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Form 990-PFTax year 2019EIN 81-2918523

Candlepower Foundation

A private foundation in Waynesville, NC. Its return for tax year 2019 lists 1 grant and $71,625 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2019 (period ending Dec 31, 2019), 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

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

  • Tax year 2019

    $71,625

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2018

    $13,029

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $71,625

Grants paid in 2019

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Kenya Partners IncAmelia Island, FL

    Completion of duplex on school

    $71,625

Where the money goes

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

  1. International aid1 grant $71,625100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina1 grant $71,625

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • John SchrotOFFICER Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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