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Woodson Family Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Asheville, North Carolina · EIN 561544614

Woodson Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Asheville, North Carolina. In tax year 2024 it gave $83,276 in 18 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $62,276. 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 $67,000 the year before.

11% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$67,00020$1.6 million
2024$83,27618$1.8 million

How to apply

ContactSheila W Horine
53 Cedar Hill Drive, Ashevelle, NC 28803-3044
Phone or email(828) 274-8532
What to submitNone designated

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Woodson Family Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts1$62,276
North Carolina15$20,000
Virginia2$1,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 18 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Northfield Mt Hermon - Richard Odman Endowed Fund
Mount Hermon, MA
Educational$62,276
Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities
Southern Pines, NC
Educational$4,000
The Roaring Gap Foundation
Greensboro, NC
Educational$2,500
Children's Welfare League
Asheville, NC
Educational$2,000
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc
Asheville, NC
Charitable$2,000
North Carolina Museum of Art
Raleigh, NC
Charitable$1,250
North Carolina Museum of History Foundation Inc
Raleigh, NC
Educational$1,250
Ecoforesters
Asheville, NC
Natural preservation$1,000
Raleigh Fine Arts Society Inc
Raleigh, NC
Educational$1,000
Saint Mary's School
Raleigh, NC
Educational$1,000
The Corral Riding Academy Inc
Cary, NC
Educational$1,000
The Walthour-Moss Foundation
Southern Pines, NC
Natural preservation$1,000
Women for Women
Asheville, NC
Charitable$1,000
Chatham Hall
Chatham, VA
Educational$500
Friend to Friend
Carthage, NC
Charitable$500
Woodberry Forest School
Woodberry Forest, VA
Educational$500
The Boys & Girls Club of the Sandhills Inc
Southern Pines, NC
Charitable$250
Carolina Horse Park Foundation
Raeford, NC
Charitable$250

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Woodson Family Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Woodson Family Foundation Inc give?

$83,276 in tax year 2024, across 18 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs Woodson Family Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Richard P Woodson IV (Trustee), Sheila W Horine (Trustee) and Martha W Dunnagan (Trustee).

What does Woodson Family Foundation Inc fund?

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

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