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D Michael Warner-Elizabeth Craven Foundation Trust

Accepts applications Chapel Hill, North Carolina · EIN 814710242

D Michael Warner-Elizabeth Craven Foundation Trust is a private foundation in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In tax year 2025 it gave $1.1 million in 3 grants; the typical grant was $125,000 and the largest $848,685. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was down from $1.1 million 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$485,0004$5.3 million
2024$1.1 million3$4.6 million
2025$1.1 million3$4.9 million

How to apply

ContactMichael Warner
4112 Powder Mill Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Phone or email(919) 616-6255
What to submit, deadlinesSpecifics may be obtained at the above address
RestrictionsOrganizations working to foster long-term improvements and socio-economic opportunities and quality of life for low income north carolinians. Must be a 501(c)(3) organization.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in North Carolina.

StateGrantsAmount
North Carolina3$1.1 million

Grants paid in 2025

All 3 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
Raleigh, NC
To provide support$848,685
NC Justice & Community Dev Center
Raleigh, NC
To provide support$125,000
Democracy NC
Durham, NC
To provide support$100,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does D Michael Warner-Elizabeth Craven Foundation Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Specifics may be obtained at the above address.

How much does D Michael Warner-Elizabeth Craven Foundation Trust give?

$1.1 million in tax year 2025, across 3 grants, with a typical grant of $125,000.

Who runs D Michael Warner-Elizabeth Craven Foundation Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists D Michael Warner (Trustee) and Elizabeth B Craven (Trustee).

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