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Elizabeth City Foundation Committee

Accepts applications Raleigh, North Carolina · EIN 237076018

Elizabeth City Foundation Committee is a private foundation in Raleigh, North Carolina. In tax year 2024 it gave $210,133 in 26 grants; the typical grant was $5,050 and the largest $29,100. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $181,459 the year before.

12% of its 2024 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$181,45933$4.0 million
2024$210,13326$4.3 million

How to apply

ContactElizabeth City Foundation
P O Box 574, Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Phone or email(252) 338-3235
What to submitBy completion of the attached application (s) in such manner as the applicant desires
DeadlinesMarch 1 for Educational Scholarships; Other grants should be applied for by 03/15 and 09/15 for cons
RestrictionsScholarships confined to students in Camden and/or Pasquotank County per to the terms of trust document (s). Other grants are confined to agencies in the counties of the Albemarle area of Northeast NC.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What Elizabeth City Foundation Committee funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to North Carolina.

StateGrantsAmount
North Carolina20$182,333
New York1$12,500
Virginia3$10,100
Tennessee2$5,200

Grants paid in 2024

All 26 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Wake Forest University
Winston Salem, NC
Educational$29,100
Community Care Collaborative Albemarle Area United Way
Elizabeth City, NC
General purpose$20,000
American Red Cross
Elizabeth City, NC
General purpose$16,500
Arts of the Albemarle
Elizabeth City, NC
General purpose$16,000
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Educational$15,250
Albemarle Hopeline Inc
Elizabeth Cty, NC
General purpose$14,238
The Salvation Army of the Albemarle Region
Elizabeth City, NY
General purpose$12,500
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
Educational$10,100
Elizabeth City Habitat for Humanity
Elizabeth City, NC
General purpose$10,000
Boys & Girls Club of the Albemarle
Elizabeth City, NC
General purpose$10,000
SPCA of Northeastern North Carolina
Elizabeth City, NC
General purposes$9,000
Boy Scouts of America
Virginia Beach, VA
General purpose$5,500
Elizabeth City State University
Elizabeth City, NC
Educational$5,100
Dream Hunt and Fish Foundation
Elizabeth City, NC
General purpose$5,000
College of the Albemarle
Elizabeth City, NC
Educational$3,500
NC A&t University
Greensboro, NC
Educational$3,250
Johnson University
Knoxville, TN
General purposes$2,900
Friends of the Museum of the Albermarle Fund
Elizabeth City, NC
General purpose$2,795
NC State University
Raleigh, NC
Educational$2,600
University of Mount Olive
Mt Olive, NC
Educational$2,500
Port Discover
Elizabeth City, NC
General purpose$2,500
Nenc Blue Line Charities
Elizabeth City, NC
General purposes$2,500
Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA
General purposes$2,400
Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh, NC
Educational$2,400
Milligan University
Milligan UNIVERSITY, TN
Educational$2,300
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA
Educational$2,200

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Elizabeth City Foundation Committee accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: March 1 for Educational Scholarships; Other grants should be applied for by 03/15 and 09/15 for cons.

How much does Elizabeth City Foundation Committee give?

$210,133 in tax year 2024, across 26 grants, with a typical grant of $5,050.

Who runs Elizabeth City Foundation Committee?

Its 2024 filing lists Heidi H Prentiss (Committee Member), Mark Maland (Committee Member), Katherine Cartwright (Committee Member) and First Citizens Bank (Trustee) among 9 officers and trustees.

What does Elizabeth City Foundation Committee fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, human services and arts and culture.

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