Gap FoundationRoaring Gap, NC

    Genreal

    $5,000

Approved for future payment

17 grants

Approved in 2025 and not yet paid.

  1. Roaring Gap FoundaitonRoaring Gap, NC

    General

    $10,000
  2. Aware AffairsDallas, TX

    General

    $5,000
  3. Emily K CenterDurham, NC

    General

    $5,000
  4. Blue Ridge ParkwayRoanoke, VA

    General

    $2,500
  5. Nasher Museum of ArtDurham, NC

    General

    $2,500
  6. NC Museum of Life & ScienceDurham, NC

    General

    $2,500
  7. Sarah P Duke GardensDurham, NC

    General

    $2,500
  8. St Philips Episcopal ChurchDurham, NC

    Genral

    $2,500
  9. Trosa DurhamDurham, NC

    General

    $2,500
  10. Garden ConservancyGreenwich, CT

    General

    $1,500
  11. Iglesia Presbiteriana EmanualDurham, NC

    General

    $1,000
  12. Reality MinistriesDurham, NC

    General

    $1,000
  13. Alleghany County Rescue SquadSparta, NC

    General

    $500
  14. Arbor Acres United MethodistWinston Salem, NC

    General

    $500
  15. Cherry Lane Volunteer Fire DepartmeGlade Valley, NC

    General

    $500
  16. Connell F Smith(homer Brown) ScholMarion, IL

    General

    $500
  17. Food Bank of Central & Eastern NorDurham, NC

    General

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $17,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina3 grants $32,500
  2. Texas1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Stephen A EasonPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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