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Wayne and Carolyn Jones Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Fayetteville, North Carolina · EIN 311738970

Wayne and Carolyn Jones Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Fayetteville, North Carolina. In tax year 2025 it gave $370,125 in 8 grants; the typical grant was $4,525 and the largest $302,200. 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 $273,885 the year before.

38% of its 2025 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$324,82511$2.7 million
2024$273,8859$2.8 million
2025$370,1258$2.8 million

How to apply

ContactWayne and Carolyn Jones
2 Laurens Street Unit 1B, Charleston, SC 29401
Phone or email(910) 323-0191
What to submitIn writing to the above referenced address

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Wayne and Carolyn Jones Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
South Carolina7$367,625
North Carolina1$2,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 8 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Gibbs Museum of Art
Charleston, SC
General fund$302,200
SC Aquarium
Charleston, SC
General$50,000
First Scots Presby CH
Charleston, SC
General$5,250
The Charleston Museum
Charleston, SC
General fund$5,000
Lutheran Homes of SC Fdn
Irmo, SC
General$4,050
Miscellaneous
Fayetteville, NC
General$2,500
Preservation Trust for St Helena's
Beaufort, SC
Support$1,000
Ladies Benevolent
Charleston, SC
General$125

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Wayne and Carolyn Jones Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Wayne and Carolyn Jones Charitable Foundation give?

$370,125 in tax year 2025, across 8 grants, with a typical grant of $4,525.

Who runs Wayne and Carolyn Jones Charitable Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Wayne Jones (President) and Carolyn Jones (Sec/Treas).

What does Wayne and Carolyn Jones Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture.

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