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Keys Open Doors Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Carolina Beach, North Carolina · EIN 463283008

Keys Open Doors Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Carolina Beach, North Carolina. In tax year 2025 it gave $73,470 in 34 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $7,500. 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 $69,830 the year before.

41% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$52,41527$0
2024$69,83029$0
2025$73,47034$0

How to apply

ContactDeborah Jackson
1102 North Fort Fisher Blvd, Carolina Beach, NC 28428
Phone or email(305) 294-9924, seascapeproductions@earthlink.net
What to submitWritten Application

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Keys Open Doors Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 7 states, the most to North Carolina.

StateGrantsAmount
North Carolina19$47,570
Florida9$19,400
California1$2,500
Massachusetts2$2,000
Colorado1$1,000
Kansas1$500
New York1$500

Grants paid in 2025

All 34 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Hickory Nut Gorge Outreach
Lake Lure, NC
No Restrictions$7,500
Key West High School Drama Club
Key West, FL
No restrictions$7,000
Lake Lure Classical Academy
Lake Lure, NC
No Restrictions$6,820
Nourish NC
Chapel Hill, NC
No restrictions$6,500
Red Barn Theater
Key West, FL
No restrictions$5,000
Lake Lure Flowering Bridge
Lake Lure, NC
No restrictions$5,000
The Foundation for Lake Lure
Lake Lure, NC
No restrictions$5,000
Yoga Village
Wilmington, NC
No restrictions$3,000
Individual
NC
No restrictions$3,000
Individual
NC
No restrictions$3,000
Zonta Club of Key West
Key West, FL
No Restrictions$2,500
Trauma Resource Institute
Claremont, CA
No restrictions$2,500
Individual
MA
No restrictions$1,500
Womankind
Key West, FL
No restrictions$1,100
Cosmore Foundation Inc
Rutherford, NC
No restrictions$1,000
Theater for All
Wilmington, NC
No restrictions$1,000
The Help Center of Federal Point
Carolina Beach, NC
No restrictions$1,000
Univ of Colorado Foundation
Aurora, CO
To linda crnic institute for down syndrome$1,000
Individual
NC
No restrictions$1,000
Grace Foods Rutherford County
Mill Spring, NC
No restrictions$1,000
The Fairy Gaymothers
Key West, FL
No restrictions$1,000
Star of the Sea Foundation
Key West, FL
No restrictions$1,000
Keys to be the Change
Key West, FL
No restrictions$800
Key West Sailing Club
Key West, FL
No restrictions$500
Lils Thrift Shop
Lake Lure, NC
No restrictions$500
A Positive Step Monroe County
Key West, FL
No restrictions$500
The Way of the Equine Warrior
Mill Spring, NC
No restrictions$500
Individual
NC
No restrictions$500
Love Is Bald Inc
Wilmington, NC
No restrictions$500
Esperanze Academy
Lawrence, MA
No restrictions$500
Individual
NY
No restrictions$500
LGBTQ Center of Cape Fear
Wilmington, NC
No restrictions$500
Southern Poverty Law Center
Topeka, KS
No restrictions$500
Individual
NC
No restrictions$250

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Keys Open Doors Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Keys Open Doors Foundation Inc give?

$73,470 in tax year 2025, across 34 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs Keys Open Doors Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Deborah Jackson (President) and Thomas Jackson (Vice President).

What does Keys Open Doors Foundation Inc fund?

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

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