Funding search · EIN 561544084 · North Charleston, SC

Carl W Meares Foundation

Name: Carl W Meares 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.

126
grants reported: $217,750
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
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.

What they fund

educational medical religious enviromental

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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.

Fair Bluff Baptist Church4 grants · $24,000
Woodberry Forest School4 grants · $20,000
The First Tee of Greater Charleston4 grants · $19,000
Buist Academy Foundation4 grants · $13,000
Southeastern Community College Fdn4 grants · $10,000
Unc Pembroke Foundation4 grants · $10,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital4 grants · $9,000
Duke Cancer Institute4 grants · $8,000
Life Resources - Seeds of Life Scholarship Fund3 grants · $6,500
Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Division of Athletics4 grants · $6,000

Giving over time

$54,600

2022

$52,650

2023

$53,500

2024

$57,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 126 grants.

$6,000
Fair Bluff Baptist Church · Fair Bluff, NC · 2025
Religious
$6,000
Fair Bluff Baptist Church · Fair Bluff, NC · 2024
Religious
$6,000
Fair Bluff Baptist Church · Fair Bluff, NC · 2023
Religious
$6,000
Fair Bluff Baptist Church · Fair Bluff, NC · 2022
Religious
$5,000
Woodberry Forest School · Woodberry Forest, VA · 2025
Educational
$5,000
The First Tee of Greater Charleston · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2024
Educational
$5,000
Woodberry Forest School · Woodberry Forest, VA · 2024
Educational
$5,000
The First Tee of Greater Charleston · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2023
Educational
$5,000
Woodberry Forest School · Woodberry Forest, VA · 2023
Educational
$5,000
The First Tee of Greater Charleston · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2022
Educational
$5,000
Woodberry Forest School · Woodberry Forest, VA · 2022
Educational
$4,000
The First Tee of Greater Charleston · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2025
Educational
$3,500
Buist Academy Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2025
Educational
$3,500
Porter-Gaud School · Charleston, SC · 2025
Educational
$3,500
Buist Academy Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024
Educational
$3,000
Virginia Episcopal School · Lynchburg, VA · 2025
Educational
$3,000
Buist Academy Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2023
Educational
$3,000
Still Worthy · Johns Island, SC · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
Buist Academy Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2022
Educational
$3,000
Good Friends of the Low Country · Charleston, SC · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
Southeastern Community College Fdn · Whiteville, NC · 2025
Educational
$2,500
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
Medical
$2,500
Unc Pembroke Foundation · Pembroke, NC · 2025
Educational
$2,500
Life Resources - Seeds of Life Scholarship Fund · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2024
Educational
$2,500
Southeastern Community College Fdn · Whiteville, NC · 2024
Educational
$2,500
The Blake King Corp · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Unc Pembroke Foundation · Pembroke, NC · 2024
Educational
$2,500
Southeastern Community College Fdn · Whiteville, NC · 2023
Educational
$2,500
Unc Pembroke Foundation · Pembroke, NC · 2023
Educational
$2,500
Southeastern Community College Fdn · Whiteville, NC · 2022
Educational
$2,500
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022
Medical
$2,500
Unc Pembroke Foundation · Pembroke, NC · 2022
Educational
$2,000
Duke Cancer Institute · Durham, NC · 2025
Medical
$2,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Division of Athletics · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
Educational
$2,000
Duke Cancer Institute · Durham, NC · 2024
Medical
$2,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Medical
$2,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Division of Athletics · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Educational
$2,000
Duke Cancer Institute · Durham, NC · 2023
Medical
$2,000
Life Resources - Seeds of Life Scholarship Fund · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2023
Educational
$2,000
Medical University of South Carolina Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2023
Medical
$2,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
Medical
$2,000
Columbus Regional Healthcare System Foundation · Whiteville, NC · 2022
Medical
$2,000
Duke Cancer Institute · Durham, NC · 2022
Medical
$2,000
Life Resources - Seeds of Life Scholarship Fund · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2022
Educational
$1,500
Ccc Employee Assistance Fund · Charleston, SC · 2025
Charitable
$1,500
Folds of Honor · Owasso, OK · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Tiger Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Asheville School · Asheville, NC · 2025
Educational
$1,000
Boys & Girls Homes of North Carolina · Lake Waccamaw, NC · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Cape Fear Council Boy Scouts of America · Wilmington, NC · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Cleveland Clinic Philanthropy Institute · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Medical
$1,000
Columbus Regional Healthcare System Foundation · Whiteville, NC · 2025
Medical
$1,000
Mars Hill University Office for Institutional Advancement · Mars Hill, NC · 2025
Educational
$1,000
Medical University of South Carolina Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2025
Medical
$1,000
Seeds of Life · Mount Pleasant, SC · 2025
Medical
$1,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2025
Medical
$1,000
Spring Island Employee Fund · Okatie, SC · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
St Philip'S Church · Charleston, SC · 2025
Religious
$1,000
The Blake King Corp · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
The Greater Fair Bluff Historical Society · Fair Bluff, NC · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
The Lilibet Snellings Kyte Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Asheville School · Asheville, NC · 2024
Educational
$1,000
Boys & Girls Homes of North Carolina · Lake Waccamaw, NC · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Cape Fear Council Boy Scouts of America · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Ccc Employee Assistance Fund · Charleston, SC · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Cleveland Clinic Philanthropy Institute · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Medical
$1,000
Columbus Regional Healthcare System Foundation · Whiteville, NC · 2024
Medical
$1,000
First Scots Presbyterian Church · Charleston, SC · 2024
Religious
$1,000
Lower Cape Fear Lifecare · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Mars Hill University · Mars Hill, NC · 2024
Educational
$1,000
Medical University of South Carolina Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024
Medical
$1,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2024
Medical
$1,000
St Philip'S Church · Charleston, SC · 2024
Religious
$1,000
The Spring Island Trust · Okatie, SC · 2024
Enviromental
$1,000
Asheville School · Asheville, NC · 2023
Educational
$1,000
Boys & Girls Homes of North Carolina · Lake Waccamaw, NC · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Cape Fear Council Boy Scouts of America · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Ccc Employee Assistance Fund · Charleston, SC · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Charleston Parks Conservancy · Charleston, SC · 2023
Enviromental
$1,000
Columbus Regional Healthcare System Foundation · Whiteville, NC · 2023
Medical
$1,000
First Scots Presbyterian Church · Charleston, SC · 2023
Religious
$1,000
Mars Hill University · Mars Hill, NC · 2023
Educational
$1,000
Roper St Francis Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2023
Medical
$1,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2023
Medical
$1,000
South Carolina Aquarium · Charleston, SC · 2023
Enviromental
$1,000
The Spring Island Trust · Okatie, SC · 2023
Enviromental
$1,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Division of Athletics · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
Educational
$1,000
Asheville School · Asheville, NC · 2022
Educational
$1,000
Boys & Girls Homes of North Carolina · Lake Waccamaw, NC · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Cape Fear Council Boy Scouts of America · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Charleston Recovery Center · Charleston, SC · 2022
Medical
$1,000
First Scots Presbyterian Church · Charleston, SC · 2022
Religious
$1,000
Mars Hill University · Mars Hill, NC · 2022
Educational
$1,000
Medical University of South Carolina Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2022
Medical
$1,000
Missions Development International · Nashville, TN · 2022
Religious
$1,000
Port Royal Sound Foundation · Okatie, SC · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2022
Charitable

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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.