Funding search · EIN 261589867 · Raleigh, NC
Sears Family Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 45
- grants reported
- $660,000
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $5,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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4 grants matching “stepup” · $40,000
- $15,000
Stepup Ministry · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General operations
- $10,000
Stepup Ministry · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General operations
- $10,000
Stepup Ministry · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Stepup Ministry · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General operations
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Casa2 grants · $183,500
- The Green Chair Project3 grants · $95,000
- Church On Morgan1 grant · $85,000
- A Place at the Table2 grants · $60,000
- Stepup Ministry4 grants · $40,000
- Gift of Life International4 grants · $40,000
- Salvation Army2 grants · $20,000
- Cecilia Rawlins Fund2 grants · $16,000
- Safechild2 grants · $15,000
- Families Together3 grants · $13,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 45 reported grants, largest first.
- $158,500
Casa · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Kings ridge
- $85,000
Church On Morgan · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General purposes
- $45,000
The Green Chair Project · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General purposes
- $30,000
A Place at the Table · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General purposes
- $30,000
A Place at the Table · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General purposes
- $25,000
Casa · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General purposes
- $25,000
The Green Chair Project · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General purposes
- $25,000
The Green Chair Project · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General purposes
- $15,000
Stepup Ministry · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General operations
- $12,000
Emmaus House · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Generasl operations
- $11,000
Cecilia Rawlins Fund · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General operations
- $10,000
Gift of Life International · Fresh Meadows, NY · 2025
General operations
- $10,000
Ship Community Outreach · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General purposes
- $10,000
Gift of Life International · Fresh Meadows, NY · 2024
General operations
- $10,000
Gift of Life International · Fresh Meadows, NY · 2024
General operations
- $10,000
Salvation Army · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General purposes
- $10,000
Salvation Army · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General purposes
- $10,000
Stepup Ministry · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General operations
- $10,000
Stepup Ministry · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General operations
- $10,000
Gift of Life International · Fresh Meadows, NY · 2023
General operations
- $10,000
Safechild · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Safechild · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General purposes
- $5,000
Beloved Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2024
General purposes
- $5,000
Beloved Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2024
General purposes
- $5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Wake County · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General purposese
- $5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Wake County · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General purposese
- $5,000
Families Together · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Families Together · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Manna Foodbank · Asheville, NC · 2024
General purposes
- $5,000
Manna Foodbank · Asheville, NC · 2024
General purposes
- $5,000
The Women'S Center · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General purposes
- $5,000
The Women'S Center · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General purposes
- $5,000
Cecilia Rawlins Fund · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Eden Village · Wilmington, NC · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Stepup Ministry · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Boys and Girls Club · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General operations
- $3,000
Boy Scouts of America · Irving, TX · 2025
General purposes
- $3,000
Women That Care · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General operations
- $3,000
Women That Care · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General operations
- $3,000
Women That Care · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General operations
- $3,000
Families Together · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General operations
- $3,000
Oak City Cares · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General operations
- $2,500
Food Bank of Eastern Nc · Wilmington, NC · 2022
General operations
- $2,000
Women That Care · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General operations
- $1,000
Women That Care · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General operations
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