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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 87-2222734

Carolina Wildlands Foundation

A private foundation in Chesterfield, SC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $14,500 paid in grants.

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. It still lists the details below.

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Email
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
January 31st of each year
Restrictions
Carolina wildlands foundation will be working with surrounding universities in north and south carolina serving undergraduate or graduate students. There is no relationship with between the recipient organizations and carolina wildlands foundation. Carolina wildlands foundation will provide funding per a grant application request. The funding request is a maximum of $5,000. Interested applicants will receive a package that includes submission guidelines along with the grant application for the project year. The carolina wildlands foundation board will review the grant applications and vote on the approval of the grant funds based on application qualifications and allowable total grant funds for the organizations tax year that have been decided by the board. The recipient group will be required to prepare a report summarizing the activities and results of the funded project.

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Assets and giving by year

5 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $14,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $52,026
  • Tax year 2024

    $634

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $38,319
  • Tax year 2023

    $16,511

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $54,499
  • Tax year 2022

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $34,599
  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $50,000

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Winthrop UniversityRock Hill, SC

    To help create research opportunities for faculty-led college students to become interested in and pursue research opportunities in the biological sciences to address the current shortage of field research scientists, at the time they are needed most.

    $6,000
  2. Wingate UniversityWingate, NC

    To help create research opportunities for faculty-led college students to become interested in and pursue research opportunities in the biological sciences to address the current shortage of field research scientists, at the time they are needed most.

    $5,000
  3. Queens University of CharlotteCharlotte, NC

    To help create research opportunities for faculty-led college students to become interested in and pursue research opportunities in the biological sciences to address the current shortage of field research scientists, at the time they are needed most.

    $3,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $8,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina2 grants $8,500
  2. South Carolina1 grant $6,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Brad M TurleyPRESIDENT Hours 30Pay $0
  • David HarperVP AND SECRETARY Hours 10Pay $22,000
  • Patricia MartinDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Dwight DimaculanganDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Patrick MooreDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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