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Forrest Long and Jane Long Char Fdn

Accepts applications Orlando, Florida · EIN 357217890

Forrest Long and Jane Long Char Fdn is a private foundation in Orlando, Florida. In tax year 2025 it gave $350,000 in 15 grants; the typical grant was $15,000 and the largest $100,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $299,500 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$296,00014$6.9 million
2024$299,50015$7.9 million
2025$350,00015$8.8 million

How to apply

ContactTrista Shigley
2 W Washington St Ste 800, Greenville, SC 29601-4897
Phone or email(864) 282-3174
What to submitWritten request
RestrictionsReligious, charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes, directly or by contribution to organizations authorized to carry on religious, charitable, scientific, literary or educational activities.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Forrest Long and Jane Long Char Fdn funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 8 states, the most to South Carolina.

StateGrantsAmount
South Carolina5$135,000
Tennessee1$100,000
North Carolina3$44,000
Michigan1$25,000
District of Columbia1$20,000
Florida1$15,000
Virginia2$6,000
Massachusetts1$5,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 15 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Shriners Hospital for Children
Greenville, SC
General support$100,000
St Jude Childrens Research Center
Memphis, TN
General support$100,000
Samaritans Purse
Boone, NC
General operating$28,000
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale, MI
General support$25,000
United Service Organization (Uso)
Washington, DC
General support$20,000
Miracle Hill Ministries
Greenville, SC
General support$15,000
The Bolles School
Jacksonville, FL
General support$15,000
Crossnore School & Children's Home
Crossnore, NC
General support$15,000
First Presbyterian Church
Greenville, SC
General support$14,000
Sigma Nu Educational Foundation
Lexington, VA
General support$5,000
Warrior Canine Connection
Boyds, MA
General support$5,000
Wofford College Terrier Club
Spartanburg, SC
General support$5,000
Lees Macrae College
Banner Elk, NC
General support$1,000
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation
Triangle, VA
General support$1,000
Peace Center
Greenville, SC
General operating$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Forrest Long and Jane Long Char Fdn accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Forrest Long and Jane Long Char Fdn give?

$350,000 in tax year 2025, across 15 grants, with a typical grant of $15,000.

Who runs Forrest Long and Jane Long Char Fdn?

Its 2025 filing lists Truist Bank (Trustee) and Forrest B Long (Trustee).

What does Forrest Long and Jane Long Char Fdn fund?

Based on its grants, mainly youth programs, health and education.

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