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Nancy A Wright Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Chapel Hill, North Carolina · EIN 208088041

Nancy A Wright Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In tax year 2024 it gave $168,000 in 10 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $75,000. 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 $153,000 the year before.

20% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$153,00011$3.1 million
2024$168,00010$3.2 million

How to apply

ContactNancy Ann Wright Foundation Inc
4909 Western Boulevard Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27606

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in North Carolina.

StateGrantsAmount
North Carolina10$168,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 10 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
UNC Health Foundation
Chapel Hill, NC
Ophthalmological research project of$75,000
Urban Ministries of Wake County
Raleigh, NC
Helen g. Wright center for women$15,000
Arise Collective
Raleigh, NC
General operations$15,000
Healing Transitions
Raleigh, NC
General operating$15,000
Triangle Family Services
Raleigh, NC
General operations$10,000
Casa
Raleigh, NC
General operations$10,000
Family Promise
Raleigh, NC
General operations$10,000
Trosa
Durham, NC
General operations$10,000
Springmoor Endowment Fund
Raleigh, NC
General donation$5,000
The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue & Rehabilitation Center
Surf City, NC
General donation$3,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Nancy A Wright Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Nancy A Wright Foundation Inc give?

$168,000 in tax year 2024, across 10 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs Nancy A Wright Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists George W Meyer Jr (Vice Preside), James A Lucas Jr (Secretary/Tr), Helen Frankstone (President) and Paula Meyer (Board Member).

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