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Mildred Sheffield Wells Char Trust

Accepts applications Raleigh, North Carolina · EIN 566505336

Mildred Sheffield Wells Char Trust is a private foundation in Raleigh, North Carolina. In tax year 2024 it gave $335,191 in 18 grants; the typical grant was $19,826 and the largest $51,766. 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 $319,647 the year before.

56% of its 2024 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
2022$341,29916$8.0 million
2023$319,64717$9.4 million
2024$335,19118$9.9 million

How to apply

ContactDist Committee
1100 Conference Dr, Greenville, NC 27858
Phone or email(252) 756-8888
What to submitApplication forms available at above address
Restrictions501C3 organizations within pitt county, North Carolina, or 501C3 organizations engaged in arthritic or cancer research wherever located

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Mildred Sheffield Wells Char Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to North Carolina.

StateGrantsAmount
North Carolina17$331,691
South Carolina1$3,500

Grants paid in 2024

All 18 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
St Pauls Episcopal Church
Greenville, NC
501c3 purposes$51,766
Food Bank - Central & Eastern NC
Greenville, NC
501c3 purposes$25,000
Rebuilding Together Pitt County
Greenville, NC
501c3 purposes$25,000
Feed Your Neighbor Food Pantry
Greenville, NC
501c3 purposes$22,600
The Salvation Army
Greenville, NC
501c3 purposes$21,766
Boys & Girls Club of Coastal Plain
Winterville, NC
501c3 purposes$21,766
Carenet Counseling East
Greenville, NC
501c3 purposes$20,000
Habitat for Humanity
Greenville, NC
501c3 purposes$20,000
Straightway Church
Ayden, NC
501c3 purposes$20,000
Chicod Choral Department
Greenville, NC
501c3 purposes$19,652
Greenville Museum of Art Inc
Greenville, NC
501c3 purposes$15,731
Hope of Glory Ministries
Greenville, NC
5013c purposes$15,000
University Health Systems
Greenville, NC
501c3 purposes$15,000
Emerge Gallery & Art Center
Greenville, NC
501c3 purposes$14,000
DH Conley High School Bands
Greenville, NC
501c3 purposes$13,000
Moonbeams and Miracles Theraeutic
Grimesland, NC
501c3 purposes$6,500
Lives of Purpose
Grimesland, NC
501c3 purposes$4,910
Children's Cancer Partners
Spartansburg, SC
501c3 purposes$3,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Mildred Sheffield Wells Char Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Mildred Sheffield Wells Char Trust give?

$335,191 in tax year 2024, across 18 grants, with a typical grant of $19,826.

Who runs Mildred Sheffield Wells Char Trust?

Its 2024 filing lists Bank of America (Trustee), James G Sullivan (Chairman), Danny McNally (Member) and Andrew S Cannan (Member).

What does Mildred Sheffield Wells Char Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities, food and hunger and human services.

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