Funding search · EIN 463674377 · Pittsboro, NC

The Carson Foundation

Name: The Carson Foundation grants, 2021–2025
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.

88
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. 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

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.

Wilkes Central High School5 grants · $242,075
Moravian Falls Elementary3 grants · $90,100
Central Wilkes Middle School5 grants · $86,235
Parks and Recreation3 grants · $76,500
Wilkes Community Partnership for Children4 grants · $72,000
Pittsboro Elementary3 grants · $64,995
Wilkes County Schools3 grants · $63,000
Rams Club - University of North Carolina Chapel Hill1 grant · $50,000
Wilkesboro Parks & Recreation2 grants · $50,000
Denton Elementary School3 grants · $32,795

Giving over time

$194,110

2021

$164,950

2022

$220,000

2023

$227,000

2024

$274,085

2025

Grant history

All 88 reported grants, largest first.

$55,375
Wilkes Central High School · Wilkesboro, NC · 2025
General support
$52,000
Wilkes Central High School · Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General support
$50,000
Rams Club - University of North Carolina Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2021
General support
$49,500
Wilkes Central High School · Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
General support
$48,200
Wilkes Central High School · Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
General support
$43,600
Moravian Falls Elementary · Moravian Falls, NC · 2025
General support
$40,500
Parks and Recreation · Wilkesboro, NC · 2025
General support
$40,000
Wilkes Community Partnership for Children · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
General support
$37,000
Wilkes Central High School · Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General support
$32,000
Wilkes County Schools · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2025
General support
$32,000
Moravian Falls Elementary · Moravian Falls, NC · 2024
General support
$30,000
Wilkes County Schools · N Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General support
$26,495
Pittsboro Elementary · Pittsboro, NC · 2025
General support
$25,000
Central Wilkes Middle School · Moravian Falls, NC · 2024
General support
$25,000
Wilkesboro Parks & Recreation · Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General support
$25,000
Wilkesboro Parks & Recreation · Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
General support
$23,500
Pittsboro Elementary · Pittsboro, NC · 2023
General support
$21,000
Central Wilkes Middle School · Moravian Falls, NC · 2023
General support
$21,000
Parks and Recreation · Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
General support
$20,000
Central Wilkes Middle School · Moravian Falls, NC · 2025
General support
$20,000
Wilkes Central Choir · Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General support
$20,000
Wilkes Community Partnership for Children · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General support
$15,000
Parks and Recreation · Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General support
$15,000
Pittsboro Elementary · Pittsboro, NC · 2024
General support
$14,500
Moravian Falls Elementary · Moravian Falls, NC · 2023
General support
$13,750
Moravian Falls Elementary School · Moravian Falls, NC · 2022
General support
$13,200
Central Wilkes Middle School · Moravian Falls, NC · 2022
General support
$12,795
Denton Elementary School · Denton, NC · 2023
General support
$12,575
Moravian Falls Elementary School · Moravian Falls, NC · 2021
General support
$10,000
Wilkes Community Partnership for Children · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2025
General support
$10,000
Denton Elementary School · Denton, NC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Nc Community Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Denton Elementary School · Denton, NC · 2022
General support
$10,000
North Carolina Community Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2021
General support
$9,915
Denton Public Library · Denton, NC · 2025
General support
$8,000
Samaritans Kitchen · Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General support
$8,000
Critter Ridge Rescue · Roaring River, NC · 2023
General support
$7,035
Central Wilkes Middle School · Moravian Falls, NC · 2021
General support
$7,005
Nc Community Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$7,000
Friends of Rowan · Salisbury, NC · 2025
General support
$7,000
Samaritans Kitchen · Wilkesboro, NC · 2025
General support
$6,000
Partners Canines · Todd, NC · 2022
General support
$5,000
Nc Community Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
South Davidson High School · Denton, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
Critter Ridge Rescue · Roaring River, NC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Friends of Rowan · Salisbury, NC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Operation Resolute · Belhaven, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Samaritans Kitchen · Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Wilkes County Health Department · Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
North Carolina Community Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General support
$5,000
Operation Resolute · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General support
$5,000
Samaritan Kitchen of Wilkes · Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General support
$5,000
Wilkes County Health Department · Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General support
$5,000
Operation Resolute · Raleigh, NC · 2021
General support
$5,000
Partners Canines · Todd, NC · 2021
General support
$5,000
Yadkin River Greenway · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
General support
$4,000
Wilkes County Health Department · Wilkesboro, NC · 2025
General support
$4,000
Faithful Friends Nc · Salisbury, NC · 2022
General support
$4,000
Faithful Friends Nc · Salisbury, NC · 2021
General support
$3,200
Wilkesboro United Methodist Church · Wilkesboro, NC · 2025
General support
$3,000
Wilkes County Health Department · Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General support
$3,000
Wilkesboro United Methodist Church · Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General support
$3,000
Friends of Rowan · Salisbury, NC · 2023
General support
$3,000
Samaritan Kitchen of Wilkes · Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
General support
$2,500
Wilkes Circles of Care (Hinshaw Street Baptist Church) · N Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
General support
$2,500
Wilkes Pregnancy Care Center · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
General support
$2,000
Brother Wolf · Asheville, NC · 2025
General support
$2,000
Brother Wolf · Asheville, NC · 2024
General support
$2,000
Brother Wolf · Asheville, NC · 2023
General support
$2,000
Wilkesboro United Methodist Church · Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
General support
$2,000
Wilkesboro United Methodist Church · Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General support
$2,000
Wilkes Art Gallery · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
General support
$2,000
Wilkes Community Partnership for Children · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
General support
$2,000
Wilkes County Health Department · Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
General support
$2,000
Wilkesboro United Methodist Church · Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
General support
$1,500
Happy Dog Ranch Foundation · Littleton, CO · 2025
General support
$1,500
Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$1,500
Happy Dog Ranch Foundation · Littleton, CO · 2022
General support
$1,500
Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$1,500
Happy Dog Ranch Foundation · Littleton, CO · 2021
General support
$1,500
Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
$1,000
Happy Dog Ranch Foundation · Littleton, CO · 2024
General support
$1,000
Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1,000
Happy Dog Ranch Foundation · Littleton, CO · 2023
General support
$1,000
Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$1,000
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue · Asheville, NC · 2022
General support
$1,000
Wilkes County Schools · N Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
General support
$1,000
Wilkes Playmakers · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
General 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.