Funding search · EIN 566046763 · Raleigh, NC

Charles & Irene Nanney Foundation

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

93
grants reported
$653,330
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Crisis Assistance Ministry4 grants · $86,665
  • Mars Hill University4 grants · $75,000
  • Campbell University Law School4 grants · $70,000
  • The Salvation Army3 grants · $63,765
  • Wake Forest University4 grants · $61,000
  • Gardner-Webb University4 grants · $60,000
  • United Way of Gaston County4 grants · $44,000
  • Salvation Army1 grant · $27,900
  • Holy Angels4 grants · $21,000
  • Gaston Symphonic Band4 grants · $14,000

Giving over time

$173,300
2022
$159,630
2023
$156,000
2024
$164,400
2025

Grant history

All 93 reported grants, largest first.

  • $27,900

    Crisis Assistance Ministry · Gastonia, NC · 2022

    Charitable

  • $27,900

    Salvation Army · Gastonia, NC · 2022

    Charitable

  • $24,065

    Crisis Assistance Ministry · Gastonia, NC · 2023

    Charitable

  • $24,065

    The Salvation Army · Charlotte, NC · 2023

    Civic

  • $22,000

    The Salvation Army · Charlotte, NC · 2024

    Civic

  • $20,000

    Campbell University Law School · Raleigh, NC · 2025

    Education

  • $20,000

    Campbell University Law School · Buies Creek, NC · 2022

    Education

  • $18,750

    Mars Hill University · Mars Hill, NC · 2025

    Education

  • $18,750

    Mars Hill University · Mars Hill, NC · 2024

    Education

  • $18,750

    Mars Hill University · Mars Hill, NC · 2023

    Education

  • $18,750

    Mars Hill University · Mars Hill, NC · 2022

    Education

  • $17,700

    Crisis Assistance Ministry · Gastonia, NC · 2025

    Charitable

  • $17,700

    The Salvation Army · Charlotte, NC · 2025

    Civic

  • $17,000

    Crisis Assistance Ministry · Gastonia, NC · 2024

    Charitable

  • $16,000

    Wake Forest University · Winston Salem, NC · 2025

    Education

  • $15,000

    Gardner-Webb University · Boiling Springs, NC · 2025

    Education

  • $15,000

    Campbell University Law School · Raleigh, NC · 2024

    Education

  • $15,000

    Gardner-Webb University · Boiling Springs, NC · 2024

    Education

  • $15,000

    Wake Forest University · Winston Salem, NC · 2024

    Education

  • $15,000

    Campbell University Law School · Buies Creek, NC · 2023

    Education

  • $15,000

    Gardner-Webb University · Boiling Springs, NC · 2023

    Education

  • $15,000

    Wake Forest University · Winston Salem, NC · 2023

    Education

  • $15,000

    Gardner-Webb University · Boiling Springs, NC · 2022

    Education

  • $15,000

    Wake Forest University · Winston Salem, NC · 2022

    Education

  • $11,000

    United Way of Gaston County · Gastonia, NC · 2025

    Civic

  • $11,000

    United Way of Gaston County · Gastonia, NC · 2024

    Civic

  • $11,000

    United Way of Gaston County · Gastonia, NC · 2023

    Civic

  • $11,000

    United Way of Gaston County · Gastonia, NC · 2022

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Stower Family Ymca · Belmont, NC · 2025

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Gaston County Family Ymca · Gastonia, NC · 2024

    Civic

  • $7,000

    Bucknell University · Lewisburg, PA · 2025

    Education

  • $5,250

    Holy Angels · Belmont, NC · 2025

    Civic

  • $5,250

    Holy Angels · Belmont, NC · 2024

    Civic

  • $5,250

    Holy Angels · Belmont, NC · 2023

    Civic

  • $5,250

    Holy Angels · Belmont, NC · 2022

    Civic

  • $5,000

    Gaston Symphonic Band · Gastonia, NC · 2025

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Bucknell University · Lewisburg, PA · 2024

    Education

  • $3,000

    Gaston Symphonic Band · Gastonia, NC · 2024

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    Gaston Symphonic Band · Gastonia, NC · 2023

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    Gaston Symphonic Band · Gastonia, NC · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Cancer Services of Gaston County · Gastonia, NC · 2025

    Medical

  • $2,500

    College of Education Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2025

    Education

  • $2,500

    Gaston Literacy Council · Gastonia, NC · 2025

    Education

  • $2,500

    With Friends · Gastonia, NC · 2025

    Civic

  • $2,500

    College of Education Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2024

    Education

  • $2,500

    Gaston County Cancer Society · Gastonia, NC · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Gaston Literacy Council · Gastonia, NC · 2024

    Education

  • $2,500

    With Friends · Gastonia, NC · 2024

    Civic

  • $2,500

    Cancer Services of Gaston County · Gastonia, NC · 2023

    Medical

  • $2,500

    College of Education Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023

    Education

  • $2,500

    Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina · Winston Salem, NC · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Gaston Literacy Council · Gastonia, NC · 2023

    Education

  • $2,500

    Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina · Charlotte, NC · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    With Friends · Gastonia, NC · 2023

    Civic

  • $2,500

    Cancer Services of Gaston County · Gastonia, NC · 2022

    Medical

  • $2,500

    Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Gaston County Eca · Gastonia, NC · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Gaston Literacy Council · Gastonia, NC · 2022

    Education

  • $2,500

    North Carolina State College of Education Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022

    Education

  • $2,500

    Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina · Charlotte, NC · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina · Winston Salem, NC · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    The Summit School · Winston Salem, NC · 2022

    Education

  • $2,500

    With Friends · Gastonia, NC · 2022

    Civic

  • $2,000

    Hillsdale Church Preschool · Advance, NC · 2025

    Edi

  • $2,000

    House of Mercy · Belmont, NC · 2025

    Civic

  • $2,000

    Meredith College · Raleigh, NC · 2025

    Education

  • $2,000

    Morgan Elementary Pta · Clemmons, NC · 2025

    Education

  • $2,000

    Whitaker Elementary School Circle of Commitment · Winston Salem, NC · 2025

    Education

  • $2,000

    House of Mercy · Belmont, NC · 2024

    Civic

  • $2,000

    Meredith College · Raleigh, NC · 2024

    Education

  • $2,000

    Saving Grace Animals for Adoption · Wake Forest, NC · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Whitaker Elementary School Circle of Commitment · Winston Salem, NC · 2024

    Education

  • $2,000

    House of Mercy · Belmont, NC · 2023

    Civic

  • $2,000

    Meredith College · Raleigh, NC · 2023

    Education

  • $2,000

    Saving Grace Animals for Adoption · Wake Forest, NC · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    The Summit School · Winston Salem, NC · 2023

    Education

  • $2,000

    West Forsyth Christian Preschool · Lewisville, NC · 2023

    Education

  • $2,000

    House of Mercy · Belmont, NC · 2022

    Civic

  • $2,000

    Meredith College · Raleigh, NC · 2022

    Education

  • $2,000

    Saving Grace Animals for Adoption · Wake Forest, NC · 2022

    Charitable

  • $500

    First Baptist Church · Gastonia, NC · 2025

    Religious

  • $500

    First Baptist Church · Gastonia, NC · 2024

    Religious

  • $500

    First Baptist Church · Gastonia, NC · 2023

    Religious

  • $500

    First Baptist Church · Gastonia, NC · 2022

    Religious

  • $250

    Gaston Arts Council · Gastonia, NC · 2025

    Education

  • $250

    Gaston College Foundation · Dallas, NC · 2025

    Charitable

  • $250

    Gaston Arts Council · Gastonia, NC · 2024

    Education

  • $250

    Gaston College Foundation · Dallas, NC · 2024

    Charitable

  • $250

    Gaston Arts Council · Gastonia, NC · 2023

    Education

  • $250

    Gaston College Foundation · Dallas, NC · 2023

    Charitable

  • $250

    Gaston Arts Council · Gastonia, NC · 2022

    Education

  • $250

    Gaston College Foundation · Dallas, NC · 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.