Funding search · EIN 566044206 · Smithfield, NC

First Citizens Foundation

Name: First Citizens Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

42
grants reported: $123,100
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
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.

What they fund

scholarship operation available communities county expanding extended locally

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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.

Ava Gardner Museum4 grants · $20,000
House of Hope3 grants · $15,000
Benson Area Medical Center3 grants · $13,000
Johnston Health Foundation4 grants · $9,500
Friends of Bentonville Battlefield2 grants · $8,100
North Carolina State University4 grants · $7,500
Boys & Girls Club of Cumberland County1 grant · $5,000
Sampson Regional Medical Center Foundation1 grant · $5,000
Wilson Arts1 grant · $5,000
Wilson Forward1 grant · $5,000

Giving over time

$32,000

2022

$31,500

2023

$27,600

2024

$32,000

2025

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$5,000
Ava Gardner Museum · Smithfield, NC · 2025
Organization operations and activities
$5,000
House of Hope · Clayton, NC · 2025
Organization operation
$5,000
Wilson Arts · Wilson, NC · 2025
Organization operations and activities
$5,000
Wilson Forward · Wilson, NC · 2025
Organizatin operation
$5,000
Ava Gardner Museum · Smithfield, NC · 2024
Organization operations and activities
$5,000
House of Hope · Clayton, NC · 2024
Organization operation
$5,000
Ava Gardner Museum · Smithfield, NC · 2023
Organization operations and activities
$5,000
Benson Area Medical Center · Benson, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Friends of Bentonville Battlefield · Four Oaks, NC · 2023
Organization operation
$5,000
House of Hope · Clayton, NC · 2023
Organization operation
$5,000
Ava Gardner Museum · Smithfield, NC · 2022
Organization operations and activities
$5,000
Benson Area Medical Center · Benson, NC · 2022
General support
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club of Cumberland County · Fayetteville, NC · 2022
General support
$5,000
Sampson Regional Medical Center Foundation · Clinton, NC · 2022
Aid in expanding locally available medical services for the county and extended communities
$3,100
Friends of Bentonville Battlefield · Four Oaks, NC · 2024
Organization operation
$3,000
Benson Area Medical Center · Benson, NC · 2024
General support
$3,000
East Carolina University · Greenville, NC · 2024
Scholarship
$3,000
Campbell University · Buies Creek, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$3,000
North Carolina State University · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$2,500
Johnston Health Foundation · Smithfield, NC · 2025
Organization operations and activities
$2,500
Johnston Health Foundation · Smithfield, NC · 2024
Organization operations and activities
$2,500
Johnston Health Foundation · Smithfield, NC · 2023
Organization operations and activities
$2,000
Benson Health · Benson, NC · 2025
Organization operations and activities
$2,000
Johnston Health Foundation · Smithfield, NC · 2022
Organization operations and activities
$1,500
Johnston Community College · Smithfield, NC · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Lafayette College · Easton, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Nc a&T University · Greensboro, NC · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
North Carolina State University · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
North Carolina Wesleyan College · Rocky Mount, NC · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Johnston County Youth Livestock Show · Smithfield, NC · 2024
Organization operations and activities
$1,500
Meredith College · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Scholarship
$1,500
North Carolina State University · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Scholarship
$1,500
Unc-Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Scholarship
$1,500
Johnston County Youth Livestock Show · Smithfield, NC · 2023
Organization operations and activities
$1,500
Liberty University · Lynchburg, VA · 2023
Scholarship
$1,500
Appalachian State University · Boone, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$1,500
East Carolina University · Greenville, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$1,500
Johnston County Youth Livestock Show · Smithfield, NC · 2022
Organization operations and activities
$1,500
Mount Olive College · Mount Olive College, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$1,500
North Carolina State University · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$1,500
Unc Wilmington · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$1,000
Wilson County 4-H · Wilson, NC · 2022
Organization operations and activities

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