Funding search · EIN 843940535 · Wrightsville Beach, NC

Jerry & Marilyn Cook Foundation

Name: Jerry & Marilyn Cook 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.

98
grants reported: $2.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $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

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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.

Nc State School of Design4 grants · $2.0M
Cape Fear River Watch4 grants · $8,000
Rex Healthcare Foundation3 grants · $7,500
Cape Fear Community College4 grants · $6,000
Wilmington Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $5,000
Food Bank of North Carolina4 grants · $4,500
Nc Als4 grants · $4,000
Fellowship Hall4 grants · $3,500
Union Theological Seminary3 grants · $3,000
Wunc Tv4 grants · $2,500

Giving over time

$53,250

2022

$763,600

2023

$638,950

2024

$642,200

2025

Grant history

All 98 reported grants, largest first.

$750,000
Nc State School of Design · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Financial support
$625,000
Nc State School of Design · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Financial support
$625,000
Nc State School of Design · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Financial support
$16,000
Nc State School of Design · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Financial support
$3,000
Wilmington Symphony Orchestra · Wilmington, NC · 2025
Financial support
$3,000
Cape Fear Community College · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Financial support
$3,000
Food Bank of North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Financial support
$2,500
Unc Rex Cancer Center · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
Financial support
$2,500
Rex Healthcare Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Financial support
$2,500
Rex Healthcare Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Financial support
$2,500
Nc Als · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Financial support
$2,500
Rex Healthcare Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Financial support
$2,500
Wb United Methodist Church · Wrightsville, NC · 2022
Financial support
$2,000
Cape Fear River Watch · Wilmington, NC · 2025
Financial support
$2,000
Cape Fear River Watch · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Financial support
$2,000
Cape Fear River Watch · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Financial support
$2,000
Cape Fear River Watch · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Financial support
$2,000
Fellowship Hall · Grenesboro, NC · 2022
Financial support
$1,000
Cape Fear Community College · Wilmington, NC · 2025
Financial support
$1,000
North Carolina Symphony · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Financial support
$1,000
Wrightsville Beach History Museum · Wrightsville Beach, NC · 2025
Financial support
$1,000
Cape Fear Community College · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Financial support
$1,000
Union Theological Seminary · New York, NY · 2024
Financial support
$1,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Financial support
$1,000
Cape Fear Community College · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Financial support
$1,000
Union Theological Seminary · New York, NY · 2023
Financial support
$1,000
Allegany Junior Appalachian Musicians · Sparta, NC · 2022
Financial support
$1,000
Bannertown Baptist Church · Mount Airy, NC · 2022
Financial support
$1,000
Disability Resource Center · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Financial support
$1,000
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2022
Financial support
$1,000
Methodist Home for Children · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Financial support
$1,000
North Carolina Coastal Federation · Newport, NC · 2022
Financial support
$1,000
Nourish Nc · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Financial support
$1,000
The Arc North Carolina · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Financial support
$1,000
The Green Chair · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Financial support
$1,000
The Salvation Army Cape Fear · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Financial support
$1,000
Umcor · New York, NY · 2022
Financial support
$1,000
Union Theological Seminary · New York, NY · 2022
Financial support
$1,000
Whqr · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Financial support
$1,000
Wilmington Symphony Orchestra · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Financial support
$1,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Financial support
$1,000
Wunc Radio · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Financial support
$1,000
Wunc Tv · Research Triangle, NC · 2022
Financial support
$500
Allegany Junior Appalachian Musicians · Sparta, NC · 2025
Financial support
$500
Fellowship Hall · Grenesboro, NC · 2025
Financial support
$500
Food Bank of North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Financial support
$500
Kids Making It · Wilmington, NC · 2025
Financial support
$500
Nc Als · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Financial support
$500
Nourish Nc · Wilmington, NC · 2025
Financial support
$500
Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts · Wilmington, NC · 2025
Financial support
$500
The Green Chair · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Financial support
$500
Umcor · New York, NY · 2025
Financial support
$500
Whqr · Wilmington, NC · 2025
Financial support
$500
Wunc Radio · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
Financial support
$500
Wunc Tv · Research Triangle, NC · 2025
Financial support
$500
Fellowship Hall · Grenesboro, NC · 2024
Financial support
$500
Food Bank of North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Financial support
$500
Kids Making It · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Financial support
$500
Nc Als · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Financial support
$500
Nourish Nc · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Financial support
$500
Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Financial support
$500
Umcor · New York, NY · 2024
Financial support
$500
Whqr · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Financial support
$500
Wilmington Symphony Orchestra · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Financial support
$500
Wunc Radio · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Financial support
$500
Wunc Tv · Research Triangle, NC · 2024
Financial support
$500
Allegany Junior Appalachian Musicians · Sparta, NC · 2023
Financial support
$500
Fellowship Hall · Grenesboro, NC · 2023
Financial support
$500
Food Bank of North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Financial support
$500
Kids Making It · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Financial support
$500
Nc Als · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Financial support
$500
Nourish Nc · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Financial support
$500
Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Financial support
$500
Umcor · New York, NY · 2023
Financial support
$500
Whqr · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Financial support
$500
Wilmington Symphony Orchestra · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Financial support
$500
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
Financial support
$500
Wunc Radio · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
Financial support
$500
Wunc Tv · Research Triangle, NC · 2023
Financial support
$500
Freedom Global · Pilot Mountain, NC · 2022
Financial support
$500
Kids Making It · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Financial support
$500
Surry Arts Council · Mt Airy, NC · 2022
Financial support
$300
Beafort Historical Association · Beaufort, NC · 2025
Financial support
$300
Beafort Historical Association · Beaufort, NC · 2024
Financial support
$300
Rainbow 66 Storehouse · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Financial support
$250
Allegany Junior Appalachian Musicians · Sparta, NC · 2024
Financial support
$250
Salem Bapitist Church · Sneads Ferry, NC · 2024
Financial support
$250
Bannertown Baptist Church · Mount Airy, NC · 2023
Financial support
$250
Salem Bapitist Church · Sneads Ferry, NC · 2023
Financial support
$250
Beafort Historical Association · Beaufort, NC · 2022
Financial support
$250
Cape Fear Volunteers · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Financial support
$250
Salem Bapitist Church · Sneads Ferry, NC · 2022
Financial support
$200
Emmauel Pentecoastal Church · Pilot Mountain, NC · 2022
Financial support
$150
Bannertown Baptist Church · Mount Airy, NC · 2025
Financial support
$150
Salem Bapitist Church · Sneads Ferry, NC · 2025
Financial support
$150
Bannertown Baptist Church · Mount Airy, NC · 2024
Financial support
$100
The Foundation of Hope · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Financial support
$100
Elon Elementray School · Elon, NC · 2023
Financial 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.