Open Foundations · North Carolina

Gipson Family Foundation

Raleigh, North Carolina · EIN 562001414. It paid $2.7M across 71 grants in 2025, a median of $10K each. Its Form 990-PF says it accepts unsolicited grant requests.

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$2.7M
paid in 2025
71
grants paid
$10K
median grant
54%
to first-time recipients
$83.0M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

These application terms come from Part XV of the foundation's Form 990-PF.

Send requests to
THOMAS GIPSON
Address
609 BROOKFIELD ROAD, RALEIGH, NC, 27615
Phone
9198478500
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
NONE
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

From the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202601359349103970. Entries appear as filed.

What it funds, in its own words

These are the most frequent words in the purposes the foundation wrote on its 2025 grants.

activies

Biggest grants in 2025

These are the 15 largest of the 71 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Wake Med FoundationNC$1,000,000GENERAL ACTIVIES
2Dix Park ConservancyNC$250,000GENERAL ACTIVITIES
3Dorothea Dix Park ConservancyNC$100,000GENERAL ACTIVITIES
4Southeast Raleigh PromiseNC$100,000GENERAL ACTIVITIES
5Raleigh Area Land TrustNC$90,000GENERAL ACTIVITIES
6The Hope Center at PullenNC$75,000GENERAL ACTIVITIES
7Benjamin Franklin HouseNC$60,000GENERA ACTIVITIES
8East Wake Education FoundationNC$60,000GENERAL ACTIVIES
9Ymca of SeattleWA$50,000GENERAL ACTIVITIES
10Konbit Sante CapME$45,000GENERAL ACTIVITIES
11Nc Museum of ArtNC$35,100GENERAL ACTIVITIES
12Healing TransitionsNC$33,500GENERAL ACTIVITIES
13American Liver FoundationNY$30,000GENERAL ACTIVITES
14Boys & Girls Clubs of Kings CountyWA$30,000GENERAL ACTIITIES
15Oak City CaresNC$30,000GENERAL ACTIVITIES

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202058$1.3M
202156$977K
202261$1.4M
202369$2.2M
202466$2.7M
2025 (partial year)71$2.7M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
North Carolina63%
New York7%
Washington6%
Maine4%
Pennsylvania3%

Who decides

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

Cary GipsonTRUSTEE · 2025
Clay GipsonTRUSTEE · 2025
Donald GipsonTRUSTEE · 2025
Elizabeth CheathamTRUSTEE · 2025
Patricia C GipsonTRUSTEE · 2025
Thomas GipsonDIRECTOR · 2025

Each figure comes from the foundation's latest filed year, 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Grants and application terms come from each foundation's latest IRS 990-PF e-file return. 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 count once and totals can run low. Full method.

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

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