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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 56-6052820

Elias S Faison Foundation

A private foundation in Charlotte, NC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 1 grant and $107,374 paid in grants.

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

    $107,374

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $2,047,656
  • Tax year 2024

    $104,676

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $2,054,522
  • Tax year 2023

    $94,617

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,503,207
  • Tax year 2022

    $101,043

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,557,849
  • Tax year 2021

    $116,586

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,621,738
  • Tax year 2020

    $105,661

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,664,641
  • Tax year 2019

    $95,883

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,758,496
  • Tax year 2018

    $113,002

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,758,521

Grants paid in 2025

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Mecklenburg County Medical SocietyCharlotte, NC

    Medical Society meetings and lectures

    $107,374

Where the money goes

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

  1. Mutual benefit1 grant $107,374100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina1 grant $107,374

Officers, directors and trustees

20 people as filed

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

  • Amber Gombash MDDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Brandon Conner MDDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Kristine M Crimmins MDDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Oladimeji Lanade MDDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Louis H Zbinden III MD FACSDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Freeman R Jackson Jr MDDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Angela M BakerDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Brian May MDSec / Treasurer Hours 0Pay $0
  • Helen Saenz DODirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Chirag Patel MDPresident Hours 0Pay $0
  • Michael Sulewski PA-CDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Faison Knox MDPast President Hours 0Pay $0
  • Joshua Surowitz MDPresident-Elect Hours 0Pay $0
  • Bonnie Coyle Ronco MD MSEx-Officio Hours 0Pay $0
  • Kiki KoufaliotisExecutive Dir. Hours 0Pay $0
  • Rebecca E Hayes MD FAAFPEx-Officio Hours 0Pay $0
  • Hannah Florian MDDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Doug SwansonEx-Officio Hours 0Pay $0
  • Scott Adams DO PhDDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Zachary Morehouse DO MSDirector Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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