Funding search · EIN 561881015 · Wilkesboro, NC

The Leonard G Herring Family Foundation

Name: The Leonard G Herring Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

176
grants reported: $7.4M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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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Top recipients

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Nc Tech Paths2 grants · $1.5M
Nc Techpaths1 grant · $900,000
Wilkes Community College3 grants · $770,120
Focusing Philanthropy Inc (Per Scholas)2 grants · $400,000
Wilkes Economic Development Corporation3 grants · $274,500
Wilkes Partnership for Children1 grant · $230,000
Focusing Philanthropy Inc (Per Scholas)1 grant · $200,000
Old Hickory Council3 grants · $145,000
Wilkes Community College Foundation1 grant · $130,000
North Carolina Zoological Society1 grant · $110,000

Giving over time

$1.2M

2021

$3.5M

2022

$1.4M

2023

$1.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 176 grants.

$900,000
Nc Tech Paths · Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General support
$900,000
Nc Techpaths · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
general support
$600,000
Nc Tech Paths · Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
General support
$420,370
Wilkes Community College · Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
General support
$245,750
Wilkes Community College · Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General support
$230,000
Wilkes Partnership for Children · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General support
$225,000
Wilkes Economic Development Corporation · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General support
$200,000
Focusing Philanthropy Inc (Per Scholas) · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
general support
$200,000
Focusing Philanthropy Inc (Per Scholas) · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
General support
$200,000
Focusing Philanthropy Inc (Per Scholas) · Santa Monica, CA · 2021
general support
$130,000
Wilkes Community College Foundation · Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
general support
$115,000
Old Hickory Council · Winston Salem, NC · 2024
General support
$110,000
North Carolina Zoological Society · Asheboro, NC · 2021
general support
$104,000
Wilkes Community College · Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
general support
$104,000
Wilkes Community College · Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General support
$100,000
Catherine H Barber Memorial Shelter · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
general support
$100,000
Catherine H Barber Memorial Shelter · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General support
$100,000
Nc Tech Paths · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
general support
$100,000
Town of Wilkesboro · Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
general support
$60,000
Wilkes County Library · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General support
$50,074
Sweet Briar College · Sweet Briar, VA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
general support
$50,000
Wilkes County Schools · Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
general support
$45,000
Wilkes County Schools · Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
general support
$45,000
Wilkes County Schools · Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General support
$40,000
Wilkes County Schools · Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
General support
$40,000
Ymca of Northwest North Carolina · Winston Salem, NC · 2023
General support
$40,000
Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
general support
$40,000
Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General support
$40,000
First United Methodist Church · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
general support
$40,000
First United Methodist Church · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General support
$40,000
First United Methodist Church · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
general support
$34,500
Wilkes Economic Development Corporation · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
General support
$30,000
Wilkes Art Gallery · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General support
$30,000
Wilkes Recovery Revolution · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
general support
$30,000
Wilkes Recovery Revolution · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General support
$30,000
Wilkes Recovery Revolution · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
general support
$26,000
Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General support
$25,200
Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
General support
$25,000
The Educational Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
General support
$25,000
Wilkes Art Gallery · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
General support
$25,000
The Educational Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
general support
$25,000
The Educational Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
General support
$25,000
Wilkes Art Gallery · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General support
$25,000
Wilkes Art Gallery · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
general support
$25,000
Wilkes Community Partnership for Children · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
general support
$25,000
Wilkes Community Partnership for Children · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General support
$25,000
The Educational Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2021
general support
$25,000
United Way of Wilkes County · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
general support
$25,000
Wilkes Playmakers · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
general support
$25,000
Ymca of Northwest North Carolina · Winston Salem, NC · 2021
general support
$22,000
Samaritan'S Kitchen of Wilkes · Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
general support
$20,000
First United Methodist Church · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General support
$20,000
Higher Ed Works · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$20,000
Wilkes Playmakers · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General support
$20,000
First United Methodist Church · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
General support
$20,000
Higher Ed Works · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$20,000
Higher Ed Works · Raleigh, NC · 2022
general support
$20,000
Higher Ed Works · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General support
$20,000
United Way of Wilkes County · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
general support
$20,000
United Way of Wilkes County · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General support
$20,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2021
general support
$20,000
Friends of East Bend Town Square · East Bend, NC · 2021
general support
$20,000
Higher Ed Works · Raleigh, NC · 2021
general support
$20,000
Hospitality House of Northwest Nc · Boone, NC · 2021
general support
$20,000
Wilkes Art Gallery · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2021
general support
$15,000
Children'S Hope Alliance · Statesville, NC · 2024
General support
$15,000
Craig Church Ministries · Purlear, NC · 2024
General support
$15,000
Dragon'S Den · Homestead, PA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Samaritan Christian Ministry of Wilkes · Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General support
$15,000
Shriners Hospital for Children · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$15,000
United Way of Wilkes County · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General support
$15,000
Wilkes Adap · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General support
$15,000
Wilkes County Schools · Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General support
$15,000
Wilkes Ministry of Hope · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General support
$15,000
Ymca of Greater Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$15,000
Ymca of Northwest North Carolina · Winston Salem, NC · 2024
General support
$15,000
Craig Church Ministries · Purlear, NC · 2023
General support
$15,000
Old Hickory Council · Winston Salem, NC · 2023
General support
$15,000
Shriners Hospital for Children · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$15,000
United Way of Wilkes County · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
General support
$15,000
Wilkes Adap · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
General support
$15,000
Wilkes Ministry of Hope · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
General support
$15,000
Wilkes Playmakers · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
General support
$15,000
Craig Church Ministries · Purlear, NC · 2022
general support
$15,000
Craig Church Ministries · Purlear, NC · 2022
General support
$15,000
Old Hickory Council · Winston Salem, NC · 2022
general support
$15,000
Old Hickory Council · Winston Salem, NC · 2022
General support
$15,000
Shriners Hospital for Children · Charlotte, NC · 2022
general support
$15,000
Shriners Hospital for Children · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$15,000
Wilkes Adap · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
general support
$15,000
Wilkes Adap · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General support
$15,000
Wilkes Economic Development Corporation · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
general support
$15,000
Wilkes Economic Development Corporation · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General support
$15,000
Wilkes Ministry of Hope · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
general support
$15,000
Wilkes Ministry of Hope · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General support
$15,000
Ymca of Greater Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2022
general support
$15,000
Ymca of Greater Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$15,000
Children'S Hope Alliance · Barium Springs, NC · 2021
general support
$15,000
Craig Church Ministries · Purlear, 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.