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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 65-0450989

Edgar T Cato Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Aiken, SC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $170,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $170,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,500,979

  • Tax year 2024

    $160,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $3,415,663

  • Tax year 2023

    $100,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $3,412,538

  • Tax year 2022

    $110,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $4,133,098

  • Tax year 2021

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $4,983,543

  • Tax year 2020

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $4,783,686

  • Tax year 2019

    $160,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $3,972,813

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Tribal Trust FoundationWest Palm BCH, FL

    Support organization's mission to uplift traditional indigenous knowledge systems and make them accessible across generations and geographies through education, grantmaking, storytelling, and community engagement.

    $70,000
  2. Rebuild Hot Springs AreaHot Springs, NC

    Support the organization's mission to assist residents, workers, and businesses of hot springs, NC rebuild following the devestation left by hurricane helene.

    $50,000
  3. Beyond Animal ShelteringMarshall, NC

    Support the organization's mission to enhance and strengthen the efforts of madison county animal services with initiatives that advance animal welfare and support the professionals who serve them.

    $50,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $70,00058% of the total
  2. Disaster relief and public safety1 grant $50,00042% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina2 grants $100,000
  2. California1 grant $70,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Christine Anne CatoDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $20,000
  • Edgar T Cato IIIDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $20,000
  • Christina HepnerDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $20,000

The return

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