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O Temple Sloan Jr Foundation

Accepts applications Raleigh, North Carolina · EIN 561870844

O Temple Sloan Jr Foundation is a private foundation in Raleigh, North Carolina. In tax year 2023 it gave $2.6 million in 199 grants; the typical grant was $6,500 and the largest $200,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2023.

Giving in 2023 was up from $2.5 million the year before.

16% of its 2023 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
2022$2.5 million212$47.8 million
2023$2.6 million199$52.4 million

How to apply

ContactCheryl P Ligon
821 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC 27604-1219
Phone or email(919) 573-2911

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2023. Details may have changed since.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What O Temple Sloan Jr Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its US grants went to recipients in 8 states, the most to North Carolina. It also paid $9,000 in 1 grant to recipients outside the US.

StateGrantsAmount
North Carolina120$1.9 million
Montana70$504,254
Texas1$100,000
Virginia3$38,095
Florida1$9,000
Kansas1$2,500
Oklahoma1$2,000
Michigan1$500

Grants paid in 2023

The 40 largest of 199 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Dix Park Conservancy
Raleigh, NC
General operation expenses$200,000
NC Zoological Society
Asheboro, NC
General operation expenses$150,000
Boy Scouts of America
Irving, TX
General operation expenses$100,000
Ravenscroft School
Raleigh, NC
General operation expenses$100,000
First Presbyterian Church
Raleigh, NC
General operation expenses$94,000
University of Montana Western
Dillon, MT
General operation expenses$90,000
Foundation for the Carolinas
Charlotte, NC
General operation expenses$66,700
Hospice of Wake County DBA Transitions Lifecare
Raleigh, NC
General operation expenses$55,000
NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Raleigh, NC
General operation expenses$55,000
Hearts and Hands for Haiti
Raleigh, NC
General operation expenses$50,000
NC Symphony
Raleigh, NC
General operation expenses$50,000
Salvation Army
Raleigh, NC
General operation expenses$50,000
Southwestern Montana YMCA
Dillon, MT
General operation expenses$50,000
YMCA We Build Peopleymca of the Triangle Inc
Raleigh, NC
General operation expenses$50,000
The William Black Lodge Inc
Montreat, NC
General operation expenses$37,500
Wake Technical Community College Foundation Inc
Raleigh, NC
General operation expenses$34,900
Boys and Girls Clubs of Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
General operation expenses$30,000
NC Museum of History
Raleigh, NC
General operation expenses$30,000
Beaverhead County Museum Association
Dillon, MT
General operation expenses$27,000
Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina
Raleigh, NC
General operation expenses$25,000
Patriot Foundation
Pinehurst, NC
General operation expenses$25,000
North Carolina State University - Poole College of Management
Raleigh, NC
General operation expenses$22,000
Meredith College
Raleigh, NC
General operation expenses$20,000
Union Presbyterian Seminary
Richmond, VA
General operation expenses$20,000
Raleigh Police Department Foundation
Raleigh, NC
General operation expenses$20,000
Lee County Education Foundation
Sanford, NC
General operation expenses$19,000
Individual
NC
Scholarship - western carolina university$18,000
Triangle Family Services Inc
Raleigh, NC
General operation expenses$15,000
Individual
VA
Scholarship - john hopkins university$14,885
Individual
NC
Scholarship - north carolina central university$13,183
Foundation of Hope
Raleigh, NC
General operation expenses$12,500
Individual
NC
Scholarship - university of north carolina greensboro$12,000
Individual
NC
Scholarship - university of north carolina at chapel hill$12,000
Individual
NC
Scholarship - north carolina state university$12,000
Individual
NC
Scholarship - university of north carolina at chapel hill$12,000
Individual
NC
Scholarship - east carolina university$12,000
Individual
NC
Scholarship - north carolina state university$12,000
Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Inc
Charlotte, NC
General operation expenses$12,000
Individual
NC
Scholarship - university of north carolina at chapel hill$11,711
Individual
NC
Scholarship - north carolina central university$10,969

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2023 filing.

Questions people ask

Does O Temple Sloan Jr Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does O Temple Sloan Jr Foundation give?

$2.6 million in tax year 2023, across 199 grants, with a typical grant of $6,500.

Who runs O Temple Sloan Jr Foundation?

Its 2023 filing lists O Temple Sloan Jr (Trustee), Carson S Henline (Trustee), Mark H Sloan (Trustee) and O Temple Sloan III (Trustee) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does O Temple Sloan Jr Foundation fund?

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

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