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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 60-0000581

Borden Foundation

A private foundation in Goldsboro, NC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 34 grants and $187,900 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

    $187,900

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $2,581,073

  • Tax year 2024

    $158,150

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $2,372,582

  • Tax year 2023

    $160,200

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $2,200,256

  • Tax year 2022

    $78,150

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $2,076,439

  • Tax year 2021

    $112,880

    Grants listed
    45
    Assets, end of year
    $672,636

  • Tax year 2020

    $85,600

    Grants listed
    42
    Assets, end of year
    $723,935

  • Tax year 2019

    $59,550

    Grants listed
    46
    Assets, end of year
    $748,501

  • Tax year 2018

    $75,500

    Grants listed
    47
    Assets, end of year
    $755,100

Grants paid in 2025

34 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Boys and Girls ClubsRaleigh, NC

    Program support

    $20,000
  2. United Way-Wayne CountyGoldsboro, NC

    Program support

    $15,000
  3. Wake Med FoundationRaleigh, NC

    Program support

    $15,000
  4. NC Aquarium SocietyRaleigh, NC

    Program support

    $12,500
  5. Wayne County Development AllianceGoldsboro, NC

    Program support

    $12,500
  6. Clemson University FoundationClemson, SC

    Program support

    $10,000
  7. Duke UniversityDurham, NC

    Program support

    $10,000
  8. Shrine MontOrkney Springs, VA

    Program support

    $10,000
  9. Wake ReliefRaleigh, NC

    Program support

    $10,000
  10. A Place to BeMiddleburg, VA

    Program support

    $5,000
  11. American Red CrossWashington, DC

    Program support

    $5,000
  12. Boys and Girls ClubsGoldsboro, NC

    Program support

    $5,000
  13. Downtown Goldsboro Development CorpGoldsboro, NC

    Program support

    $5,000
  14. Friends of Handley Regional LibraryWinchester, VA

    Program support

    $5,000
  15. Salvation Army of GoldsboroGoldsboro, NC

    Program support

    $5,000
  16. Wayne Opportunity Center IncGoldsboro, NC

    Program support

    $5,000
  17. Winchester Education FoundationWinchester, VA

    Program support

    $5,000
  18. Children's Cancer PTRS - CarolinasSpartanburg, SC

    Program support

    $4,000
  19. University of North CarolinaChapel Hill, NC

    Program support

    $4,000
  20. American Cancer SocietyRaleigh, NC

    Program support

    $2,500
  21. Carolina Public HumanitiesChapel Hill, NC

    Program support

    $2,500
  22. Communities Supprting SchoolsGoldsboro, NC

    Program support

    $2,500
  23. Paramount Theatre FoundationGoldsboro, NC

    Program support

    $2,500
  24. Wayne Pregnancy CenterGoldsboro, NC

    Program support

    $2,500
  25. Healthy Families N Shenandoah ValWinchester, VA

    Program support

    $2,000
  26. Old Waynesborough CommissionGoldsboro, NC

    Program support

    $2,000
  27. Wayne County Recovery CorporationGoldsboro, NC

    Program support

    $2,000
  28. Boy Scouts of America - TuscaroraGoldsboro, NC

    Program support

    $1,200
  29. Preservation North CarolinaRaleigh, NC

    Program support

    $1,200
  30. Girls on the Run-Shenandoah ValleyWinchester, VA

    Program support

    $1,000
  31. NC Zoological SocietyAsheboro, NC

    Program support

    $1,000
  32. Wayne Charitable PartnershipGoldsboro, NC

    Program support

    $1,000
  33. Core Sound Waterfowl MuseumHarkers Is, NC

    Program support

    $500
  34. Literacy Connections of Wayne CoGoldsboro, NC

    Program support

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education4 grants $30,00040% of the total
  2. Community development2 grants $17,50023% of the total
  3. Sports and recreation1 grant $10,00013% of the total
  4. Arts and culture3 grants $5,0007% of the total
  5. Human services1 grant $5,0007% of the total
  6. Jobs and employment1 grant $5,0007% of the total
  7. 2 other causes2 grants $3,0004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina25 grants $140,900
  2. Virginia6 grants $28,000
  3. South Carolina2 grants $14,000
  4. District of Columbia1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • W Lee BordenPRESIDENT/TR Hours 10Pay $0
  • Martin W BordenVICE PRESIDE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Martha B RobersonSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0

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