Funding search · EIN 821141275 · Sanford, NC
The McSwain Trust
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 131
- grants reported
- $459,500
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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1 grant matching “purposefund” · $6,000
- $6,000
Lee County Community Orchestra · Sanford, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purposefund recipient's exempt purpose
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Robbins Village Theater4 grants · $85,000
- Temple Theater4 grants · $40,000
- Robbins Area Library4 grants · $20,000
- Cuoc4 grants · $19,000
- Samaritan'S Ministries4 grants · $18,500
- Lee County Community Orchestra4 grants · $18,000
- Salvation Army4 grants · $18,000
- Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina4 grants · $17,000
- The O'Neal School4 grants · $14,000
- The Bread Basket4 grants · $14,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 131 grants.
- $29,000
Robbins Village Theater · Robbins, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $26,000
Robbins Village Theater · Robbins, NC · 2022
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $15,000
Robbins Village Theater · Robbins, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $15,000
Robbins Village Theater · Robbins, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Temple Theater · Sanford, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Temple Theater · Sanford, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Temple Theater · Sanford, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Temple Theater · Sanford, NC · 2022
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $6,000
Lee County Community Orchestra · Sanford, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purposefund recipient's exempt purpose
- $6,000
Robbins Area Library · Robbins, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $6,000
The O'Neal School · Southern Pines, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Cuoc · Sanford, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $5,000
John T Hoggard High School · Wilmington, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Salvation Army · Sanford, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Triads Cultural Arts · Winston Salem, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Robbins Area Library · Robbins, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Samaritan'S Ministries · Winston Salem, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Cuoc · Sanford, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Robbins Area Library · Robbins, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Salvation Army · Sanford, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Samaritan'S Ministries · Winston Salem, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Cuoc · Sanford, NC · 2022
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Moore County Art Council · Southern Pines, NC · 2022
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Samaritan'S Ministries · Winston Salem, NC · 2022
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Companion Animal Clinic Foundation · Southern Pines, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Flow University · Pinehurst, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Cuoc · Sanford, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Lee County Community Orchestra · Sanford, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Salvation Army · Sanford, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Helping Hand Clinic · Sanford, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Lee County Community Orchestra · Sanford, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of Nw · Winston Salem, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $4,000
The Bread Basket · Sanford, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Haven of Lee County · Sanford, NC · 2022
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Helping Hand Clinic · Sanford, NC · 2022
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Lee County Community Orchestra · Sanford, NC · 2022
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Robbins Area Library · Robbins, NC · 2022
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Salvation Army · Sanford, NC · 2022
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $4,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of Nw · Winston Salem, NC · 2022
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $4,000
The Bread Basket · Sanford, NC · 2022
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $3,500
Samaritan'S Ministries · Winston Salem, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $3,000
Haven of Lee County · Sanford, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $3,000
Lee Co Sr High School Drama Dept · Sanford, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $3,000
Partners for Children and Families · Carthage, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $3,000
Paws of the Pines Rescue · Pinebluff, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $3,000
The Bread Basket · Sanford, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $3,000
Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation · Winston Salem, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $3,000
Companion Animal Clinic Foundation · Southern Pines, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $3,000
Helping Hand Clinic · Sanford, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $3,000
The Bread Basket · Sanford, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $3,000
Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation · Winston Salem, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $3,000
Haven of Lee County · Sanford, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $3,000
Limestone University · Gaffney, SC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $3,000
Outreach Missions · Sanford, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $3,000
Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation · Winston Salem, NC · 2022
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $3,000
Outreach Missions · Sanford, NC · 2022
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $3,000
Railroad House Museum · Sanford, NC · 2022
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $3,000
Sawtooth Center · Winston Salem, NC · 2022
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $3,000
The O'Neal School · Southern Pines, NC · 2022
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,500
Moore County Art Council · Southern Pines, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,500
Sandhills Childrens Center · Southern Pines, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,500
The O'Neal School · Southern Pines, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,500
Moore County Art Council · Southern Pines, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,500
Moore County Art Council · Southern Pines, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,500
The O'Neal School · Southern Pines, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation · Winston Salem, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Broad River Genealogical Society · Shelby, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Caring Hearts for Canines · Southern Pines, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Children'S Home Society of Nc · Greensboro, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Foothills Outdoors · Robbins, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Helping Hand Clinic · Sanford, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Northern Granville Middle School Ffa · Oxford, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Outreach Missions · Sanford, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Railroad House Museum · Sanford, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Sawtooth Center · Winston Salem, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
The Boys and Girls Club of the Sandhills · Southern Pines, NC · 2025
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Backpack Beginnings · Greensboro, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Broad River Genealogical Society · Shelby, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Children'S Home Society of Nc · Greensboro, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Haven of Lee County · Sanford, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Lee Co Sr High School Drama Dept · Sanford, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Limestone University · Gaffney, SC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Sandhills Childrens Center · Southern Pines, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Sawtooth Center · Winston Salem, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of Nw · Winston Salem, NC · 2024
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Backpack Beginnings · Greensboro, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Bread of Life Ministries · Sanford, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Broad River Genealogical Society · Shelby, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Children'S Home Society of Nc · Greensboro, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Companion Animal Clinic Foundation · Southern Pines, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Lee Co Sr High School Drama Dept · Sanford, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Northern Granville Middle School Ffa · Oxford, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Railroad House Museum · Sanford, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Sandhills Childrens Center · Southern Pines, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Sawtooth Center · Winston Salem, NC · 2023
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
- $2,000
Backpack Beginnings · Greensboro, NC · 2022
Fund recipient's exempt purpose
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