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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 88-2482223

Beacon Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Swannanoa, NC. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 1 grant and $100,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $100,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,845,978

  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $411,993

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $9,693

Grants paid in 2024

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Bounty and SoulBlack MTN, NC

    Helene disaster relief fund

    $100,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Food and agriculture1 grant $100,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina1 grant $100,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Meredith W EllisonDIRECTOR AND SECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0
  • Brandon EllisonDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Casey WatkinsDIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Sarah WatkinsDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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