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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 57-6022719

The Stringer Foundation

A private foundation in Anderson, SC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $39,059 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Robert M Rainey
1602 N Boulevard
Anderson, SC 29621
(864) 934-8703
Form and materials
Letter
Deadlines
September 10
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $39,059

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $549,424

  • Tax year 2024

    $57,991

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $557,133

  • Tax year 2023

    $52,189

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $584,470

  • Tax year 2022

    $61,676

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $610,294

  • Tax year 2021

    $30,367

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $630,435

  • Tax year 2020

    $25,269

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $634,263

  • Tax year 2019

    $7,982

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $646,142

  • Tax year 2018

    $8,866

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $686,339

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Favor UpstateGreenville, SC

    Community

    $20,000
  2. Anderson UniversityAnderson, SC

    Educational

    $14,500
  3. St John's United Methodist ChurchAnderson, SC

    Community/religious

    $4,559

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $14,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. South Carolina3 grants $39,059

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Mary R BelserTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Robert M RaineyPRESIDENT, CHAIRMAN Hours 3Pay $0
  • Catherine D RaineyTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Stanley W ConverseTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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