Funding search · EIN 276561536 · Hickory, NC

The Claude S Jr and Raenelle Aberne

Name: The Claude S Jr and Raenelle Aberne grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

71
grants reported: $810,136
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Neighbors Network3 grants · $148,918
The Green Room3 grants · $93,000
Corinth Reformed Church3 grants · $90,000
Linc3 grants · $73,000
Wake Forest University3 grants · $61,000
Classroom Connections3 grants · $48,000
John'S River Valley Camp3 grants · $47,000
Catawba College3 grants · $34,000
Catawba Valley Medical Center Fdn3 grants · $30,000
Hart Square Foundation2 grants · $21,500

Giving over time

$298,436

2022

$271,200

2023

$240,500

2024

Grant history

All 71 reported grants, largest first.

$67,218
Neighbors Network · Conover, NC · 2022
Program support
$50,000
Corinth Reformed Church · Hickory, NC · 2022
Program support
$41,700
Neighbors Network · Conover, NC · 2023
Program support
$40,000
Neighbors Network · Conover, NC · 2024
Program support
$35,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024
Program support
$32,000
The Green Room · Newton, NC · 2024
Program support
$31,000
Corinth Reformed Church · Hickory, NC · 2023
Program support
$31,000
The Green Room · Newton, NC · 2023
Program support
$30,000
The Green Room · Newton, NC · 2022
Program support
$27,500
Linc · Newton, NC · 2024
Program support
$24,500
Linc · Newton, NC · 2022
Program support
$21,000
Linc · Newton, NC · 2023
Program support
$21,000
Classroom Connections · Newton, NC · 2022
Program support
$18,000
Classroom Connections · Newton, NC · 2023
Program support
$17,500
Hart Square Foundation · Vale, NC · 2023
Program support
$17,000
John'S River Valley Camp · Collettsville, NC · 2024
Program support
$15,000
John'S River Valley Camp · Collettsville, NC · 2023
Program support
$15,000
John'S River Valley Camp · Collettsville, NC · 2022
Program support
$14,000
University Christian High School · Hickory, NC · 2023
Program support
$14,000
Catawba College · Salisbury, NC · 2022
Program support
$14,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2022
Program support
$12,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Catawba College · Salisbury, NC · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Catawba Valley Medical Center Fdn · Hickory, NC · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Catawba College · Salisbury, NC · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Catawba Valley Medical Center Fdn · Hickory, NC · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Trinity Church · Hickory, NC · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Catawba Valley Medical Center Fdn · Hickory, NC · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Hickory Museum of Art · Hickory, NC · 2022
Program support
$9,000
Classroom Connections · Newton, NC · 2024
Program support
$9,000
Corinth Reformed Church · Hickory, NC · 2024
Program support
$6,000
Catawba Valley Habitat for Humanity · Hickory, NC · 2024
Program support
$6,000
Young Life · Hickory, NC · 2023
Program support
$6,000
Young Life · Hickory, NC · 2022
Program support
$5,718
My Father'S House Ministry · Newton, NC · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Carolina Thread Trail · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Hickory Music Factory · Hickory, NC · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Soldiers Reunion · Newton, NC · 2024
Program support
$5,000
University Christian High School · Hickory, NC · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Young Life · Hickory, NC · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Carolina Thread Trail · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Hickory Music Factory · Hickory, NC · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Soldiers Reunion · Newton, NC · 2023
Program support
$5,000
United Arts Council of Catawba · Hickory, NC · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Western Piedmont Symphony · Hickory, NC · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Hickory Music Factory · Hickory, NC · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Pregnancy Care Center · Hickory, NC · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Western Piedmont Symphony · Hickory, NC · 2022
Program support
$4,000
Hart Square Foundation · Vale, NC · 2024
Program support
$4,000
Newton Depot Authority · Newton, NC · 2024
Program support
$4,000
Newton Depot Authority · Newton, NC · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Downtown Newton Development Associa · Newton, NC · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Unique World Gifts · Hickory, NC · 2022
Program support
$2,500
Trinity Church · Hickory, NC · 2024
Program support
$2,500
United Arts Council of Catawba · Hickory, NC · 2024
Program support
$2,000
Hickory Landmarks Society · Hickory, NC · 2024
Program support
$2,000
Hickory Landmarks Society · Hickory, NC · 2023
Program support
$2,000
Newton Depot Authority · Newton, NC · 2023
Program support
$2,000
Carolina Thread Trail · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Program support
$2,000
United Arts Council of Catawba · Hickory, NC · 2022
Program support
$1,500
Special Olympics Catawba County · Morrisville, NC · 2024
Program support
$1,500
Historcial Association of Catawba C · Newton, NC · 2023
Program support
$1,500
My Father'S House Ministry · Newton, NC · 2023
Program support
$1,200
Downtown Newton Development Associa · Newton, NC · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Bsa Piedmont Council · Gastonia, NC · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Unique World Gifts · Hickory, NC · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Bsa Piedmont Council · Gastonia, NC · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Catawba Valley Habitat for Humanity · Hickory, NC · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Bsa Piedmont Council · Gastonia, NC · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Catawba Valley Habitat for Humanity · Hickory, NC · 2022
Program support
$300
My Father'S House Ministry · Newton, NC · 2024
Program support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.