Open Foundations · North Carolina

Anonymous Trust

Raleigh, North Carolina · EIN 266220561. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $20.2M across 314 grants in 2025, a median of $7K each.

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$20.2M
paid in 2025
314
grants paid
$7K
median grant
14%
to first-time recipients
$110.5M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
MARGARET TURLINGTON COORDINATOR
Address
PO BOX 2087, CLINTON, NC, 28329
Phone
9103856716
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
SIMPLE GIFTS SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION (AVAILABLE AT THE WEBSITE WWW.SIMPLEGIFTSFUND.ORG), CURRENT RESUME, THREE RECOMMENDATIONS (TEACHER, PEER, ADDITIONAL), COUNSELOR STATEMENT, TRANSCRIPTS OF ACADEMIC RECORDS, COMPLETED CSS PROFILE, PDF DOCUMENT OF SAT,ACT, AND SUBJECT TEST SCORES, COPY FINANCIAL AWARD LETTER FROM COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY TO BE ATTENDED, AND COPY OF LETTER(S) NOTIFYING THE APPLICANT OF SCHOLARSHIPS OR FELLOWSHIPS GRANTED.
Submission deadline
NOVEMBER 1 FOR THE FOLLOWING ACADEMIC YEAR.
Restrictions on awards
THE SIMPLE GIFTS SCHOLARSHIP IS WORTH UP TO $50,000 PER YEAR TO EARN A FOUR YEAR DEGREE AT AN OUT-OF-STATE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY. ELIGIBLE STUDENTS MUST BE 1) UNITED STATES CITIZEN AND RESIDENT OF NORTH CAROLINA 2) HAVE ATTENDED A HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED IN SAMPSON COUNTY, NC FOR A MINIMUM OF TWO SCHOOL YEARS, OR BE SCHEDULED TO COMPLETE A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS AT TIME OF GRADUATION 3) BE SCHEDULED TO BECOME A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE IN YEAR OF THE APPLICATION OR BE A GRADUATE OF SAMPSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE 4) BEEN ACCEPTED INTO AND BE PLANNING TO ATTEND AN ACCREDITED LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 5) RANK IN THE TOP 25% OF HIS/HER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS 6) HAVE AN UNMET FINANCIAL NEED.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202601349349103430. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

love learningteacher stipenddive intointo readingdeep divescholarshipchallenge

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 314 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Fayetteville State University FoundationNC$2,520,570SECURITIES DONATION FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2Arise CollectiveNC$1,569,768GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
3Nc State Foundation IncNC$1,325,950GRANT FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL SCHOLARS
4North Carolina Museum of Art FoundationNC$1,002,640SECURITIES DONATION FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
5Unc Pembroke Foundation IncNC$604,384SECURITIES DONATION FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
6Barton CollegeNC$487,115SECURITIES DONATION FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
7Fayetteville State University FoundationNC$405,145GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
8IpasNC$400,000CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
9Teach for AmericaGA$400,000GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
10Unc Chapel HillGA$380,370GRANT FOR CAROLINA CORP AT 26-PROJECT
11Ripe for RevivalNC$315,000GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
12Duke University - Nicholas SchoolNC$300,000GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
13Ecu Health FoundationNC$300,000CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
14Ymca of Southeastern NcNC$300,000GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT (MULTI-YEAR)
15Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal PlainNC$275,000GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020199$9.4M
2021179$10.4M
2022198$12.2M
2023178$14.3M
2024218$15.6M
2025 (partial year)314$20.2M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
North Carolina84%
Virginia5%
South Carolina4%
Georgia2%
Pennsylvania1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Anne B FairclothTRUSTEE · 2025
Deborah M AikenEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · 2025
Kimberly K BreedenSIMPLY EAST FUND DIRECTOR · 2025
Margaret TurlingtonSCHOLARSHIP COORDINATOR · 2025
Maria M LynchTRUSTEE · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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