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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 56-2276922

Melton Foundation

A private foundation in Hays, NC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 14 grants and $36,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $36,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $229,143

  • Tax year 2024

    $37,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $245,277

  • Tax year 2023

    $32,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $269,662

  • Tax year 2022

    $32,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $285,996

  • Tax year 2021

    $32,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $310,894

  • Tax year 2020

    $27,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $218,021

Grants paid in 2025

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Rescue AmericaMillers Creek, NC

    Operating fund

    $6,000
  2. Samaritan Kitchen of WilkesWilkesboro, NC

    Backpack food program for kids

    $6,000
  3. Walk by Faith Christian CampHays, NC

    General fund

    $5,000
  4. Wilkes Cattlemen's AssociationWilkesboro, NC

    Memorial agriculture scholarship

    $3,000
  5. The Gideons InternationalNorth Wilkesboro, NC

    Operating fund

    $3,000
  6. The Health FoundationN Wilkesboro, NC

    Nursing scholarship

    $3,000
  7. Wilkes Pregnancy Care CenterN Wilkesboro, NC

    General fund

    $2,000
  8. MTN View RuritanHays, NC

    Operating fund

    $1,500
  9. Wilkes Heritage MuseumWilkesboro, NC

    General fund

    $1,500
  10. Hope MinistriesNorth Wilkesboro, NC

    General fund

    $1,000
  11. Hospice of WilkesWilkesboro, NC

    Annual donation

    $1,000
  12. Good News ClubNorth Wilkesboro, NC

    General fund

    $1,000
  13. Relay for Life-American Cancer SocietyAtlanta, GA

    Relay for life

    $1,000
  14. Wilkes Literacy CenterNorth Wilkesboro, NC

    General fund

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Religion2 grants $11,00069% of the total
  2. Health2 grants $5,00031% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina13 grants $35,000
  2. Georgia1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Doris W MeltonPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Randy L MeltonVICE PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Steven E MeltonSECRETARY TREASURER Hours 1Pay $0

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