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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 82-3747731

Lanier Foundation Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Pennington, NJ. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $173,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 30, 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $173,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,574,944

  • Tax year 2023

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,348,782

  • Tax year 2022

    $74,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $988,199

  • Tax year 2021

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $735,176

  • Tax year 2020

    $100,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $566,209

  • Tax year 2019

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $346,815

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Meharry Medical CollegeNashville, TN

    Unrestricted general

    $120,000
  2. Institute Divine Metaphysical ResearchLos Angeles, CA

    Unrestricted general

    $32,000
  3. North Carolina Central University (nccu)Durham, NC

    Scholarships

    $15,000
  4. Operation Smile IncVirginia BCH, VA

    Unrestricted general

    $6,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $120,00095% of the total
  2. International aid1 grant $6,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Tennessee1 grant $120,000
  2. California1 grant $32,000
  3. North Carolina1 grant $15,000
  4. Virginia1 grant $6,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Jerry LanierTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Brenda LanierTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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