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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 58-1537766

W S Wellons Foundation

A private foundation in Spring Lake, NC. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 3 grants and $4,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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
William S Wellons
PO Box 766, P O Box 766
Spring Lake, NC 28390
(910) 436-3131
Form and materials
Contact individual in 2a for details
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $4,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $349,979

  • Tax year 2023

    $58,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $382,268

  • Tax year 2022

    $58,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $454,904

  • Tax year 2021

    $19,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $522,702

  • Tax year 2020

    $21,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $514,668

Grants paid in 2024

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Falcon Childrens HomeFalcon, NC

    General fund

    $2,500
  2. Cape Fear Botanical GardensFayetteville, NC

    Arbor

    $1,000
  3. Methodist UniversityFayetteville, NC

    Scholarship

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $1,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina3 grants $4,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • W S Wellons JrCHAIRMAN Hours 1Pay $40,000
  • Judy WellonsDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $10,000

The return

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