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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 56-6044428

Akers Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Charlotte, NC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 14 grants and $379,707 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

    $379,707

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,149,155

  • Tax year 2024

    $395,000

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $1,168,214

  • Tax year 2023

    $270,000

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $1,298,602

  • Tax year 2022

    $220,000

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $1,265,196

  • Tax year 2021

    $300,000

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $1,316,853

  • Tax year 2020

    $300,000

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $1,351,512

  • Tax year 2019

    $209,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $1,404,597

  • Tax year 2018

    $210,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $1,478,966

Grants paid in 2025

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. National Philanthropic TrustConshohocken, PA

    General support to fund the charitable purpose of the organization

    $214,707
  2. Catawba Riverkeeper FoundationCramerton, NC

    To support the organization's mission to create clean, plentiful water for all.

    $30,000
  3. Individual

    TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO SAVE [individual] AND CONNECT LIVES TO NATURE.

    $20,000
  4. Individual

    To support the organization's mission to provide a space for students to grow, explore, and unlock their artistic potential.

    $15,000
  5. Individual

    TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO LEARN [individual] EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE AND LIFE SKILLS.

    $15,000
  6. YMCA of Greater CharlotteCharlotte, NC

    To support the organization's mission of improving health and well-being.

    $15,000
  7. Discovery Place IncCharlotte, NC

    General support to fund the charitable purpose of the organization

    $15,000
  8. Brookstone SchoolsCharlotte, NC

    To support the organization's mission to stand in the gap for families living in neighborhoods with failing schools.

    $10,000
  9. Wing Haven FoundationCharlotte, NC

    To support the organization's mission to support future decades or garden preservation and programs.

    $10,000
  10. Charlotte Neuroscience FoundationCharlotte, NC

    To support the organization's mission to reach families living with memory and movement disorders.

    $10,000
  11. Davidson CollegeDavidson, NC

    TO SUPPORT THE UNIVERISTY'S MISSION TO PROVIDE EDUCATION THAT fosters humane instincts and disciplined and creative minds.

    $10,000
  12. Charlotte Mecklenburg Library FoundCharlotte, NC

    To support organization's mission of improving lives and building a stronger community.

    $5,000
  13. Individual

    To support the organization's mission to help students identify, navigate, and achieve a fulfilled future.

    $5,000
  14. Allegro FoundationTega Cay, SC

    TO SUPPORT THE FOUNDATIONS WORK TO combine movement instruction with educational & medical expertise, creating new techniques to teach children with disabilities and enhance their quality of life.

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $214,70767% of the total
  2. Environment1 grant $30,0009% of the total
  3. Education3 grants $25,0008% of the total
  4. Arts and culture1 grant $15,0005% of the total
  5. Human services1 grant $15,0005% of the total
  6. Animals1 grant $10,0003% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $10,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina10 grants $324,707

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

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

  • Calvin Scott Akers JrPresident Hours 1Pay $1,000
  • John Frederick Akers SrVice President Hours 1Pay $0
  • Mary Catherine HawesSecretary Hours 1Pay $2,000
  • Calvin Scott Akers IIIASSOC DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $2,000
  • George F AkersASSOC DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $2,000
  • John Frederick Akers JrASSOC DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $2,000
  • Edmund Alex Hawes JrASSOC DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $2,000

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